11.07pm BST Zalmay Khalilzad, the last ambassador to Iraq under president George W Bush, has called for the replacement of prime minister Nouri al-Maliki in a comment piece published Tuesday in the National Interest.
Civil servant and future Liberal minister Mitchell Sharp asked C.D. Howe's replacement as Minister of Trade and Commerce, Gordon Churchill, not to come to the Ministry's offices for several days as they were redecorating.
The prime minister announced in a televised news conference the replacement of the interior minister — the public face of the crackdown.
The settlement allows for a power-sharing transitional government with 11 opposition ministers in a 22-strong government, the replacement of the prime minister by two vice-presidents, one Hutu and one Tutsi, and an enlargement of the National Assembly from 81 members to 121.Extremists on both sides have denounced the agreement.
Japan has once previously experienced the temporary replacement of a prime minister.
The Associated Press reported from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, that diplomats, whom it did not identify, said they had been informed of the replacement of the defense minister.
But as it barely met its own minimum goals for the election, many are already expecting calls for a replacement of the prime minister after Japan is host to a summit meeting of leading industrial nations next month.
Other doubts relate to Venezuela, where President Hugo Chávez is facing another effort to recall him from office, and Nigeria, where the recent replacement of the oil minister led to speculation as to whether Nigeria would remain a faithful member of OPEC.
The administration has had other early problems, including the replacement of six government ministers in the past three weeks.
Rocky road ahead Guterres stumbles A need to clear the air ReprintsHis replacement of six leading ministers on June 29th left the impression that he was responding to opposition pressure rather then asserting leadership; it was a public-relations catastrophe, says Mr Soares.
Baker's replacement will have the title of minister of state – one rung below a cabinet minister.
