But State Party Chairman James Gray of Albany said no, and he didn't mince any words.

State Party Chairman James W. Dorsey added that enthusiasm was picking up for a state rally to be held Sept. 8 in Savannah at which newly elected Texas Sen. John Tower will be the featured speaker.

At the Central Committee meeting of 22 November 1982, Kirilenko lost his membership in the Politburo ( after a decision within the Politburo itself ), and Nikolai Ryzhkov, the Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee, was elected to the Secretariat.

* Colin Powell ( 1958 ), Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff and Secretary of State

Significant post-retirement activities of earlier Governors-General have included: Lord Tennyson was appointed Deputy Governor of the Isle of Wight ; Sir Ronald Munro Ferguson ( by now Lord Novar ) became Secretary of State for Scotland ; and Lord Gowrie became Chairman of the Marylebone Cricket Club ( Lord Forster had also held this post, before his appointment as Governor-General ).

Thus in March 1979 Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, who kept absolute power ( until his overthrow in 2011 referred to as " Guide of the Revolution "), after ten years as combined Head of State and Head of government of the Libyan Jamahiriya (" state of the masses "), styled Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, formally transferred both qualities to the General secretaries of the General People's Congress ( comparable to a Speaker ) respectively to a Prime Minister, in political reality both were his creatures.

This meant that real local power moved from the position of Communist Party Leader to that of Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, the official Head of State of the SSR.

In February 1941, Beria became Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars, and in June, following Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, he became a member of the State Defense Committee ( GKO ).

Notable graduates include former U. S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, U. S. Senator John McCain, former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Wesley Clark, former Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter Pace and Hugh Shelton, former National Security Advisor and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James L. Jones, former U. S Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki, former U. S. Chief of Naval Operations Elmo Zumwalt, retired Air Force General Arnold W. Braswell, U. S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle, World War II submarine officer and best-selling novelist Edward L. Beach, Jr., former military aide to President John F. Kennedy Godfrey McHugh, murdered U. S. Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens, and U. S. Air Force Chief of Staff Norton A. Schwartz.

The 1954 PRC Constitution provides that the State Chairman ( President ) directs the armed forces and made the State Chairman the chair of the Defense Commission ( the Defense Commission is an advisory body, it does not lead the armed forces ).

" His rise to and stint as Chairman are chronicled in Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward's book, State of Denial, as well as his own book " Eyes on The Horizon ".

The Chairman of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee has stated that the Committee was conscious of 12 international Conventions on the subject, and none of them referred to State terrorism, which was not an international legal concept.

* Nikolay Borissovich Gerasimov, Chairman of the KGB ( Committee for State Security )

* December 9 – Nicolae Ceauşescu becomes the Chairman of the Romanian State Council, making him the de facto leader of Romania.

** Egon Krenz resigns as Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic, and is replaced by Manfred Gerlach, the first non-Communist to hold that post.

In 1976, he also became Chairman of the Council of State ( Vorsitzender des Staatsrats der DDR ), thus becoming de jure head of state ( he was already de facto head of state by virtue of his party post ).

Participants include Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, NSC Advisor Gen. James " Jim " Jones, Director of National Intelligence ( DNI ) Dennis Blair, Deputy National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, White House Counsel Greg Craig, CIA Director Leon Panetta, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James Cartwright, and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel

Forced to take major responsibility, in 1959, Mao resigned as the State Chairman, China's head of state, and was succeeded by Liu Shaoqi.

After being confirmed as Mao's successor, Lin's supporters focused on the restoration of the position of State Chairman, which had been abolished by Mao after the purge of Liu Shaoqi.

Chen Boda, now aligned with the PLA faction loyal to Lin, galvanized support for the restoration of the office of State Chairman, despite Mao's wishes to the contrary.

The Secretariat of State, under the Cardinal Secretary of State, directs and coordinates the Curia.

In states with a presidential system of government, the president exercises the functions of Head of State and Head of Government, i. e. he or she directs the executive branch of government.

The five-member Council of State (), not to be confused with the federal Council of States, is the executive authority of the canton, and it directs cantonal affairs according to law and the constitution.

Usually a Private Member directs a question to a Secretary of State, but it usually answered by a Minister of State or Parliamentary Under Secretary of State.

Ferris State University is governed by a Board of Trustees which has general supervision of the institution and controls and directs institutional expenditures.

The Animals ( Scientific Procedures ) Act 1986 “ expressly directs that, in determining whether to grant a licence for an experimental project, ‘ the Secretary of State shall weigh the likely adverse effects on the animals concerned against the benefit likely to accrue .’”

" He also directs " The California Workforce Investment Board ( WIB )... develop a technology literacy component for its five-year Strategic State Plan.

The organization which officially investigates and directs the development of the Modern Hebrew language, under the law of the State of Israel, is the Academy of the Hebrew Language.

As the Prince's representative, the Minister of State also directs the executive services, commands the Police, and presides ( with voting powers ) over the Council of Government.

1 ) It directs the State of California Division of Mines and Geology ( now known as the California Geological Survey ) to compile detailed maps of the surface traces of known active faults.

