The following year, Raúl Castro became Acting President, replacing his brother as the de facto leader of the country.

He was leader of the New Democratic Party from 2003 to 2011, and previously sat on Toronto City Council, occasionally holding the title of " Acting Mayor " or " Deputy Mayor " of Toronto during his tenure as city councillor.

From 11 October 2000 to 26 October 2000, following the death in office of the then First Minister Donald Dewar, his deputy Jim Wallace became Acting First Minister, until the Labour party appointed a new leader, and consequently First Minister.

Acting PNR leader Iuliu Maniu successfully resisted this move, and the two parties split over the issue.

Acting leaders names are in italics, unless the acting leader subsequently became a full leader during a continuous period as leader.

He was replaced on a provisional basis by a five person secretariat which included former Lovestone associate Max Bedacht as " Acting Secretary " and well as opposition factional leader and trade union chief Bill Foster ; two relatively independent figures in the persons of cartoonist-turned-functionary Robert Minor and former Executive Secretary of the underground party Will Weinstone ; and Comintern Representative Boris Mikhailov ( pseudonym " G. Williams ") as the unpublicized power behind the throne.

Acting Liberal Party leader Sir Herbert Samuel had endorsed the government and accepted office as Home Secretary, while the ' Liberal National ' group formed by Sir John Simon had joined even more enthusiastically ( Simon became Foreign Secretary ).

In the wake of Adjaran leader Aslan Abashidze ’ s visit to Moscow, Russian foreign Ministry issued a statement on January 20 backing Abashidze ’ s policy and condemning his opposition as “ extremist forces .” In late January, Georgian officials, including Acting President Nino Burjanadze and President-elected Mikheil Saakashvili met with Abashidze in Batumi.

The party's leader is the former Acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov.

In January 2008 Scrymgour was appointed Acting Chief Minister of the Northern Territory while the incumbent Paul Henderson was on holiday, becoming the first Aboriginal government leader in Australian history.

On May 3, Nixon appointed L. Patrick Gray, a Justice Department official with no FBI experience, as Acting Director, with W. Mark Felt remaining as Associate Director.

Acting with the help of Theodore Goddard and Sir Patrick Hastings, King's Counsel, the inheritors managed to reduce the debt by negotiation with many creditors to receive a smaller lump sum and a deferred payment: a royalty cheque for £ 26, 000 during 1933 also helped.

Acting, so he alleged, on behalf of Edward, Earl Patrick evicted William, took the Eday the rents for himself and profited from the extraction of building stone from Towback quarry.

On February 28, 1973, Acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding his nomination to replace J. Edgar Hoover as Director of the FBI.

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He is also the host of a premium podcast called " Patrick Tucker's Secrets of Screen Acting: The Podcast.

Acting under a charter sanctioned by the Dutch government, the Dutch East India Company ( VOC ) defeated Portuguese forces and established itself in the Moluccan Islands in order to profit from the European demand for spices.

In the general election of 15 June 1969, he defeated the centrist President of the Senate and Acting President Alain Poher by a wide margin ( 57 %– 42 %).

Acting as Villeroi's second-in-command, French forces were again defeated by Eugene's Imperialists at the Battle of Chieri.

In the special election, he defeated Acting Mayor L. Harvey Smith.

In the primaries, Vinick defeated the Reverend Don Butler and former Speaker of the House and Acting President Glen Allen Walken for the Republican nomination in the 2006 presidential election.

On 22 December 2005, Vanuatu's Finance Minister Willie Rarua formally apologized to Fiji's Acting Foreign Minister, Pita Nacuva, for having imposed the ban.

Walter Scheel served as Foreign Minister, Vice Chancellor, Acting Chancellor and President of Germany

German Acting Federal Foreign Minister, H. E. Mr. Guenter Gloser on March 11, 2009.

Dooge lived a multifaceted existence with his roles including a period as Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Acting President of Ireland ( Presidential Commission ), chairman of the report which led to the Single European Act and the Treaty of Maastricht, Chairman of the Irish Senate, Professor of Engineering in University College Cork and University College Dublin, President of the International Council for Science, President of the Royal Irish Academy and Chairman of the Irish Film Board.

