For example, members of the Irish Cabinet are dismissed by the President on the advice of the Taoiseach ; in other instances, the head of state may be able to dismiss an office holder unilaterally ; other heads of state, or their representatives, have the theoretical power to dismiss any office-holder, while it is exceptionally rarely used.

* October 12 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army ( PIRA ) attempts to assassinate Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the British Cabinet in the Brighton hotel bombing.

During their period in office, the Irish Green Party held two Cabinet portfolios including Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources.

They threatened to vote against the Budget unless they had their way ( Irish nationalists favoured tariff reform, and opposed the planned increase in whisky duty, but an attempt by Lloyd George to win their support by cancelling it was abandoned as the Cabinet felt that this was recasting the Budget too much, and because it would also have annoyed nonconformist voters.

The legislation for Irish Home Rule was due to come into effect, allowing for the two-year delay under the Parliament Act, in 1914 – by which time the Cabinet were discussing allowing the six predominantly Protestant counties of Ulster to opt out of the arrangement, which was ultimately suspended owing to the outbreak of the Great War in 1914.

Nevertheless, Chamberlain maintained an interest in Irish affairs, and proposed to the Cabinet an Irish Central Board that would have legislative powers for land, education and communications.

' Seeking a contest with the Whigs, Chamberlain and Sir Charles Dilke presented their resignations to Gladstone on 20 May 1885, when the Cabinet rejected Chamberlain's scheme for the creation of National Councils in England, Scotland and Wales and when a proposed Land Purchase Bill did not have any provision for the reform of Irish local government.

Reynolds became interested in politics at the time of the Arms Crisis in 1970, a hugely controversial episode in modern Irish history which saw two Cabinet ministers, Neil Blaney and Charles Haughey, sacked from the government over an alleged attempt to import arms to Northern Ireland.

The Chief Secretary for Ireland ( the British Cabinet minister with responsibility for Irish affairs ), Lord Frederick Cavendish, and his Undersecretary ( chief civil servant ), Thomas Henry Burke, were stabbed to death with surgical knives while walking back to the residence from Dublin Castle.

The Chief Secretary for Ireland ( the British Cabinet minister with responsibility for Irish affairs ), Lord Frederick Cavendish, and the Under-Secretary for Ireland ( chief civil servant ), Thomas Henry Burke, were stabbed to death with surgical knives while walking from Dublin Castle.

He was leader of the Irish Unionist Alliance and Ulster Unionist Party between 1910 and 1921, held numerous positions in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom and served as a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.

Dionysius Lardner ( 3 April 1793-29 April 1859 ), was an Irish scientific writer who popularised science and technology, and edited the 133-volume Cabinet Cyclopedia.

French noted that Irish divisions could no longer be kept up to strength by voluntary recruitment, and in March 1918, when the Cabinet planned to extend conscription to Ireland, French claimed that “ opinion was about evenly divided ” on the issue, and thought it would remove “ useless and idle youths … between 18 and … 25 ” and would cause opposition but not “ bloodshed ”.

The Cabinet agreed that the Irish Government could impose martial law whenever it pleased – although in the event this did not happen for almost another year, by which time executive authority had been returned to London.

Richard James Mulcahy ( 10 May 1886 – 16 December 1971 ) was an Irish politician, Army General and Commander-in-chief, leader of Fine Gael and Cabinet minister.

George Colley ( 18 October 1925 – 17 September 1983 ) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician, who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Minister for Finance and Tánaiste.

James Gerard " Gerry " Collins ( born 16 October 1938 ) is an Irish retired Fianna Fáil politician, who served in a wide number of Cabinet poistions, most notably as Minister for Justice and Minister for Foreign Affairs.

Wilson thought the Irish Treaty ( 6 December 1921 ) a “ shameful & cowardly surrender to the pistol ” by a “ Cabinet of Cowards ” and, correctly predicting civil war in Ireland, was keen to get out before “ one set of murderers ” ( the Irish government ) asked for British military aid against “ another set of murderers ”.

Macready was summoned to London, where he found the Cabinet worried about their personal safety but also keen for a dramatic gesture of retaliation, and was asked whether it was possible for British troops to seize the Four Courts – he said that it was but cautioned against precipitate action which might reunite the two Irish factions, and on his return to Dublin deliberately delayed taking such action.

Executive meetings are normally held fortnightly, compared to weekly meetings of the British Cabinet and Irish Government.