The Cabinet of Finland ( also called the Council of State, Finnish: valtioneuvosto, Swedish: statsrådet ; officially rendered Finnish Government ) is the body that directs the Government of Finland.

Valery Polyansky directs the Russian State Symphonic Cappella.

PES also directs TV commercials, including spots for Kinder Surprise ( 2011 ), Washington State Lottery ( 2010 ), Scrabble ( 2008 ), Sprint ( 2007 ), Sneaux Shoes (" Human Skateboard ", 2007 ), Orange Telecom ( 2006 ), Bacardi ( 2005 ), and Coinstar ( 2005 ).

The Assistant Secretary advises the Secretary of State on legislative matters, directs the Bureau of Legislative Affairs, and acts as the Department's principal liaison with the Congress.

Wild Trails, the Chattanooga nonprofit that directs money to building and maintaining wilderness path projects through the region, the Cumberland Trail Conference ( CTC ), and the Friends of the Cumberland Trail are most active in assisting the State of Tennessee in the development and construction of the Cumberland Trail.

The Prime Minister is the direct executive authority responsible for the general policy of the State and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, directs the Council of Ministers, and presides over its meetings and has the right to dismiss the Ministers on the consent of the Council of Representatives.

Fuller directs government-funded research on papercrete through the Arizona State University Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering.

The SPI directs all functions of the Department of Education and executes policies set by the California State Board of Education.

In his own state of New York, the two Democratic bellwethers, State Leader Hill and Tammany Boss Murphy, were saying nothing openly against Hearst but industriously boosting their own favorites, Murphy being for Cleveland and Hill for Parker.

The Institute of Public Administration, in its report to the State Fiscal Study Commission in 1959, recommended `` consolidating and centralizing all aspects of property tax administration in a single state agency professionally organized and equipped for the job ''.

The State Ballet of Rhode Island, the first incorporated group, was formed for the purpose of extending knowledge of the art of ballet in the Community, to promote interest in ballet performances, to contribute to the cultural life of the State, and to provide opportunity for gifted dance students who, for one reason or another, are unable to pursue a career and to develop others for the professional state ; ;

The infamous Wansee Conference called by Heydrich in January 1942, to organize the material and technical means to put to death the eleven million Jews spread throughout the nations of Europe, was attended by representatives of major organs of the German state, including the Reich Minister of the Interior, the State Secretary in charge of the Four Year Plan, the Reich Minister of Justice, the Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs.

Early in the nineteenth century the State of New Hampshire was casting about for a way to found its own state university.

Only two people in the state of Illinois knew that I was entering Hanover State Hospital under an assumed name, or why.

`` This is one of the major items in the Fulton County general assistance program '', the jury said, but the State Welfare Department `` has seen fit to distribute these funds through the welfare departments of all the counties in the state with the exception of Fulton County, which receives none of this money.

Mitchell decried the high rate of unemployment in the state and said the Meyner administration and the Republican-controlled State Senate `` Must share the blame for this ''.

Charlayne was `` tentatively '' admitted for next fall, after state investigators questioned her white roommate at Wayne State.

So obvious are these advantages that nearly 95 per cent of the population of New York State now has access to a system, and enthusiastic librarians foresee the day, not too distant, when all the libraries in the state will belong to a co-op.

Alabama is unofficially nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird.

Although Albert has received relatively little recognition in German history, his dissolution of the Teutonic State caused the founding of the Duchy of Prussia ( and also the Hohenzollern dynasty ), which would eventually become arguably the most powerful German state and instrumental in uniting the whole of Germany.

Arizona State University ( commonly referred to as ASU or Arizona State ) is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the U. S. state of Arizona.

* State Arbor Days and state trees

State 1 is the inlet and state 2 is the exit.

Each State has a unicameral legislature with deputies who vote state laws.

* The State of Franklin, a short-lived independent state formed during the American Revolutionary War

Usually Brazilian bocks are produced by local breweries or craft breweries, especially in the cities of German settlement in Santa Catarina State and also in Petrópolis, state of Rio de Janeiro.

According to its Memorandum & Articles of Association, its objectives are :- “ To act as Nominee or agent or attorney either solely or jointly with others, for any person or persons, partnership, company, corporation, government, state, organisation, sovereign, province, authority, or public body, or any group or association of them ....” Bank of England Nominees Limited was granted an exemption by Edmund Dell, Secretary of State for Trade, from the disclosure requirements under Section 27 ( 9 ) of the Companies Act 1976, because, “ it was considered undesirable that the disclosure requirements should apply to certain categories of shareholders .” The Bank of England is also protected by its Royal Charter status, and the Official Secrets Act.

BOEN is a vehicle for governments and heads of state to invest in UK companies ( subject to approval from the Secretary of State ), providing they undertake " not to influence the affairs of the company ".

Hogarth reported that Hussein " would not accept an independent Jewish State in Palestine, nor was I instructed to warn him that such a state was contemplated by Great Britain ".

State capitalism consists of state ownership of the means of production within a state.