If the Dominican Republic achieves free, democratic government, it will be due in large part to the U.S. show of force that enabled President Balaguer to prevent a threatened restoration of Trujillo dictatorship.

, across the envelope, and now Theresa had it, all as easily as if she had been the President of the Republic or the Pope.

* 1884 – Vincent Auriol, French politician, 16th President of the French Republic ( d. 1966 )

* 1977 – Makarios III, Greek archbishop and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Cyprus ( b. 1913 )

* 1963 – President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.

* 1813 – Jules Grévy, French politician, 3rd President of the French Republic ( d. 1891 )

* 1999 – In Belgrade, Yugoslavia, tens of thousands of Serbians rally to demand the resignation of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milošević.

* 1963 – Xá Lợi Pagoda raids: the Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces loyal to Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of President Ngo Dinh Diem, vandalizes Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving an estimated hundreds dead.

* 1951 – Akhmad Kadyrov, Chechen politician, 1st President of the Chechen Republic ( d. 2004 )

After Amadeus abandonment in 1873, Parliament declared the Federal Republic ( including the Cuba, Puerto Ico and he Pacific Archipelagos ), the first act of President Estanbislao Figueras was to extend the Abolition Act to Puerto Rico.

* 1992 – Pascal Lissouba is inaugurated as the President of the Republic of the Congo.

* 1876 – Kim Gu, Korean politician, 6th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea ( d. 1949 )

* 1980 – The Republic of Zimbabwe ( formerly Rhodesia ) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President.

* 1992 – General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolts against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allies with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul.

* 1991 – The Republic of Georgia introduces the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union.

* 1837 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman, 4th President of the French Republic ( d. 1894 )

The President of the Republic exercises the administrative function, in collaboration with several Ministries or other authorities with ministerial rank.

The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus () is the executive branch of state power in Belarus, and it is appointed by the President of Belarus.

The President of the Republic still intended to create a Ministry in his first term.

In November 1995, the presidents of Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and Zaire ( currently Democratic Republic of Congo ) announced a regional initiative for a negotiated peace in Burundi facilitated by former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere.

The oldest and largest regular military parade in Europe is held on the morning of 14 July, on the Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris in front of the President of the Republic, French officials and foreign guests.

The parade passes down the Champs-Élysées from the Arc de Triomphe to the Place de la Concorde, where the President of the French Republic, his government and foreign ambassadors to France stand.

Until 1928 it was directed by a General Manager, after this time instead by a Governor elected by an internal commission of managers, with a decree from the President of the Italian Republic for a term of 7 years.

The appointment of the governor is the responsibility of the government, head of the Board of Directors, with the approval of the President of the Republic ( formally a decree of the President ).

The President appoints the government members ( ministers ) at the proposal of the Prime Minister.

The parliament also appoints the president of the Bank of Estonia, the Chief of the Headquarters of the Estonian Defense, the Comptroller General of Estonia, the Chancellor of Justice of Estonia and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Estonia, all on the proposal of the President of Estonia.

* 1942 – World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.

Politics of Gabon takes place in a framework of a republic whereby the President of Gabon is head of state and in effect, also the head of government, since he appoints the prime minister and his cabinet.

::: The President of the People's Republic of China receives foreign diplomatic representatives on behalf of the People's Republic of China and, in pursuance of decisions of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, appoints and recalls plenipotentiary representatives abroad, and ratifies and abrogates treaties and important agreements concluded with foreign states.

The President appoints the Prime Minister, who is designated by legislators of the political party or coalition commanding a parliamentary majority.

The President then appoints subordinate ministers on the advice of the Prime Minister.

* 1921 – U. S. President Warren G. Harding appoints former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States.

* 1981 – U. S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O ' Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Upon the Prime Minister's nomination, the President also appoints, under the recommendation of the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers ( 13 ministries ), as well as a number of other top civil servants and the judges for all courts.

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.

The President also nominally appoints, upon recommendation of the Prime Minister, the individual ministers.

The President appoints the Chief Justice of Malta and the judges of the superior courts on the advice of the Prime Minister of Malta.

* 1970 – President Richard Nixon appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington the first female United States Army Generals.

* 1861 – American Civil War: US President Abraham Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as the commander of the Union Army, replacing General Winfield Scott.

* 1861 – American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war.

; Appoints the government: The President appoints the Taoiseach ( head of government ) and other ministers, and accepts their resignations.

; Appoints the judiciary: The President appoints the judges to all Courts of the Republic of Ireland, on the advice of the Government.

* The President appoints, on the advice of the Government, the Senior Professors and chairman of the council of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies ; the governor of the Central Bank of Ireland ; the members of the Irish Financial Services Appeals Tribunal ; the Ombudsman ; and the members of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.

* The President appoints one trustee to the Chester Beatty Library.

* Executive: The President is the commander-in-chief of the military, can veto legislative bills before they become law, and appoints the Cabinet and other officers, who administer and enforce federal laws and policies.

The President appoints and heads a cabinet of ministers composed of elected members of parliament.

The President appoints judges to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Courts.

The Board appoints a President to serve as the chief executive officer of the university and prescribe the duties of professors and course of study, manage financial and business affairs, and appoint nine vice presidents.