Holding cabinet rank from April to August 1919, she became both the first Irish female Cabinet Minister and at the same time, only the second female government minister in Europe.

Paul Peter Murphy, KCMCO, KSG ( born 25 November 1948 ) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Torfaen since 1987, and served in the Cabinet as both Northern Irish and Welsh Secretary.

* The Cabinet of Irish Literature.

* The Cabinet of Irish Literature Volume III, Blackie & Son Limited London, 1880

* Cabinet des Fees: On-line Journal of Fairy Tale Literature

Freundel Stuart, and his Cabinet ; ( Parliament ) as legislature, divided into two chambers ( Senate and House of Assembly ), and an independent judiciary.

The advice given by the Cabinet is, in order to ensure the stability of government, typically binding ; both the Queen and her viceroy, however, may in exceptional circumstances invoke the reserve powers, which remain the Crown's final check against a ministry's abuse of power, this was last fully exercised in 1932, when Sir Philip Game dismissed Premier Jack Lang.

Almost all of the initially favourable reports Ribbentrop provided to Berlin about the alliance's prospects were based on friendly remarks about the " New Germany " from various British aristocrats like Lord Londonderry and Lord Lothian ; the rather cool reception that Ribbentrop received from British Cabinet ministers and senior bureaucrats did not make much of an impression on him at first.

Gresham had a long career as a political appointee in the latter part of the 19th century ; though he lost his only two bids for elective office, he served in three Cabinet positions and was twice a dark horse candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.

Cabinet of Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko ; Konoe is the 4th person on the right on the 2nd row

On April 12, 1980, Doe led a bloody coup d ' état against president Tolbert, in which Tolbert and twenty-six of his supporters were murdered ; ten days later thirteen of Tolbert ’ s Cabinet members were publicly executed.

The President heads the executive branch and appoints the Cabinet ; Like many presidential democracies, each member of the cabinet need to be approved by the Parliament.

Merovingian coins are on display at the Monnaie de Paris in Paris ; there are Merovingian gold coins at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Médailles.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is similar in name to the Medal of Freedom established by President Harry S. Truman in 1945 to honor civilian service during World War II, but much closer in meaning and precedence to the Medal for Merit: the Presidential Medal of Freedom is currently the supreme civilian decoration in precedence, whereas the Medal of Freedom was inferior in precedence to the Medal for Merit ; the Medal of Freedom was awarded by any of three Cabinet secretaries, whereas the Medal for Merit was ( and the PMOF is ) awarded by the president.

There do exist checks on the prime minister's power: parliament may revoke its confidence in an incumbent prime minister ; cabinet or caucus revolts can quickly bring down a sitting premier, and even mere threats of such action can persuade and / or compel a prime minister to resign his post, as happened with Jean Chrétien ; the Senate may delay or impede legislation put forward by the Cabinet, such as when Brian Mulroney's bill creating the Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) came before the upper chamber ; and, given Canada's federal nature, the jurisdiction of the federal government is limited to areas prescribed by the constitution.

By the 1830s the Westminster system of government ( or cabinet government ) had emerged ; the Prime Minister had become " primus inter pares " or the first among equals in the Cabinet and the head of government in the United Kingdom.

By the turn of the 20th century the modern premiership had emerged ; the office had become the pre-eminent position in the constitutional hierarchy vis-a-vis the Sovereign, Parliament and Cabinet.

The King — not Parliament — chose him ; and the King — not Walpole — chose the Cabinet.

" He and his Cabinet were united in their policies and would stand or fall together ; they also refused to accept anyone in the Cabinet who did not agree.

The incumbent worked with his Cabinet and other government officials ; he occasionally met with the Sovereign, and attended Parliament when it was in session during the spring and summer.

Likewise, a Prime Minister is no longer just " first amongst equals " in HM Government ; although theoretically his Cabinet might still outvote him, in practice he progressively entrenches his position by retaining only personal supporters in the Cabinet.

Thus the Privy Council, as a whole, ceased to be a body of important confidential advisers to the Sovereign ; the role passed to a committee of the Privy Council, now known as the Cabinet.

* Appointments Committee of the Cabinet ;

He is the head of the Cabinet and appoints and dismisses the Ministers of State ; the literal translation of the Japanese name for the office is Minister for the Comprehensive Administration of the Cabinet or Minister that Presides over the Cabinet.