With the setbacks in America, Prime Minister Lord North asked to transfer power to Lord Chatham, whom he thought more capable, but George refused to do so; he suggested instead that Chatham serve as a subordinate minister in Lord North's administration, but Chatham refused to cooperate.
The cabinet's female contingent was reduced to three, with critics saying there was no longer a mother around the cabinet table and for the first time the women's minister was subordinate to a male minister.
The U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers was abolished and replaced by a cabinet of ministers subordinate to the president.
As Chief Astronomer, Zhang was a subordinate of the Minister of Ceremonies, one of Nine Ministers ranked just below the Three Excellencies.
The chief of the general staff is not subordinate to the minister of defence.
The all-volunteer force would also consist of a police arm with thousands of members of armed groups such as the AMB, PRC, and Izz-i-deen al-Qassam brigades directly subordinate to the minister of the interior.
By 1220 he was a member of the Franciscan order and subsequently became a leading Franciscan teacher in northern Europe; he held successively the offices of custos ("warden") in Saxony and of minister ("subordinate officer") in Germany and afterward in Spain (perhaps also in Barbary and Cologne).
The Office of Manufactures, also subordinate to the Minister Steward, made the cheaper weapons, utensils, and armor.
The Office of Arts and Crafts, subordinate to the Minister Steward, produced weapons, bronze mirrors, vessel wares, and other goods.
The Palace Assistant Imperial Clerk also managed the Imperial Library in both Western and Eastern Han, this duty being transferred to a subordinate of the Minister of Ceremonies in 159 AD.
