It is also used to refer to political situations where one leader replaces another, only to be rapidly replaced in turn due to the instability of the governing system ( see cabinet shuffle ).

Following a 1996 cabinet shuffle, she relinquished the Environment portfolio and became Minister of Canadian Heritage.

Both Cordiano and Takhar were retained in their portfolios following a cabinet shuffle on June 29, 2005.

In the same cabinet shuffle, Premier McGuinty withdrew from the Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio and became the province's first Minister of Research and Innovation.

On July 20, 2004, Brison was named to cabinet as Minister of Public Works in Martin's post-election shuffle.

On July 18 2011, Joaquín Lavín was replaced as Chilean Minister of Education by Felipe Bulnes, as President Sebastián Piñera opted for a cabinet shuffle in response to the months of student protest.

Following a cabinet shuffle on February 3, 1993, Hampton was demoted to Minister of Natural Resources, responsible for Native Affairs.

In the ensuing cabinet shuffle, Yu was returned to the presidential office as secretary-general and succeeded as premier by Frank Hsieh.

* January 25-Jean Chrétien launches a major cabinet shuffle.

In a cabinet shuffle on August 14, 2007, Prentice became Minister of Industry, succeeding Maxime Bernier.

Axworthy's true interest was in international relations, and in a 1996 cabinet shuffle, he became Minister of Foreign Affairs, where he excelled, becoming a strong advocate of Canada's tradition of multilateralism.

Miller became Minister of Natural Resources following a cabinet shuffle on February 3, 1977.

After a cabinet shuffle on January 15, 2002, Caplan was appointed Minister of National Revenue.

Following a cabinet shuffle on August 2, 1989, she was named Minister of Energy and Minister of Natural Resources.

With the cabinet shuffle that followed the 2004 election, she became Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

Volpe was not promoted to cabinet in the August 1999 cabinet shuffle.

On January 4, 2007, Baird was appointed as Environment Minister in a cabinet shuffle, replacing previous Minister Rona Ambrose.

Following a cabinet shuffle in August 1989, he became Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations.

After a cabinet shuffle on June 29, 2005, Finance Minister Sorbara was also named as the Chair of the Management Board of Cabinet.

After a cabinet shuffle on June 29, 2005, he was named as Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities.

In the parliamentary system a cabinet reshuffle or shuffle is an informal term for an event that occurs when a head of government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in their cabinet.

As a result, the party lost its only cabinet post in the ensuing cabinet shuffle.

Two FRUD members were made cabinet members, and in the presidential elections of 1999 the FRUD campaigned in support of the RPP.

Two FRUD members were made cabinet members, and in the presidential elections of 1999 the FRUD campaigned in support of the RPP.

He served in Tony Blair's cabinet as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1997-1999 and was instrumental in the creation of the devolved Scottish Parliament in 1999.

The Red Brigades-PCC murdered in 1999 Massimo D ' Antona, an advisor to the cabinet of Prime Minister Massimo D ' Alema.

Arafat with PNA cabinet members at a meeting in Copenhagen, 1999

The United Democratic Party, running on a reform platform, won the 1999 parliamentary election, taking control of the presidency and cabinet.

Editorship of The Spectator has often been part of a route to high office in the Conservative Party in the UK ; past editors include Iain Macleod, Ian Gilmour and Nigel Lawson, all of whom became cabinet minister or a springboard for a greater role in public affairs, as with Boris Johnson ( 1999 to 2005 ), the Conservative Mayor of London.

The first time was in May 1999, when D66 stepped out of the coalition when proposed legislation entered by this party was blocked ; through negotiations the crisis was solved and the cabinet stayed together.

In 1999, he was briefly a minister at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, before entering the cabinet later in the year as the Secretary of State for Defence, at which time he became a member of the Privy Council.

He was editor ( or head of the " editorial cabinet ") for many years but retired from day-to-day duties in 1999, and now only contributes occasional cartoons.

* Simon David Upton ( 1999 )— cabinet minister

He briefly served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and Cooperation of Norway in the Jagland cabinet in 1996, and returned to the United Nations, where he again became an Under-Secretary-General, serving as the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority from 1999 to 2004.

Following Labour's return to government in 1997, Reid held numerous posts in the cabinet of Tony Blair, his first being Secretary of State for Scotland in 1999.

* HipHopMania complete Mix ( 1999 ): Includes all songs from the Japanese cabinet Beatmania complete Mix.

In 1999, the magazine created a minor controversy in Canada by inviting readers to submit sexually explicit stories about Sheila Copps, a left-leaning member of the Liberal cabinet.

On June 17, 1999, he was appointed to cabinet as Minister of Labour.

Elliot Lee Richardson ( July 20, 1920 December 31, 1999 ) was an American lawyer and politician who was a member of the cabinet of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

Following significant gains made in the 1999 general elections, the two green parties joined a federal coalition cabinet for the first time in their history, but were ousted after the next elections.

In the 1999 Ontario provincial election, Sewell ran as an independent candidate in the riding of Toronto Centre -- Rosedale, challenging Progressive Conservative cabinet minister Al Leach to protest the megacity.

Following the promotion to the cabinet of Alan Milburn, Denham moved to the Department of Health in 1999.

Following the general election of 1999, the Liberals were reduced to 10 seats from 45, and by early 2001 they were down to 7 seats following the resignation of several former cabinet ministers.

MacPhail's final cabinet position in the Clark government was as Minister of Finance from 1998 to 1999, when she quit the Clark government at a time that it was suffering from increasing dissent and scandal.

In 1999, the party lost a seat, but returned to the cabinet in coalition with the Pro Patria Union and the People's Party Moderates.

He was Bundesgeschäftsführer ( executive director ) of the national SPD from 1995 to 1998, and after holding briefly the post of Minister of Transportation and Construction in the first cabinet of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, he was the first to hold the new post of SPD General Secretary from 1999 to 2002, and thereafter became leader of the SPD fraction in the Bundestag.