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position and Provisional
The revolutionaries had elected Sun Yat-Sen as the first Provisional President of the Republic of China, but they were in a weak position militarily, so they negotiated with the Qing, using Yuan as an intermediary.
This opera soon became the basis of a series of attacks on Smetana, followed by a concerted effort to drive him from his position as Provisional Theatre conductor.
Kamenev argued against Lenin's position in Pravda editorials, but Lenin prevailed at the April Party conference, at which point Pravda also condemned the Provisional Government as " counter-revolutionary ".
The UDA's official position during the Troubles was that if the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( Provisional IRA ) called off its campaign of violence, then it would do the same.
Kornilov's first act in his new position was to issue a list of demands to the Provisional Government, including the request that he be removed from the control of the government so that he was essentially accountable only to himself.
In April 1917 Kalinin, like many other Bolsheviks, advocated conditional support for the Provisional Government in cooperation with the Menshevik faction of the RSDLP — a position at odds with that of Lenin.
In July 2003, Salim was given a position on the Iraqi Governing Council by the U. S .- led Coalition Provisional Authority, where he was serving as a crucial member.
The Kadets ' position in the Provisional Government was compromised when Miliukov's promise to the Entente allies to continue the war ( April 18 ) was made public on April 26, 1917.
Utterly dismayed by this rejection, Molina Urena relinquished his position as Provisional President to Colonel Caamaño.
His official title was Chairman of the Provisional Military Administrative Council ( better known as the Derg ), and he held the position of Head of State in an acting capacity as the military regime had officially proclaimed Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen as " King-designate " ( an act that would later be rescinded by the Derg, and which was never accepted by the Prince as legitimate ).
This position entails involvement with members of the Provisional IRA to assist in finding the bodies of the disappeared who were killed by the Provisional IRA during The Troubles.
Interestingly, he never filled any other position in the government besides the head of government ( except for the additional minister positions in the Provisional Government ).
Before the meeting of the enlarged Provisional Bureau, Léopold Moumé-Etia had been mentioned as another possible candidate for the position, but he declined the nomination on personal grounds.
Although appointed to the position of Resident Magistrate, the Provisional Government only publicly described these individuals as District Justices, and brought in legislation in 1923 ( the District Justices ( Temporary Provisions ) Act 1923 ) to officially change the name of the position.
The legality of the Treaty was disputed by the exiled Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea as well as the modern Republic of Korea ; a position which was also adopted later by the Allied forces that occupied the Empire of Japan after World War II.
Provisional governments, temporary substitutions of office holders, term definitions, authentic position titles, regencies – these topics form only a part of theoretical issues.
Sultan Abdülmecid, sympathetic to the anti-Russian scope of the revolt, pressured the revolutionaries to accept a relatively minor change in the executive structure-the Provisional Government ceded position to a more moderate regency ( Locotenenţa Domnească ), which was, nevertheless, not recognized by Russia.
He previously served as the Inspector General for the Coalition Provisional Authority ( CPA-IG ), a position to which he was appointed in January 2004.
Teófilo Braga received the confidence of the movement to occupy the position of President of Provisional Government of the Portuguese Republic.

position and Government
Although Wang succeeded Sun as Chairman of the National Government, Chiang's relatively low position in the party's internal hierarchy was bolstered by his military backing and adept political maneuvering following the Zhongshan Warship Incident.
It has been alleged that, if His Majesty's Government had made their position more clear in 1914, the great catastrophe would have been avoided.
The January 20, 2005, UN Secretary-General's report on Lebanon stated: " The continually asserted position of the Government of Lebanon that the Blue Line is not valid in the Shab ' a farms area is not compatible with Security Council resolutions.
When the Prime Minister resigns or dies, the position is to be filled as soon as possible and the new leader will appoint a new Government.
In Government and Politics in Southeast Asia ' The executive branch has tended to dominate political activity, with the Prime Minister's office being in a position to preside " over an extensive and ever growing array of powers to take action against individuals or organizations ," and " facilitate business opportunities ".
:" My Administration's position is very clear: if the Task Force and the Bush Administration stand by their 2005 conclusions, then for over 50 years the U. S Government has perpetuated a ' monumental hoax ' on the people of Puerto Rico, on the people of the United States and on the international community.
Likewise, a Prime Minister is no longer just " first amongst equals " in HM Government ; although theoretically his Cabinet might still outvote him, in practice he progressively entrenches his position by retaining only personal supporters in the Cabinet.
This is a nominal position, the powers of which are exercised on the advice of the Government.
Head of the Government, Hebrew acronym: ;, Rais al-Hukuma ) is the head of the Israeli government and the most powerful political figure in Israel ( the position of President of Israel is largely honorary ).
The position of premier was then handed over to Lee Moore, who, despite being recognized regionally as a legal scholar, seemed unable to lead ( he once told a PAM heckler, on Church Street in front of Government Headquarters of Parliament that he will " root like a pig in mud " in the House of Parliament ).
The Government wants Senegal to be a haven for teleprocessing services, with its advantageous geographic position, relatively good telecommunications infrastructure and relatively low wages.
The oath of office used is: " I swear / promise to faithfully carry out the duties of the position of president of the Government with loyalty to the King ; to obey and enforce the Constitution as the fundamental law of the State, as well as to keep in secret the deliberations of the Council of Ministers ".
Following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement ( CPA ) in 2005 between the government of Omar al-Bashir and the SPLA, a Government of National Unity was installed in Sudan in accordance with the Interim Constitution whereby a co-Vice President position representing the south was created in addition to the northern Sudanese Vice President.
Government authorities offered Zhang appointments to several offices, including a position as one of the Three Excellencies, yet he acted modestly and turned down those positions.
He called his device ' spherical case shot ', but in time it came to be called after him ; a position formalised in 1852 by the British Government.
In such a circumstance, or if the governor general leaves the country for longer than one month, the Chief Justice of Canada ( or, if that position is vacant or unavailable, the senior puisne justice of the Supreme Court ) serves as Administrator of the Government and exercises all powers of the governor general.
This position in the Federal Government of the United States is analogous to the Minister of Finance in many other countries.
Secretary Rusk stressed to the Government of Israel that no settlement with Jordan would be accepted by the world community unless it gave Jordan some special position in the Old City of Jerusalem.
Rostow said the US government assumed ( and Harman confirmed ) that despite public statements to the contrary, the Government of Israel position on Jerusalem was that which Eban, Harman, and Evron had given several times, that Jerusalem was negotiable.
In the subsequent referendum campaign, rather than the normal British tradition of " collective responsibility ", under which the government takes a policy position which all cabinet members are required to support publicly, members of the Government were free to present their views on either side of the question.
The journalist and author Alan Reid described the position of the Government and Opposition as the crisis became acute in mid-October:
The Coalition took the position that Kerr could dismiss Whitlam if the Government could not secure supply.
The Act also establishes in law the position of the Australian Government Solicitor.
Collins, forced to a decision, opted to maintain the Treaty position and the support of the British Government, and moved to suppress the Republican opposition that had seized the Four Courts in Dublin.

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