Following a constitutional referendum of July 2000, the president of the CNSP decided to run for president, and indeed declared himself president after the elections of 22 October 2000.

Following the return of the Labour Party to government in 1997, Dewar became the Secretary of State for Scotland and campaigned for a ' Yes-Yes ' vote in the successful referendum on Scottish devolution.

Following a successful referendum on independence for the Autonomous Region of Eritrea between 23 and 25 April 1993, on 19 May of that year the Provisional Government of Eritrea ( PGE ) issued a Proclamation regarding the reorganization of the Government.

Following the 1998 resignation of Suharto, on 30 August 1999, the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence in a UN-sponsored referendum.

Following the forged referendum, the Polish economy started to become nationalized.

Following the referendum Josef Bürckel was appointed on 1 March 1935 as the German Reich's commissioner for reintegration ( Reichskommissar für die Rückgliederung des Saarlandes ).

Following a referendum in 1979, St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the last of the Windward Islands to gain independence.

Following the referendum the armed forces announced a plan for the return to civilian rule, and national elections were held in 1984.

Following the Maltese constitutional referendum, 1964, approved by 54. 5 % of voters, on 21 September 1964, Malta became an independent state as a Constitutional Monarchy, with Queen Elizabeth II as its Head of State.

Following a referendum on 5 October 1960, in which whites voted in favour of a republic, the Union became the Republic of South Africa on 31 May 1961 and left the Commonwealth in the face of condemnation of its apartheid policies.

Following a successful referendum in 2011 on extending the law making powers of the National Assembly it is now able to make laws, known as Acts of the Assembly, on all matters in devolved subject areas, without needing the UK Parliament's agreement.

Following a second decree ( decreto legge luogotenenziale 16 marzo 1946, n. 98 ), during the government of De Gasperi, a referendum was held on 2 June and 3 June 1946 ( 2 June later was named as a national holiday ).

Following the end of the regime of Hosni Mubarak during the 2011 Arab Spring, the Muslim Brotherhood, likely to hold a key role in any future government, announced that the peace treaty with Israel may be put to a referendum.

Following a campaign led from within the Bangladeshi community, the referendum was won and at the ensuing Mayoral election in October 2010, Lutfur Rahman was elected Mayor.

Following the forged referendum, in October 1946, the new government nationalized all enterprises employing over 50 people and all but two banks.

Following a successful incorporation referendum in May 2004, the city was incorporated on January 14, 2005.

Following the 1993 victory of opposition forces against the Stalinist government in an Ethiopian civil war, Eritrea ( formerly known as " Bahri Negash " before being renamed to " Eritrea " by Italian colonizers from 1890 – 1941 ), seceded in a United Nations referendum with the blessing of the newly formed Ethiopian government.

Following negotiations involving the OAS, the government, and opposition groups, Alberto Fujimori's initial response was to hold a referendum to ratify the auto-coup, which the OAS rejected.

Following the referendum held in March 2011, in which the majority vote for the Assembly's law-making powers to be extended, Measures will be replaced by Acts of the Assembly.

Following Karamanlis ' resounding victory in the November 1974 parliamentary elections ( his New Democracy party won 54. 4 % of the vote ), he called for a referendum ( for 8 December 1974 ) on whether Greece would restore the monarchy or remain a republic without reference to the illegal republic still in place appointed by the military junta.

Following the successful independence referendum in May 2006, Podgorica became the official capital of an independent state, boosting its status as a regional centre and raising its economic prospects.

Following Montenegro's vote for full independence in the referendum of 21 May 2006 ( 55. 4 % yes, 44. 6 % no ), Montenegro declared independence on 3 June 2006 .< ref name =" bbc_2007 ">

Following the close rejection of membership in the 1972 referendum, his cabinet resigned.

Following Suharto's 1998 resignation from the Presidency, the Indonesian government ceded control of East Timor in 1999 following a referendum vote for independence.

Following the Austro-Prussian War of 1866, section five of the Peace of Prague stated that the people of Northern Schleswig should be granted the right to a referendum on whether they would remain under Prussian rule or return to Danish rule.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 all federal programs were revised to emphasize the war effort.

Following conviction, the Senate may vote to further punish the individual by barring him from holding future federal office, elected or appointed.

Following World War II, Yugoslavia was reconstituted as a federal state under the leadership of Tito's Yugoslav Communist Party.

Following World War II, in response to the growth of Nigerian nationalism and demands for independence, successive constitutions legislated by the British Government moved Nigeria toward self-government on a representative and increasingly federal basis.

Following the expiration of the original ARPANET contract with the U. S. federal government, the Internet Society ( acting on behalf of the IETF ) contracted with the Networking Division of the University of Southern California ( USC ) Information Sciences Institute ( ISI ) to assume the editorship and publishing responsibilities ( under the direction of the IAB ).

Following the LTTE's defeat, the Tamil National Alliance, the largest political party in Sri Lanka, dropped its demand for a separate state in favour of a federal solution.

Following the 1980 federal elections, the Libertarian Party assumed the title of being the third largest party after the American Independent Party, which had previously been the third largest political party, continued to fracture.

Following the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Alfred Meyer was appointed Reichsstatthalter ( deputy governor ) of Lippe und Schaumburg-Lippe in May 1933 and he was made Staatsminister ( governor ) of the federal government for Lippe und Schaumburg-Lippe in August 1936.

Following the 2009 redistribution of New South Wales federal elecorates, the Division of Prospect was renamed the Division of McMahon starting at the 2010 federal election.

Following Marshall's death, Smith began a lengthy legal battle over a share of his estate ; her case, Marshall v. Marshall, reached the U. S. Supreme Court on a question of federal jurisdiction and again on a question of bankruptcy court authority ( now called Stern v. Marshall ).

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks, Congress passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which created the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) to better coordinate among the different federal agencies that deal with law enforcement, disaster preparedness and recovery, border protection and civil defense.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, interest in a federal world government and, more generally, in the global protection of human rights, was renewed.

Following the terrorist attacks of 2001, the addition of hundreds of federal agents and millions of dollars in enforcement technology have pushed much of the smuggling activity into the rugged interior of Washington.

Following the War of 1812, the federal War Department built a chain of forts and installed Indian agents between Lake Michigan and the Missouri River.

Following Stéphane Dion's resignation as federal Liberal leader after the 2008 election, McKenna was once again touted as a possibility to take the helm of the federal Liberal Party.

Following the 2011 federal election, Layton led the party into the first month of the new session of Parliament, as well as attending the NDP Federal Convention in Vancouver.

Following her child's death, D ' Aquino was rearrested by the U. S. military authorities and transported to San Francisco, on September 25, 1948, where she was charged by federal prosecutors with the crime of treason for " adhering to, and giving aid and comfort to, the Imperial Government of Japan during World War II ".

Following the issuance of the warrants, an estimated 250 federal agents representing numerous U. S. federal law enforcement and other agencies conducted simultaneous raids on homes, offices and other locations throughout central and southern California, arresting Vang Pao and the other nine.

Following this appearance, on April 6, 2009, federal prosecutors denied all allegations of fabrications in the motion.

Following the 101 California Street shootings, the 1993 Waco Siege, and other high-profile instances of violent crime, the act expanded federal law in several ways.

Following the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, all the federal troops in Utah Territory were withdrawn to fight the Confederate States Army in the east.

Following the LTTE's defeat, pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance dropped its demand for a separate state, in favour of a federal solution.