* Speaking / Acting Events: Speaking or acting events such as: Original Oratory, Foreign Extemporaneous Speaking, Domestic Extemporaneous Speaking, Humorous Interpretation, Dramatic Interpretation, and Duo Interpretation require no more than 4 competitors or teams from each participating district school.

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Acting on behalf of the Foreign Office Ralf Dahrendorf developed his " guiding principles for foreign cultural policy ".

Napier's handling of affairs as Acting Ambassador in Naples impressed the then Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Lord Palmerston.

He was briefly Acting Premier, Interim President, and Foreign Minister in 1926-1927 during a period of chaos in Beijing under Chang Tso-lin.

Acting Foreign Secretary in 1928 and twice chief British representative to the League of Nations, it was Lord Cushendun who signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact in August that year.

As Deputy Prime Minister and Acting Minister of Culture, Surakiart now oversees the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Education, and Culture.

However, the holder of this ministry position can hold other ministerial position, as the most recent designated Acting Prime Minister, Tzipi Livni, was also Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Subsequently she served for a few months as Acting Foreign Minister in the interim government of then prime minister ( and acting president ) Kurmanbek Bakiyev.

Leo Crowley, Foreign Economic Administrator, and Joseph C. Grew, Acting Secretary of State, came into my office after the Cabinet meeting on May 8 and said they had an important order in connection with Lend-Lease which President Roosevelt had approved but not signed.

As Assistant Secretary in charge of INR, as well as Acting Assistant Secretary ( 2000 – 2001 and 2003 – 2004 ), he served as principal adviser to the Secretary on intelligence-related issues, supervised analytical work on every country and region as well as transnational challenges such as terrorism and proliferation, ensured that activities undertaken by the Intelligence Community supported the President ’ s foreign policy, and contributed to coordinated intelligence judgments as a member of the National Foreign Intelligence Board ( NFIB ).

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When the post of Secretary is vacant, the United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs or any other person designated by the President serves as Acting Secretary until the President nominates and the United States Senate confirms a new Secretary.

* Gordon H. Mansfield, Acting United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

* Stephen B. Nolan ( born 1964 ), Acting Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and Mayor of Highland Park, 2010 – 2011.

Chris Tremain and Peter Mersi is the Acting Secretary of Internal Affairs.

After President George W. Bush's nominated Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, journalists reported that Wolfowitz was involved in a relationship with World Bank Senior Communications Officer ( and Acting Manager of External Affairs ) for the Middle East and North Africa Regional Office Shaha Ali Riza.

Principi served as Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA's second-highest executive position, from March 17, 1989, to September 26, 1992, when he was named Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs by President George H. W. Bush.

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In February 1947, Mackenzie King fell ill with pneumonia and, after recovering, spent a month on vacation in the United States, with St. Laurent ( by then Secretary of State for External Affairs ) as Acting Prime Minister.

During his 33 years at the college, Dr. Rakov's many administrative positions included Director of Admissions, Dean of Students, Director of Graduate Studies, Acting Dean of the College, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Vice President for Student Affairs.

* Neal Katyal, Former Acting Solicitor General, lead counsel in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, former Special Assistant to U. S. Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder and Counsel to Mr. Holder on National Security Affairs, law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

Acting VP Administrative and Financial Affairs: Regina Losinger

* Department of Veterans Affairs biography of Acting Secretary Gober

Montgomery was also named Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs and later Acting Dean.

He later served as Director of Special Projects and Acting Director for the Office of Public Affairs at the National Endowment for the Arts.

Magneto, Acting Director of Mutant Affairs, declares his responsibility for hunting down any surviving mutants who allied with Apocalypse ; he shows a press conference a live video feed from his team's raid on the Hellions.

Acting through Lord Falconer of Thoroton, Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs and Lord Chancellor, the sitting government issued a written statement published by the House of Lords in their debate record: Quote from " Royal Marriage ", Lords Hansard, 24 Feb 2005: