Gareth Evans and Prime Minister Paul Keating ( 1991 – 1996 ) gave maintenance of close relations with the Indonesian government a high priority, as did the subsequent Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer during their first term in office ( 1996 – 1998 ).

On 9 January 1995, internal Liberal Party polling showed that with Downer as leader, the Coalition had a slim chance of holding its marginal seats in the next election, let alone of winning government.

Downer was given the choice of cabinet position in the incoming Howard government elected in March 1996, choosing Minister for Foreign Affairs, a position he held until 3 December 2007.

From 3. 01am on 30 November 2009, KDR Melbourne a consortium led by Keolis & Downer EDI Rail took control of Melbourne's tram network retaining the government owned brand, Yarra Trams.

The government was defeated in June 1884, but a year later, on 16 June 1885, Downer formed his first ministry taking the positions of premier and attorney-general.

On a two-day visit to Fiji, from 28 – 30 September, Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer called on the Fijian Military to respect the authority of the government and back off from its strident opposition to the controversial Unity Bill.

Downer said that while the Australian government had reservations about the legislation, it was even more opposed to the notion of the Military playing politics.

Several years after entering parliament Downer in time held a number of positions on the Opposition front bench from 1987 onwards, although he did depart from the front bench for a certain amount of time due to a possible scandal emerging related to the League of Rights.

Sir Alec's son, Alexander Downer, also a Liberal politician, was Leader of the Opposition 1994 – 95 and Foreign Minister of Australia 1996 – 2007.

Hunt was Senior Adviser to Alexander Downer, both as Leader of the Opposition ( 1994 – 95 ) and Minister for Foreign Affairs ( 1995 – 98 ).

For most of the period until 1899 Downer led the Opposition.

* 23 May – John Hewson is replaced as Leader of the Opposition by Alexander Downer.

Supporters of the status quo include current leader and former ACM Leader, Tony Abbott, former opposition leader Brendan Nelson, Cory Bernardi and Alexander Downer.

In January 1995, due to a variety of reasons and issues Downer resigned as Liberal Leader, John Howard was elected Liberal leader for the second time.

She was promoted again ( Shadow Minister for Senior Citizens and Aged Care and Shadow Minister Assisting the Leader on Women ’ s Affairs and the Arts ) under the leadership of John Hewson, but was demoted to a shadow parliamentary secretary position under Alexander Downer.

Told by Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer that Prime Minister Qarase had assured him that the bill would be amended, Chaudhry said that he would wait and see, and would continue to oppose the bill in the meantime.

Downer expressed strong reservations about the legislation, but also rebuked the Fijian Military for " playing politics.

In an interview with ABC Television reported by Fiji Live on 3 March, Downer reiterated earlier opposition to Military interference in politics.

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Susan Boyd, a former Australian High Commissioner to Fiji, strongly criticized the legislation, but Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said that it is an " internal matter " and that Australia does not want to get involved.

Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer visited Fiji for two days of talks, from 28 to 30 September 2005.

Downer said that he intended to elaborate further on Australian Prime Minister John Howard's promise of a seven-year extension of the SPARTECA – TCF scheme, which assists Fiji's textile, clothing, and footwear industry.

About the coup, Australia's Foreign Minister at the time, Alexander Downer, said that the military were " slowly trying to take control " and pressure the PM to resign.

The word " Kerosene " was registered as a trademark by Abraham Gesner in 1854, and for several years, only the North American Gas Light Company and the Downer Company ( to which Gesner had granted the right ) were allowed to call their lamp oil " Kerosene " in the United States.

John Hewson was replaced as Liberal party leader by Alexander Downer after being defeated at a leadership spill in May 1994.

On 25 June 2009, it was announced that KDR — a joint venture between Keolis and Downer EDI — would be the operator of the Melbourne tram network from 30 November 2009.

1955: Bellanca Aircraft sold to Northern Aircraft ( later named Downer then International Aircraft or Inter-Air ) of Alexandria, Minnesota.

Dove's seat was previously held by Hunt Downer, a former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Some of its first settlers were John Downer, a cabinet-maker ; Eliphalet Downer, hatter ; William Bryan and Joseph Marshall, blacksmiths, and James Duff, weaver ; they all lived in log houses.

Downer Tavern, Fayette-Springs Hotel, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Rush House, and Wharton Furnace are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

* Hayek Pharmacy — Located at 4001 N. Downer Ave, the original interior of the pharmacy was featured on the cover of the Images of America book on Shorewood's historic buildings.

