Mr Herzog has served as minister for social affairs, housing, tourism, and as opposition leader but has never held a senior foreign policy or security post.
His setting for the opera is the seemingly random one of a chemical factory, a three-story affair housed within the wooden framework of Joep van Lieshout's single set.
Vinoteka Movia (Mestni Trg 2; 386-1425-5448; movia.si), across the river, is a cozy affair housed in a part of the baroque Town Hall, which offers many wines from the 192-year-old Movia winery.
This was part of Smith's grandiose vision for a "Brasilia of the north", which collapsed when he ended up behind bars on corruption charges relating to the Poulson affair housing scandal.
Among those elected as committee chairs were Ian Austin (education), Mike Gapes (foreign affairs), Julie Elliott (housing and planning) and Chris Leslie (Treasury).
The rhetoric of state officials regarding urban affairs and housing mirrors the randomness with which the city is governed.
This law enforcement "Project Runway" was not mirrored by the business attire of the leaders of the ethics, cultural affairs and housing and economic development departments.
She is an expert in urban affairs, particularly housing and transportation, in an administration expected to lavish more money and attention on cities than its predecessors.
On Saturday, Mr. Assad named new cabinet ministers for oil, finance, social affairs, labor, housing, public works and agriculture, as Syria faces growing economic problems and shortages of electricity, fuel and bread.
"It can be interpreted virtually any way the parties wish and I hope when the dust has settled from this affair, this House and the United Nations revisit the responsibility to protect because I believe at present it is not working the way it was intended".
The husband managed the family's affairs outside the house, while the wife was custodian within.
