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.

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 ).

President Kennedy, already two quiet demands down, still refused Thursday to be drawn into delivering a public ultimatum to Moscow.

Moreover, the President is meeting the Soviet leader at a time when the Administration has still not decided on the scope of America's firm foreign policy commitments.

At one time, while still under the impression that he was dealing with a Cuban plot, the President talked about invoking a total embargo on trade with Cuba.

The term is still found in use in Russia today ( for example, President Vladimir Putin has been referred to in the Russian media as a " chekist " due to his career in the KGB ).

In its temporary dispositions, the document ordered the transition from the former military government, with Augusto Pinochet as President of the Republic, and the Legislative Power of the Military Junta ( formed by the heads of the navy, air force, National Police, and a representative of the army, the head of the Army being president of the republic ), to a civil one, with a time frame of eight years, during which the Legislative Power would still be the Military Junta.

However, because the constitution still stipulates only that the President leads foreign policy and the government internal policy, the responsibility over European Union affairs is not explicitly resolved.

The Constitutional Council shall be consulted with regard to such measures. Parliament shall sit as of right. The National Assembly shall not be dissolved during the exercise of such emergency powers. After thirty days of the exercise of such emergency powers, the matter may be referred to the Constitutional Council by the President of the National Assembly, the President of the Senate, sixty Members of the National Assembly or sixty Senators, so as to decide if the conditions laid down in paragraph one still apply.

With the White House still under construction, she advised as to its furnishings and sometimes served as First Lady for ceremonial functions for President Thomas Jefferson, a widower and their friend.

Van Buren opposed the annexation but in doing so lost the support of many Democrats, including former President Andrew Jackson, who still had much influence.

After withdrawing from the race, he was still considered a contender for the Vice President nomination.

During these disorders, the Council of State still assembled at the usual place and the " Lord President Bradshaw John Bradshaw ( judge ), who was present, though by long sickness very weak and much extenuated, yet animated by his ardent zeal and constant affection to the common cause, upon hearing Col Syndenham's justifications of the proceedings of the army in again disrupting parliament, stood up and interrupted him, declaring his abhorrence of that detestable action, and telling the council, that being now going to his God, he had not patience to sit there to hear his great name so openly blasphemed ; and thereupon departed to his lodgings, and withdrew himself from public employment.

* Saddam and his lawyers ' contesting the court's authority and maintaining that he was still the President of Iraq.

Despite the relative ease of executive agreements, the President still often chooses to pursue the formal treaty process over an executive agreement in order to gain congressional support on matters that require the Congress to pass implementing legislation or appropriate funds, and those agreements that impose long-term, complex legal obligations on the U. S.

However, Congress was still not willing to allow Michigan's entry into the Union, and President Jackson vowed to reject Michigan's statehood until the border issue and " war " were resolved.

A majority of electoral votes is still required for a person to be elected President or Vice President.

" The Twelfth Amendment did not state for how long the Vice President would act as President or if the House could still choose a President after March 4.

President Johnson sent Grant on a fact finding tour of the South after which he filed a report recommending continuation of the Freedman's Bureau but opposed use of black troops in garrisons which were still needed in the South for protection of both races.

However, the Secretary of State still retains a few domestic responsibilities, such as being the keeper of the Great Seal and being the officer to whom a President or Vice-President of the United States wishing to resign must deliver an instrument in writing declaring the decision to resign.

In 1938, The Christian leader attributed " the religion of Jesus, not a religion about Jesus " to Unitarians, though the phrase was used earlier by Congregationalist Rollin Lynde Hartt in 1924. and earlier still by US President Thomas Jefferson.

While Senate customs have created supermajority rules that have diminished this Constitutional power, the Vice President still retains the ability to influence legislation ( e. g. the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 ).