In fact, from 1192 to 1867, the shoguns, or their shikken regents in Kamakura ( 1203 – 1333 ), were the de facto rulers of Japan, although they were nominally appointed by the Emperor.

In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents ( 1203 – 1333 ), were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor.

Eighteen regents are appointed by the governor for 12-year terms.

The two Archbishops Bruno and William were appointed regents for the young Otto II.

Departments of the Batavian RepublicThis already applied at the top: the constitution contained an age-requirement for the members of the Uitvoerend Bewind, which favored the election of staid Patriot regents, and discriminated against the more talented " young Turks " that were appointed Agents, like Jacobus Spoors, Gerrit Jan Pijman, and Isaac Jan Alexander Gogel.

When Andries Bicker and Cornelis de Graeff, the great regents of the city of Amsterdam refused some mayors he appointed, he besieged Amsterdam.

Before the establishment of the Kamakura shogunate, civil power in Japan was primarily held by the ruling emperors and their regents, typically appointed from the ranks of the imperial court and the aristocratic clans that vied there.

Young Charles ' education was left at the care of the regents appointed by his father.

At the Queen's death Montagu was again appointed one of the regents.

William first met Duke Louis Ernest of Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1747, and 2 years later appointed him field marshal of the Dutch States Army, which later led to his being one of the regents to William's heir.

Charles XI of Sweden had carefully provided against the contingency of his successor's minority ; and the five regents appointed by him, if not great statesmen, were at least practical

There are ten regents appointed by the governor, nine of whom serve six-year terms.

Cixi ousted a group of regents appointed by the late emperor and assumed regency over her young son with the Empress Dowager Ci ' an.

The chancellor Zhuge Liang and general Li Yan were appointed as regents to assist the young Liu Shan.

On his deathbed he appointed four Manchu " Executive Ministers " ( Ch: 辅政大臣, Pinyin: Fǔzhéngdàchén ) commonly referred to as regents to " assist " his eight-year-old son Xuan-Ye to govern the country until the young Emperor reached the age of maturity at sixteen.

When Hideyoshi died in 1598, the five regents he had appointed to rule in Hideyori's place began jockeying amongst themselves for power.

They were later supplanted by the Ukita clan, and Ukita Hideie was one of the regents Toyotomi Hideyoshi appointed for his son.

Empress Dowager Ci ' an and Empress Dowager Cixi were appointed joint de facto regents for the minor Tongzhi Emperor.

Though Ietsuna proved to be an able leader, affairs were largely controlled by the regents his father had appointed, even after Ietsuna was declared old enough to rule in his own right.

Ever since Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal appointed Pekar Jungne as the 1st Je Khenpo, the spiritual head of all monasteries in Bhutan, successive Je Khenpos have acted to date as spiritual regents of Bhutan.

The Maldivians assigned Muhammad Thakurufaanu as their Sultan, no longer recognizing the sovereignty of the self-exiled Christian kings in Goa or their appointed regents.

Before his death, Xianfeng appointed Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Sushun and five other senior court officials to serve as regents for the Tongzhi Emperor.

Sterling Seagrave claimed in Dragon Lady: The Life and Legend of the Last Empress of China that Chinese historical records showed that the Xianfeng Emperor had appointed the two empress dowagers ( Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Dowager Ci ' an ) as the Tongzhi Emperor's regents in accordance with imperial tradition.

The eight regents led by Sushun had appointed themselves as co-regents for the emperor and handed only one imperial seal to Ci ' an and kept the other for themselves.

As Prime Minister, Attlee appointed Ernest Bevin as Foreign Secretary and Hugh Dalton was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer ( although it had widely been expected to be the other way around ).

Gerbert was a natural candidate for his succession, but Hugh Capet appointed Arnulf, an illegitimate son of Lothair instead.

Bevan was appointed Minister of Labour ( during which he helped to secure a deal for railwaymen which provided them with a big pay increase ) in 1951 but soon resigned in protest at Hugh Gaitskell's introduction of prescription charges for dental care and spectacles — created in order to meet the financial demands imposed by the Korean War.

Hugh Chisholm, who had edited the previous edition, was appointed editor in chief, with Walter Alison Phillips as his principal assistant editor.

Hugh Latimer, appointed bishop of Worcester in 1535, and a reformer with pronounced Lutheran sympathies, had successfully encouraged the wealthier monasteries in his diocese to provide active support in preaching, prayer and charity to their local communities.

Odo lost this title in 895 when King Charles the Bald appointed Hugh the Abbot to the title, but regained it following the death of Hugh.

It was first formulated in 1842 by a committee appointed by the British Association to consider the rules of zoological nomenclature ; the committee's report was written by Hugh Edwin Strickland.

The association was then officially launched on 1 July 1967, the 100th anniversary of the formation of Canadian Confederation, with Governor General Roland Michener being the first inductee to the order — to the level of Companion — and on 7 July of the same year, 90 more people were appointed, including Vincent Massey, Louis St. Laurent, Hugh MacLennan, David Bauer, Gabrielle Roy, Donald Creighton, Thérèse Casgrain, Wilder Penfield, Arthur Lismer, M. J. Coldwell, Edwin Baker, Alex Colville, and Maurice Richard.

In August 1943, he was appointed deputy commander for both the Eastern Defense Command, a continental defense command for the eastern United States, and First United States Army at Fort Jay, Governors Island in New York City, taking the place of General Hugh A.

He was appointed Secretary of State of New York by Governor Hugh Carey in January 1975.

* Board of Trustees ( appointed 16 May 2011 ): Prof. Chris Bishop, Howard Covington, Hugh Harper, Prof. Sir Peter Knight, Prof. Sir David Wallace, Prof. Julia Buckingham, Prof. Alan Davies, Dr Martin Knight, Rod McGregor, Lord Robert Winston.

In July 1954, Governor Crosby appointed Samuel Williams Reynolds to the U. S. Senate to fill out the term of the late Hugh A. Butler.

In 1994, Hugh Price was appointed to the League's top office at a critical moment for the League, for Black America, and for the nation as a whole.

Former Alloa manager Hugh McCann was appointed as his successor but after an 8th place finish in the new 10 team Third Division, he left the club.

Hugh of Lucca was appointed surgeon for Bologna in Italy in 1214 for a salary of 600 Bolognini per year.

Hugh Casson was appointed to his role as director of the Festival in 1948 at the age of 38 and set out to celebrate peace and modernity through the appointment of other young architects.

In the 1985 New Years Honours List, Sir Hugh was appointed to Order of the Companions of Honour.

Sir Hugh de Cressingham, an efficient, if notoriously obnoxious, administrator with a history of service to the English Crown, was appointed Treasurer of Scotland with Walter Amersham installed as Chancellor.

Rudolf was never recognised by the nobles of the country and instead appointed Hugh, Duke of Burgundy, its first margrave.

In 1878 Carter was appointed Chief Justice succeeding Sir Hugh Hoyles.

On his advice Hugh Miller was appointed editor of the Witness, the powerful Free Church organ.

In 1861, after Kent had accused Bannerman of conspiring with the courts and opposition Conservative Party of Newfoundland against a proposal to reduce the salaries of judges, Bannerman dismissed the Kent government and appointed the leader of the opposition, Hugh Hoyles as the new Premier.