Category: Prime Minister

Fumio Kishida Set to Be Japan’s Next Prime Minister After Winning Liberal Democratic Party Election

September 29, 2021
Asia & PacificCCP VirusCOVID-19 pandemicLiberal Democratic PartyPrime Ministerstimulus packageWorldYoshihide Suga
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Fumio Kishida is set to become the next prime minister of Japan after he was elected leader of the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday. The 64-year-old, who is Japan’s former foreign minister, beat the country’s Minister for Administrative and Regulatory Reform and Vaccination Rollout, Taro Kono, securing 257 votes to 170. Two female contenders, Sanae Takaichi,…

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Malaysian King Names Former Deputy Leader as New Prime Minister

August 20, 2021
Asia & PacificMalaysiaMuhyiddin YassinPrime MinisterWorldYaakob
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Malaysia’s king on Friday appointed the former deputy prime minister to Muhyiddin Yassin, who resigned after less than 18 months in office, as the country’s new leader. Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah said Ismail Sabri Yaakob had secured the backing of 114 lawmakers in the 222-seat parliament, clinching the simple majority required to rule. Ahmad Shah said the…

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Haiti Appoints New Prime Minister in Wake of President’s Assassination

July 20, 2021
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PORT-AU-PRINCE—Haiti’s government on Tuesday formally appointed Ariel Henry as prime minister, nearly two weeks after President Jovenel Moise was gunned down in a murder plot that likely extends far beyond the Caribbean country’s borders. Henry assumed the role of de-facto leader of the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation in a ceremony in the capital Port-au-Prince, where…

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Lebanon’s PM-designate Steps Down After Months of Deadlock

July 15, 2021
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BEIRUT—Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri stepped down Thursday, citing “key differences” with the president after nine months of political wrangling that failed to put together a government for the crisis-ridden country. The development is likely to plunge Lebanon further into chaos and uncertainty amid an unprecedented economic breakdown—and also dim prospects for a recovery package…

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Archives Canada Deletes ‘Offensive’ and ‘Redundant’ Historical Biographies of Former Prime Ministers

July 9, 2021
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Historical biographies of former Canadian prime ministers have been deleted from the Library and Archives Canada website because they are “offensive” or “redundant” and don’t reflect the country’s modern-day diversity and multiculturalism. “The Prime Ministers of Canada” webpage, while still including photographs of prime ministers from John A. Macdonald in the late 1880s through to…

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Estonia to Get 1st Female Prime Minister as Government Deal Clinched

January 24, 2021
EstoniaEuropeKaja KallasPrime MinisterWorld
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TALLINN, Estonia—Estonia’s two biggest political parties say they have clinched a deal to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country’s history, replacing the previous Cabinet that collapsed into a corruption scandal earlier this month. The party councils of the the opposition, center-right…

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Info Watchdog Raps Privy Council Office for Terminating Access Requests From Public

January 5, 2021
bureaucratsCanadaCaroline Maynardfederal information watchdogPrime MinisterPrivy Council Officepublic requestsWorld
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OTTAWA—The federal information watchdog has chastised the prime minister’s bureaucrats for shutting down several requests from the public without good cause. In a series of decisions made public Tuesday, information commissioner Caroline Maynard reveals the Privy Council Office simply closed four Access to Information requests to avoid missing due dates. In each case, the body…

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