The Balfour Declaration of 1926, a report resulting from the 1926 Imperial Conference of British Empire leaders in London, was named after the British statesman Arthur Balfour, first Earl of Balfour, Lord President of the Council and a previous Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Regular ceremonies of the Emperor with a constitutional basis are the Prime Minister investitures in the Imperial palace throne room and the Speech from the Throne ceremony in the House of Councillors in the National Diet Building.

The government of Prime Minister Yoshida Shigeru hastily cobbled together the legislation to bring the Imperial Household in compliance with the American-written Constitution of Japan that went into effect in May 1947.

In January 2005 Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi appointed a special panel composed of judges, university professors, and civil servants to study changes to the Imperial Household Law and to make recommendations to the government.

On January 3, 2007, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that he would drop the proposal to alter the Imperial Household Law.

The government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, conferred the additional title upon her by an Act of Parliament, reputedly to assuage the monarch's irritation at being, as a mere Queen, notionally inferior to her own daughter ( Princess Victoria was the wife of the reigning German Emperor ); the Indian Imperial designation was also formally justified as the expression of Britain succeeding as paramount ruler of the subcontinent the former Mughal ' Padishah of Hind ', using indirect rule through hundreds of princely states formally under protection, not colonies, but accepting the British Sovereign as their suzerain.

However, shortly after the announcement that Princess Kiko was pregnant with her third child, the proposal to alter the Imperial Household Law was suspended by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

After the end of his viceregal tenure, Alexander was sworn into the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and thereafter, in order to serve as the British Minister of Defence in the Cabinet of Winston Churchill, into the Imperial Privy Council.

Despite a 1995 apology regarding World War II by Japanese Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama, tensions still remain, mostly because many Chinese feel there is a lack of true remorse for wartime crimes committed by Imperial Japanese forces.

He was also appointed Imperial Chancellor ( Reichskanzler ) of the German Empire, but retained his Prussian offices ( including those of Minister-President and Foreign Minister ).

In 1574 Nobunaga accepted the title of Kuge ( or Court Noble ), then in 1577 he was given the title of Udaijin ( or Minister of the Right ), the third highest position in the Imperial court.

Foreign Minister Pavel Milyukov sent the Entente Powers a telegram, known as Milyukov note, affirming them that the Provisional Government would continue the war with the same war aims the Imperial Russia did.

In June 1937, during an Imperial Conference of all the Dominion Prime Ministers in London convened during the coronation of King George VI, King informed British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain that Canada would only go to war if Britain were directly attacked, and that if Britain were to become involved in a continental war then Chamberlain was not to expect Canadian support.

* November 26 – Yamamoto Gonnohyōe, the 16th and 22nd Prime Minister of Japan, an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy

These were the Chancellor / Minister over the Masses, Imperial Counselor / Excellency of Works, and Grand Commandant / Grand Marshal.

The Imperial Counselors and Nine Ministers ( excluding the Minister Coachman ) of every kingdom were abolished, although the Chancellor was still appointed by the central government.

While the central Imperial authority decayed in the course of the Thirty Years ' War, Chief Minister Cardinal Richelieu urged the occupation of the duchy in 1641.

Prince, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician and three-time Prime Minister of Japan.

The court requested Yuan's return on 27 October, but he repeatedly declined offers from the Qing Court for his return, first as the Viceroy of Huguang, and then as Prime Minister of the Imperial Cabinet.

Cosgrave immediately went to London for a meeting with the British Prime Minister and the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, where they agreed to let the border remain as it was, and in return the Free State did not have to pay its pro-rata share of the Imperial debt.

On August 15, while leaving the Imperial Palace in Tokyo after being appointed to the command of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force, Matsui had remarked to War Minister Hajime Sugiyama that: " There's no solution except to break the power of Chiang Kai-shek by capturing Nanking.

His impromptu speech stunned Balfour and the Cabinet, the Prime Minister having just insisted publicly that it was not yet time to implement a policy of Imperial Preference.

Prime Minister Pyotr Stolypin ( Eric Porter ), who succeeded Witte, has commissioned the Imperial Duma and granted some of the people ’ s requests in order to preserve the Russian Empire.

* Minister of the Imperial Clan ( 宗正 )

Mackenzie also served as Minister of Public Works and oversaw the completion of the Parliament Buildings.

Here he oversaw the education of future Prime Minister H. H. Asquith.

As Prime Minister, he oversaw landmark changes including the historic decision not to devalue the Australian dollar in line with the British pound, and the 1967 constitutional referendum in which an overwhelming majority of Australians voted in favour of giving the Commonwealth power to legislate specifically for indigenous Australians.

