Sentence examples for temporary minister from inspiring English sources

So, has his time as a "temporary minister" following a peerage been enjoyable.

Kapil Sibal, who is serving as temporary minister of telecommunications, said Friday that he would not do anything that would disrupt service to customers but implied that some operators might need to pay more to keep their licenses.

He was appointed temporary minister of information (November 1945 January 1946) in de Gaulle's first government and then followed de Gaulle into retirement, from which he emerged to deliver brilliant speeches as a national delegate to the Gaullist Rassemblement du Peuple Français, or RPF (French People's Rally).

As a result of his military background and experience, Ismay became "more closely involved in defence matters than is usual for a Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations," and often served as de facto Minister of Defence and serving as temporary Minister of Defence until the permanent appointee, Harold Alexander, was able to take office.

Barry Coomber proposes Ole Gunnar Solskjær for temporary prime minister (Letters, 17 January).

With the leftists ousted, Mr. Scoon, as acting head of government, appointed an advisory council, which named a temporary prime minister.

As acting head of government, Scoon appointed a council of advisors to name a temporary prime minister – he made it clear he should not be a candidate – and democratic elections were held the following year, since which time Grenada's most worrying assailants and invaders have been the annual hurricanes, notably Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

The proposed changes to the government were announced by the head of the council, Mustafa Abdel-Jalil, and the temporary prime minister, Mahmoud Jibril, at a news conference in the eastern city of Benghazi, where the armed uprising against Colonel Qaddafi took root in February.

The generals want a new national coalition to gather parties of the centre-right and the centre-left together, so enabling the postponement until 2000 of a general election.The latest politician to take over the thankless task of coalition-building is Bulent Ecevit, a veteran leftist leader, who was named temporary prime minister on December 2nd.

The BBC's James Reynolds in Rome says a temporary prime minister is unlikely to last long and early elections may have to be called.

Inevitably, this will tarnish Australia's image in the region, as our temporary prime ministers become known only for their rookie diplomatic errors and the manner of their dismissal.