The appointment of U Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary General -- at this writing, the choice appears to be certain -- offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends.

The new Prime Minister, William McMahon announced the appointment of Mollison as Acting Director of the NGA in October 1971.

From May 28 to June 9, 1895, he served as Acting Secretary of State by appointment of President Cleveland.

On August 23, 1992, James Baker resigned as Secretary of State ( to head up Bush's unsuccessful re-election campaign ), and Eagleburger served as Acting Secretary of State until Bush gave him a recess appointment for the remainder of the Bush administration.

In October 1896 Lieutenant James Robert Phillips ( RN ) Phillips was not a Lieutenant, he was a lawyer ; after completing articles he was Sheriff and Overseer of Prisons in the Gold Coast and later Acting Queen's Advocate there, before his appointment as Acting Consul-Generalin the Protectorate-see Home, cited below already, at page 30 the Acting Consul-General visited the Benin River District and had meetings with the agents and traders.

After World War II, he served as Executive Secretary of the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations in August 1945, being appointed Acting United Nations Secretary-General from October 1945 to February 1946 until the appointment of the first Secretary-General Trygve Lie.

Mr. Nielsen was in the position of Acting Director for several months prior to the appointment of William Chissel as Executive Director.

Section 106 provides for the appointment of " Acting Ministers " to take over the functions of any minister on an interim basis, in the event of the minister being unable to carry out their duties on account of sickness, absence from Fiji, or any other case.

Prior to his appointment to the High Court, he was Justice of the Peace ( 1911 ) at Iba, Zambales ; Acting Provincial Fiscal ( 1915 ) of Zambales, Member of the Philippine Legislature ( 1916 – 1922 ); CFI Auxiliary Judge ( 1924 ) at Cebu ; and CFI Judge ( 1930 ) and CFI District Judge ( 1934 ).

William Graham, the Deputy Administrator, took over as Acting Administrator until the appointment of James C. Fletcher to a second turn as Administrator.

Professor Linda Merrick, the current Vice-Principal, will become Acting Principal pending the appointment of a permanent successor.

During his time as Chief Justice, Doyle was appointed as an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of the Northern Territory in 2000 to hear an appeal concerning the appointment of the then Northern Territory Chief Magistrate Hugh Bradley.

Ward declined a permanent appointment on the Supreme Court bench in June 1896, the offer being received just after the death of his wife, and declined an Acting Supreme Court judgeship in the following year.

From 1943 to 1946 Dr. Fernos-Isern was also the acting governor of Puerto Rico, during the Governorship of Rexford G. Tugwell under appointment as Permanent Acting Governor approved by president Franklyn D. Roosevelt.

Lee continued to serve as Acting Governor until Mandel rescinded his letter on January 15, 1979, though Mandel briefly reinstated Lee as acting governor the next day so he would be able to preside over the appointment of a judge to the Maryland Court of Appeals.

Acting editor and all-round lazy slob Lewis Donat ( Vegas ) is furious at Gordon's appointment, convinced that the job should be his.

The 10-member bench directed Justice Ajmal Mian to discharge administrative as well as judicial functions of chief justice of the Supreme Court, including the constitution of benches as the appointment of Acting Chief Justice would take some time.

The court also directed the office not to take any further orders for constituting benches from the chief justice ( under restraint ) and orders regarding day-to-day working and dministration of the court should be obtained from Justice Ajmal Mian till the appointment of Acting Chief Justice.

The first occasion to serve as Acting Secretary was from July 1, 1997 until January 2, 1998 between the resignation of Secretary Jesse Brown and the appointment of Togo D. West, Jr. as Acting Secretary.

( c ) Failing the appointment of a designated Acting Prime Minister, or should the Acting Prime Minister be prevented from fulfilling his duties under sections ( a ) and ( b ) above, the Government shall designate another Minister, who is a Knesset Member to exercise that office.

A Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General as the head of government, and of a multi-party system ; the Prime Minister advises the Governor-General on the appointment of a Council of Ministers.

* Peter Jay's appointment as British Ambassador to the U. S. by his father in law, the then Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan.

In addition, while formally the Emperor's duties include appointing the Prime Minister to office, article 6 of the constitution requires him to appoint the candidate " as designated by the Diet " ( in practice, the candidate designated by the House of Representatives ), without any right to decline appointment.

Victor Emmanuel III decided to appoint Mussolini as Prime Minister of Italy, and Mussolini arrived in Rome on 30 October to accept the appointment.

Little happened until the beginning of 1886, but with the re-election of Jules Grévy as President and his appointment of Edouard Lockroy as Minister for Trade decisions began to be made.

In 1930, King George V and the Australian Prime Minister James Scullin discussed the appointment of a new governor-general to replace Lord Stonehaven, whose term was coming to an end.

There he met Rudolf Höss, who was later commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, and Walther Darré, whose book, The Peasantry as the Life Source of the Nordic Race, caught Hitler's attention, leading to his later appointment as Reich Minister of Food and Agriculture.

Once the Prime Minister has been appointed, the President has no discretion on any other matter whatsoever, including the appointment of ministers.

Though Ribbentrop had competed with the Foreign Office in the past, his appointment as Foreign Minister was welcomed by the career diplomats who saw Ribbentrop as a Nazi champion who would improve the agency's standing with Hitler.

With his appointment as Foreign Minister, Ribbentrop became more abrasive and arrogant.

The appointment of Albert Speer as Minister of Armaments increased production.

After Marshall's appointment in January 1947, administration officials met with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov and others to press for an economically self-sufficient Germany, including a detailed accounting of the industrial plants, goods and infrastructure already removed by the Soviets in their occupied zone.

Although the modern Prime Minister selects Ministers, appointment still rests with the Sovereign.

The Prime Minister makes all the most senior Crown appointments, and most others are made by Ministers over whom he has the power of appointment and dismissal.

The appointment of senior judges, while constitutionally still on the advice of the Prime Minister, is now made on the basis of recommendations from independent bodies.

The issue was resolved by appointing him to the Council immediately prior to his appointment as Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister, ministers in the cabinet, and the Leader of the Opposition must be sworn of the Privy Council on appointment.

Therefore, the House of Representatives can theoretically ensure the appointment of any Prime Minister it wishes.

He shall terminate the appointment of the Prime Minister when the latter tenders the resignation of the Government.

Ministries of the government are composed of the Premier and his deputies, ministers, and selected other individuals ; all are appointed by the President on the recommendation of the Prime Minister ( whereas the appointment of the latter requires the consent of the State Duma ).

He was the only Australian Prime Minister to recommend the appointment of four governors-general ( Sir William Slim, and Lords Dunrossil, De L ' Isle, and Casey ).

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva stated that this was " the first diplomatic retaliation measure " against the appointment.

Sok An, a member of the Council of Ministers and Deputy Prime Minister of Cambodia, said that the appointment of Thaksin is a decision internal to Cambodia and that it " conforms to international practice ".

He was first elected to Parliament as a Liberal in a 1908 by-election, and was re-elected by acclamation in a 1909 by-election following his appointment as the first-ever Minister of Labour.