Ordinary methods of diplomacy within the free world are inadequate, said the former Prime Minister.

Former British Prime Minister Attlee says Eisenhower was not a `` great soldier ''.

We had nearly decided that all the tales of Lao lethargy must be true, when we were invited to take a trip with the Prime Minister.

In Keng Kok, the City of Silkworms, the Prime Minister bought fried chickens and fried cicadas, and two notebooks for me.

The Prime Minister paid his respects to the Buddhist monks, strode rapidly among the houses, joked with the local soldiery, and made a speech.

This was expanded upon by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, who established a Division of Anthropology within the Geological Survey in 1910.

The executive branch of the government was composed of the President, the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.

Prime Minister Pedro Pires sent FARP soldiers to Angola where they served as the personal bodyguards of Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos.

Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Angola in June 2006, offering a US $ 9 billion loan for infrastructure improvements in return for petroleum.

After that case Poirot apparently came to the attention of the British secret service, and undertook cases for the British government, including foiling the attempted abduction of the Prime Minister.

* 1968 – Pierre Elliot Trudeau wins the Liberal Leadership Election, and becomes Prime Minister of Canada soon after.

* 1902 – Louis Beel, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ( d. 1977 )

* 1924 – Raymond Barre, French politician, Prime Minister of France ( d. 2007 )

* 1803 – Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and statesman, 10th Prime Minister of Prussia ( d. 1879 )

* 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic politician, Prime Minister of Iceland ( d. 1970 )

* 1949 – António Guterres, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal

* 1955 – Dimitra Liani, Greek air hostess, widow of Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou

* 1959 – Stephen Harper, Canadian politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

* 1918 – Jelle Zijlstra, Dutch politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands ( d. 2001 )

* 1928 – Péter Boross, Hungarian politician, Prime Minister of Hungary

* 1966 – Juhan Parts, Estonian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Estonia

* 1765 – Petros Mavromichalis, Greek general and politician, Prime Minister of Greece ( d. 1848 )

* 1916 – Dom Mintoff, Maltese politician and journalist, 8th Prime Minister of Malta ( d. 2012 )

* 1944 – Khaleda Zia, Bangladeshi politician, 9th Prime Minister of Bangladesh

* 1961 – John Key, New Zealand politician, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand

* 1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.

* 1884 – Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan ( d. 1948 )

* 1944 – World War II: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort.

** Hideki Tojo, general, 40th Prime Minister of Japan ( b. 1884 )

* July 18 – WWII: Hideki Tojo resigns as Prime Minister of Japan due to numerous setbacks in the war effort.

* October 18 – General Hideki Tojo becomes the 40th Prime Minister of Japan.

* December 30 – Tojo Hideki, Prime Minister of Japan ( d. 1948 )

Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan ( 1941-1944 )

When Prime Minister of Japan General Hideki Tojo refused American demands that Japan withdraw its military forces from China, a confrontation became more likely.

* German Großadmiral and President Karl Dönitz and Japanese Prime Ministers and Generals Hideki Tōjō and Kuniaki Koiso in the aftermath of World War II.

He referred to the Japanese as " Tojos ," a slur not unlike Jap and deriving from war-time Japanese Prime Minister and General Hideki Tojo.

Thus, two days later, Hirohito chose General Hideki Tōjō as Prime Minister.

Historical examples of a " power behind the throne " include Diego Portales of Chile ; Martin Bormann of Nazi Germany ; General Hideki Tōjō of Japan, who was influential in the military's actions leading up to World War II and later became Prime Minister of Japan in 1941.

On 10 November 1943 Sukarno and Hatta were sent on a seventeen-day tour of Japan, where they were decorated by the Emperor Hirohito and wined and dined in the house of Prime Minister Hideki Tojo in Tokyo.

* Hideki Tojo, Prime Minister of Japan

Known as the " Land Disposal Plan in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere " ( 大東亜共栄圏における土地処分案 ) it was put together with the consent of and according to the directions of the Minister of War ( later Prime Minister ) Hideki Tōjō.

Several prominent members of the Japanese cabinet were executed, most notably former Prime Minister Tojo Hideki.

Japanese Prime Minister Tojo Hideki said to his cabinet, " this is an ultimatum.

Also in Japan, Generals Hideki Tōjō ( later Prime Minister ), Kenji Doihara, Seishirō Itagaki, Heitarō Kimura, Iwane Matsui and Akira Mutō, and Baron Kōki Hirota were found guilty and responsible for the brutal maltreatment of American and Filipino POW's, and were executed by hanging at Sugamo Prison in Ikebukuro on December 23, 1948.

In 1944, they attempted assassination of Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō ( one of the leaders of Tōseiha or Control Group which conflicted with Kōdōha in the Japanese Army ).

From 1943, she also worked behind the scene with her younger son Prince Takamatsu Nobuhito to bring the downfall of Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō.

There were occasions when former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo served food to all the other class " A " prisoners.

In 1944, he colluded with Prince Higashikuni, his nephew Prince Takamatsu, and former Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro ( 1895 – 1945 ) to oust the Hideki Tojo cabinet.

Although largely regarded as a submissive lackey for his reputation of meek submissiveness and unquestioning loyalty to Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō ( which created considerably unpopularity and criticism among his naval associates, who would refer to him as " Tōjō's Yurufun " (" Tōjō's Droopy Drawers "), Tōjō's " tea servant " or " briefcase carrier " behind his back ), Shimada played an important role in working with Tōjō in coordinating military operations between the Army and Navy during the early years of the Pacific War.