Askin, along with his Minister for Local Government, Pat Morton, oversaw the rapid escalation of building development in inner-city Sydney and the central business district, which followed in the wake of his controversial 1967 abolition of Sydney City Council and a redistribution of municipal electoral boundaries that was aimed at reducing the power of the rival Australian Labor Party.

As Prussian Minister of Education, Humboldt oversaw the system of Technische Hochschulen and Gymnasien.

Under Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home he was President of the Board of Trade and Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development, and oversaw the abolition of retail price maintenance.

As Education Minister he oversaw a number of reforms, including abolition of fees for state schools, improving teachers ' pay and conditions, and founding Tasmania's first state high schools.

As Prime Minister, he oversaw the establishment of the state's institutions.

In the Labour Government of 1964 – 1970 he served first as Postmaster General, where he oversaw the opening of the Post Office Tower, and later as a notably " technocratic " Minister of Technology.

As Prime Minister, Balfour oversaw such events as the Entente Cordiale, but his party was split over tariff reform and in December 1905 he relinquished power to the Liberals.

The King, ruling with Prime Minister Metaxas, oversaw a fascist regime in which political opponents were arrested and strict censorship was imposed.

The Dalgety District and Community Association now holds an annual ' Snowy River Day ' on 31 August to commemorate when the three governments, Victoria, NSW and the Commonwealth with high profile former Australian Conservation Foundation President, and now Federal Environment Minister Peter Garrett oversaw the temporary release of water from the Moonbah or Mowamba River, a tributary of the Snowy River.

On 17 March 1940, he was appointed Reichsminister für Bewaffnung und Munition (" Reich Minister for Armaments and Munitions ") and oversaw the work of Organisation Todt in the occupied west.

An academic and former Vice Foreign Minister of Egypt, Boutros Boutros-Ghali oversaw the UN at a time when it dealt with several world crises, including the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Rwandan Genocide.

From 1998 to 2002, she served as Justice Minister in Gerhard Schröder's first cabinet, where she oversaw a number of controversial reform projects such as the reform of German citizenship legislation, the introduction of same-sex civil unions, and the overhaul of the German Civil Code, the most invasive since its inception in 1900.

As Minister of the Interior, he oversaw the 1927 creation of Prince Albert National Park.

In 1890, during the reign of Rama V of Bangkok, Phraya Si Sahathep ( พระยาศร ี สหเทพ ), Plat Thun Chalong ( ปล ั ดท ู ลฉลอง ) of the Ministry of the Interior, completed an inspection tour of the cities in the Northwestern Mandala ( see also Mandala ( Southeast Asian history ) and Mandala for perspective ) and consulted with High Commissioner Phraya Ritsaratchakit ( พระยาร ิ ศราชก ิ จ ข ้ าหลวงใหญ ่), who oversaw the Northwestern Mandala, to organise a new order of governance, namely, he would incorporate the partially independent city-states of Mae Hong Son, Khun Yuam ( เม ื องข ุ นยวม ), Yuam ( เม ื องยวม ) ( Mae Sariang ) and Pai into a single unit of government to be called the Boriwen Chiang Mai Tawantok, or Shire of Western Chiang Mai ( บร ิ เวณเช ี ยงใหม ่ ตะว ั นตก ), and placed the government of the shire ( which was now comparable to that of a single mueang ) at Khun Yuem by appointing Nai Mot ( นายโหมด ) as shire reeve ( as stated by the Minister for the Interior on July 11, 1901 ).

Prime Minister Xie An oversaw overall strategy and, while he lacked military abilities, he calmed the panicking officials and people by himself acting in a calming manner.

As Planning Minister, Sánchez de Lozada oversaw a series of economic structural reforms that steered the country away from state capitalism, towards a mixed economy.

As Minister of Finance, Eves also oversaw two controversial privatization initiatives: the long-term lease of the Bruce nuclear generating station to British Energy and the 99-year lease of Highway 407 to a consortium of mainly foreign investors.

Over the next two years, as Sierra Leone headed for independence, Margai oversaw the creation of a new constitution for the colony, and upon its adoption in 1958, he became Prime Minister.

Minister of Transport Benoît Bouchard oversaw the reduction in service on January 15, 1990, when Via's operations were reduced by 55 %.

As Minister of Posts and Telecommunications in 1970, he oversaw the controversial jamming of the offshore radio station Radio North Sea International.

Called to the Centre following Rajiv Gandhi's massive mandate in the 1984 General elections, he was appointed to the pivotal post of Finance Minister, where he oversaw the gradual relaxation of the license Raj as Rajiv had in mind.