He completed the process whereby individual ministers replaced the royal councils in the direction of affairs.
So this year, the ministers replaced their endorsement with a call on all nations to maintain a voluntary ban on nuclear testing.
In May 1940 he became prime minister, replacing Neville Chamberlain.
See articleFrançois Baroin was named as France's new finance minister, replacing Ms Lagarde.
Mr Noda became prime minister, replacing Naoto Kan, who was forced out after 14 tumultuous months.
Pierre S. Pettigrew, a former health minister and Quebec native, was appointed foreign minister, replacing Bill Graham, who becomes defense minister.
Paul Martin, a former finance minister, was sworn in as prime minister, replacing Jean Chrétien, who retired after 10 years in office.
Felipe Pérez becomes planning minister, replacing Jorge Giordani, who was closely associated with Mr. Chávez's left-wing state-oriented economic policies.
Lord Drayson has joined Dius as science minister, replacing science minister Ian Pearson, who will now have a split role between Treasury and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
It was widely believed that he would soon be made prime minister, replacing the ailing 84-year-old Sirimavo Bandaranaike, the president's mother.
