The prime minister of New Zealand is the head of government of New Zealand. The incumbent prime minister,Christopher Luxon,leader of the New Zealand National Party,took office on 27 November 2023.
John Lawrence Baird,1st Viscount Stonehaven,was a British politician who served as the eighth Governor-General of Australia,in office from 1925 to 1930. He had previously been a government minister under David Lloyd George,Bonar Law,and Stanley Baldwin.
Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle is a British politician who has served as Speaker of the House of Commons since 2019 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997. Before his election as speaker,he was a member of the Labour Party.
The governor of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The role of the governor is to act as the de facto head of state. They are responsible for formally appointing the chief minister of Gibraltar,along with other members of the government of Gibraltar after a general election. The governor serves as commander-in-chief of Gibraltar's military forces and has sole responsibility for defence and security. Although recent appointments have all been former military personnel,most being former Royal Navy or Royal Marines flag officers,Sir James Dutton resigned from the role in 2015,complaining that it was "more representational and ceremonial than I had expected".
Peter John Snow is a British radio and television presenter and historian. Between 1969 and 2005,he was an analyst of general election results,first on ITV and later for the BBC. He presented Newsnight from its launch in 1980 until 1997. He has presented a number of documentaries,including some with his son,Dan Snow.
The deputy prime minister of Australia is the deputy chief executive and the second highest ranking officer of the Australian Government. The office of deputy prime minister was officially created as a ministerial portfolio in 1968,although the title had been used informally for many years previously. The deputy prime minister is appointed by the governor-general on the advice of the prime minister. When Australia has a Labor government,the deputy leader of the parliamentary party holds the position of deputy prime minister. When Australia has a Coalition government,the Coalition Agreement mandates that all Coalition members support the leader of the Liberal Party becoming prime minister and the leader of the National Party becoming the deputy prime minister.
The Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (AACR) was a political party in Gibraltar.
Sir Francis Neville Richards is a former British civil servant and diplomat who was Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Gibraltar from 2003 to 2006,and the director of the Government Communications Headquarters from 1998 to 2003.
Margaret Mildred "Meta" Ramsay,Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale is a Labour Party member of the House of Lords.
The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Gibraltar is one of the four judges who make up the supreme court of Gibraltar. Previously the chief justice was appointed by the Governor of Gibraltar on the advice of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Under the 2006 Constitution the Governor,on the advice of the Judicial Service Commission,makes the appointment on behalf of the Monarch.
Margaret Olwen MacMillan,is a Canadian historian and professor at the University of Oxford. She is former provost of Trinity College,Toronto,and professor of history at the University of Toronto and previously at Ryerson University. MacMillan is an expert on the history of international relations.
Vice Admiral Sir Adrian James Johns,is a former senior officer in the Royal Navy,serving as Second Sea Lord between 2005 and 2008. He was the Governor of Gibraltar between 2009 and 2013.
General Sir Gordon Holmes Alexander MacMillan of MacMillan and Knap,was a Scottish professional soldier who rose to become a general in the British Army. As a young officer during the First World War,he displayed outstanding bravery and was awarded a Military Cross and two Bars. At the age of 19 and while still a second lieutenant,he was appointed acting adjutant of the 2nd Battalion,Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Between the World Wars,MacMillan remained in the army,occupying posts of increasing seniority. He married Marian Blakiston Houston in 1929,and they had one daughter and four sons.
Lieutenant General Sir James Benjamin "Jim" Dutton,is a retired Royal Marines officer and former Governor of Gibraltar. He held various staff positions in his early career,before commanding 40 Commando. As a brigadier,he held two high-level staff posts—the first at the Ministry of Defence in London,as Director of NATO policy,and the second as a British liaison to The Pentagon shortly after the September 11 attacks,where he was involved in the planning for the subsequent invasion of Afghanistan.
The 2014 European Parliament election was the United Kingdom's component of the 2014 European Parliament election,held on Thursday 22 May 2014,coinciding with the 2014 local elections in England and Northern Ireland. In total,73 Members of the European Parliament were elected from the United Kingdom using proportional representation. England,Scotland and Wales use a closed-list party list system of PR,while Northern Ireland used the single transferable vote (STV).
Sir Philip Robert Barton is a British diplomat,currently the Permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office. He was previously British High Commissioner to India;he was High Commissioner to Pakistan from 2014 to 2016.
Nicholas John Pyle is British diplomat who served as Deputy Governor of Gibraltar from September 2016 to August 2022. He served as acting Governor from 18 February 2020 to 11 June 2020. Prior to Gibraltar,Pyle had been High Commissioner to Botswana from 2013 to 2016.