A biographical, feature-length documentary titled Chasing Sound: Les Paul at 90 made its world première on May 9, 2007, at the Downer Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Nevertheless, Push associates regularly assisted in organising and turning out for street demonstrations, e. g., against South African apartheid and in support of victims of the 1960 Sharpeville massacre ; against the initial refusal of immigration minister Alexander Downer, Sr. to grant political asylum to three Portuguese merchant seamen who jumped ship in Darwin ; and against Australia's participation in the Vietnam War.

In late 1998, the Australian Prime Minister John Howard with his Foreign Minister Alexander Downer drafted a letter setting out a major change in Australian policy.

To protect travelers, the U. S. Army established several forts along the trail, including Fort Downer, Fort Harker, Fort Hays, Fort Monument, and Fort Wallace.

Any free elections that were to be held in Poland would have to produce a government in which Moscow had complete confidence, and all pressure from the West for free voting by anti-Soviet elements in Poland would be met by restrictions on voting by these elements.

In 1441 Pope Eugene IV merged them into one congregation called " Congregatio Sancti Ambrosii ad Nemus ", made the original house the main seat, and laid down a system of government whereby a general chapter met every three years, elected the priors who stayed in office till the next chapter.

MCP received this order from the Dutch government because their computer met all the technical and other demands, including the demand that the computers should be of Dutch origin and should be built in the Netherlands.

The reforms and the PDPA's affinity to the Soviet Union were met with heavy resistance among the population, especially as the government attempted to enforce its Marxist policies by arresting or simply executing those who resisted.

In 1796, during the French Revolution and three years after the declaration of war between France and Great Britain, Étienne-Gaspard Robert met with the French government and proposed the use of mirrors to burn the invading ships of the British Royal Navy.

After this the Reichstag met only rarely to unanimously rubber-stamp the decisions of the government.

Pressure from the U. S. government and critical sectors of Colombian society was met with further violence, as the Medellín Cartel and its hitmen, bribed or murdered numerous public officials, politicians and others who stood in its way by supporting the implementation of extradition of Colombian nationals to the U. S. Victims of cartel violence included Justice Minister Rodrigo Lara, assassinated in 1984, an event which made the Betancur administration begin to directly oppose the drug lords.

For example, the federal government funds Canada Day events at the Old Port of Montreal — an area run by a federal Crown corporation — while the National Holiday parade is a grassroots effort that has been met with pressure to cease, even from federal officials.

It met with stronger resistance in the Senate — some Senators objected to the change of name ; Ernest Manning, who argued that the rationale for the change was based on a misperception of the name, and George McIlraith, who did not agree with the manner in which the bill had been passed and urged the government to proceed in a more " dignified way "— but finally passed.

The Senate quickly met and began debating a change of government, but this eventually devolved into an argument over which of them would be the new princeps.

During his trip in Russia, Chiang met Leon Trotsky and other Soviet leaders, but quickly came to the conclusion that the Russian model of government was not suitable for China.

A number of International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and World Bank missions have met with the new government to help it develop a coherent economic plan but associated reforms are on hold.

A number of IMF and World Bank missions have met with the government to help it develop a coherent economic plan, and President Kabila has begun implementing reforms.

The United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office delivered a note to the Ecuadorian government in Quito reminding them of the provisions of the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987 which allow the British government to withdraw recognition of diplomatic protection from embassies ; the move was interpreted as a hostile act by Ecuador, with Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño stating that this " explicit threat " would be met with " appropriate responses in accordance with international law ".

The Supreme Council of the IRB met on 5 September 1914, a month after the British government had declared war on Germany.

This situation persisted until the Convention, elected by universal male suffrage and charged with writing a new constitution, met on 20 September 1792 and became the new de facto government of France.

State finances during the earlier phases of the Revolution had been so thoroughly ruined that the government could not have met its expenses without the plunder and the tribute of foreign countries.

As it was, his political activities caused his travel to be restricted by the U. S. government and he did not visit the UK until later, at which point he met none of the DNA researchers in England.

The terms proposed by the bankers met with considerable opposition in Honduras, further weakening the Dávila government.

This situation persisted until a National Convention, charged with writing a new constitution, met on 20 September 1792 and became the new de facto government of France.

If a government building was damaged, the cost of repair would be met from public funds because, in the long run, this was cheaper than paying insurance premiums.

Noman Benotman, a former Mujahideen who knew Libi, told Newsweek that during a recent trip to Tripoli, he met with a senior Libyan government official who confirmed to him that Libi had been quietly returned to Libya and was still in prison there, but suffering from tuberculosis.

President Davis met with his Confederate Cabinet for the last time on May 5, 1865, in Washington, Georgia, and the Confederate government was officially dissolved.