Tag: Prime Minister
Ousted Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death
Before the court decision, the Awami League renewed its call for a shutdown. In an audio message, Hasina told supporters…
Macron set to name next French premier
Macron is under time pressure, because if highly indebted France wants to get a budget for the coming year in…
37-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra becomes Thailand’s Prime minister
Paetongtarn, 37, won 319 votes in the House of Representatives, after being nominated as the sole candidate by her Pheu…
UK PM favorite Boris Johnson vows to deliver Brexit
Front-runner Boris Johnson is officially launching his campaign to be Britain’s next prime minister, telling fellow Conservatives they must take…
Race to replace Theresa May gets underway
Around a dozen British Conservative MPs will formally throw their hats into the ring on Monday in the fight to…
Thailand gets new Prime Minister June 5
Thailand is scheduled to pick a new prime minister on June 5, Chuan Leekpai, speaker of the House of Representatives,…
Gabon President appoints new Prime Minister after coup attempt
Gabon President Ali Bongo has appointed a new prime minister days after surviving a coup attempt that came while he…
Brexit deal pressure: Prime Minister accused of ‘blackmail’
Opposition Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, on Monday accused Conservative Prime Minister, Theresa May of attempting to “blackmail” lawmakers into backing…
Ousted Sri Lanka prime minister reinstated
Sri Lanka’s sacked Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe has been reinstated, a legislator said, ending a 51-day political crisis in the…
Somali president appoints new PM
Somali President Mohamed Mohamed on Thursday appointed Hassan Khaire as the new prime minister. Khaire, who worked for Norwegian Refugee…
Trump’s immigration policy cannot be accepted- Turkey’s PM
The new U.S. immigration policy imposed by President Donald Trump is something that cannot be accepted, Turkey’s deputy prime minister…
Theresa May set to be UK PM, as Andrea Leadsom quits
Theresa May is set to become the UK’s next prime minister after Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the contest to…
Next UK prime minister will be a woman
Britain will be led by a woman prime minister through its complicated divorce with the European Union, it was revealed…
See the man who will be British prime minister after Cameron quits
Boris Johnson could become Prime Minister within weeks after David Cameron dramatically announced his resignation from Downing Street. Mr Cameron…
Burkina Faso guards detain president, prime minister
AFP – Burkina Faso’s presidential guard detained the interim president and prime minister, plunging the west African country into uncertainty…
Thai army chief named prime minister
Thailand’s junta-picked national assembly on Thursday chose coup leader General Prayut Chan-O-Cha as prime minister in a one-horse race that…
Mohamed Dionne named new Senegal prime minister
Mohamed Dionne, a close aide to Senegal’s president who once worked for the United Nations, was named the country’s new…
Abe emerges Japan’s Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe was elected Japan’s prime minister by the lower house of parliament on Wednesday after he swept to power…
Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu is Togo’s new PM
Togo’s president has named Commerce Minister Kwesi Ahoomey-Zunu as the new prime minister to replace Gilbert Houngbo who resigned suddenly…
Team Russia Banned From Alcohol
“Olympic values are not compatible with alcohol,” Ilia Djous, spokesman for Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Kozak, was quoted as…
Babatunde Jose Earned More Than Prime Minister —Ishaku
Mr. Jonathan Ishaku, General Manager, Nigeria Standard, says the late Babatunde Jose earned higher than Nigeria’s Prime Minister when he…