Ruairi Quinn is an Irish former Labour Party politician who served as Minister for Education and Skills from 2011 to 2014,Leader of the Labour Party from 1997 to 2002,Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1989 to 1997,Minister for Finance from 1994 to 1997,Minister for Enterprise and Employment from 1993 to 1994,Minister for the Public Service from 1986 to 1987,Minister for Labour from 1983 to 1986,Minister of State for Urban Affairs and Housing from 1982 to 1983. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-East constituency from 1977 to 1981 and 1982 to 2016. He was a Senator from 1976 to 1977,after being nominated by the Taoiseach and again from 1981 to 1982 for the Industrial and Commercial Panel.
Douglas Garven Alexander is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire South,previously Paisley South,from 1997 until his defeat in 2015. During this time,he served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,Scottish Secretary,Transport Secretary and International Development Secretary in the Cabinet under Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He subsequently served in Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Shadow Foreign Secretary.
The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a regional political party in Indian-administered Kashmir's union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Founded as the All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas in 1932 in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir,the organisation renamed itself to "National Conference" in 1939 in order to represent all the people of the state. It supported the accession of the princely state to India in 1947. Prior to that,in 1941,a group led by Ghulam Abbas broke off from the National Conference and revived the old Muslim Conference. The revived Muslim Conference supported the accession of the princely state to Pakistan and led the movement for Azad Kashmir.
Katsuya Okada is a Japanese politician who was Deputy Prime Minister of Japan from January to December 2012. A member of the House of Representatives of Japan,he was the President of the Democratic Party,and previously of the Democratic Party of Japan. He also served as Secretary-General of the DPJ three times. During the DPJ's period in government he was Foreign Minister of Japan.
Elections in Montserrat take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a parliamentary system. The Legislative Assembly is directly elected,and a Chief Minister is selected by the party or coalition with the most seats in the Assembly.
The National Progressive Party (NPP) was a political party in the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat led by Reuben Meade.
Nitish Kumar is an Indian politician who has served as the 22nd chief minister of Bihar since 22 February 2015,having previously held the office from 2005 to 2014 and for a short period in 2000. He is Bihar's longest serving chief minister,and also holding the post for 9th term.
Sir Brandon Kenneth Lewis is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor from September to October 2022. He previously served as Chairman of the Conservative Party from 2018 to 2019 and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party,he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth since 2010.
Lowell Lyttleton Lewis was a politician,a former Chief Minister of Montserrat. He is the Chief Medical Officer of Montserrat.
The Movement for Change and Prosperity (MCAP) is a political party in Montserrat.
General elections were held in Montserrat on 8 October 1991. The result was a victory for the National Progressive Party (NPP),which won four of the seven seats in the Legislative Council. NPP leader Reuben Meade became Chief Minister.
General elections were held in Montserrat on 31 May 2006. Although the Movement for Change and Prosperity (MCAP) won the most seats in the Legislative Council,the government was formed by a coalition of the Montserrat Democratic Party (MDP),the New People's Liberation Movement (NPLM) and an independent council member,who together held five seats. MDP leader Lowell Lewis became Chief Minister.
Gavin Laurence Barwell,Baron Barwell is a British politician and former Downing Street Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister,Theresa May. A member of the Conservative Party,he was Member of Parliament for Croydon Central from 2010 until 2017.
General elections were held in Montserrat on 8 September 2009,two years earlier than constitutionally necessary. The Movement for Change and Prosperity (MCAP) gained a parliamentary majority with six of the nine seats,while the outgoing Chief Minister,Lowell Lewis,and two other independents won the other seats. Reuben Meade of the MCAP was sworn in as Chief Minister on 10 September 2009.
The premier of Montserrat is the head of government of the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. The premier is appointed by the governor of Montserrat on behalf of the monarch of the United Kingdom,currently King Charles III.
Donaldson Romeo is a politician from Montserrat. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat and served as the island's Premier from September 2014 until November 2019.
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 7 May 2015 and all 59 seats in Scotland were contested under the first-past-the-post,single-member district electoral system. Unlike the 2010 general election,where no seats changed party,the Scottish National Party (SNP) won all but three seats in Scotland in an unprecedented landslide victory,gaining a total of 56 seats and taking the largest share of the Scottish vote in sixty years,at approximately 50 per cent. The Labour Party suffered its worst ever election defeat in Scotland,losing 40 of the 41 seats it was defending,including the seats of Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and the then Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander. The Liberal Democrats lost ten of the eleven seats they were defending,with the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander and former leader Charles Kennedy losing their seats. The election also saw the worst performance by the Scottish Conservative Party,which received its lowest share of the vote since its creation in 1965,although it retained the one seat that it previously held. In all,50 of the 59 seats changed party,49 of them being won by first-time MPs.
The Montserrat Labour Party (MLP) was a political party in Montserrat.
Joseph Easton Taylor-Farrell is a politician and the current Premier of Montserrat. Before entering politics,he was a businessman.
Margaret (Annie) Dyer-Howe was a Montserratian politician and businesswoman,who was the second woman to be appointed as a government minister in the Legislative Assembly of Montserrat. She held a number of ministries during her two periods as an elected representative,including as Minister for Education and Social Affairs,Minister for Trade,Agriculture,Lands,Housing and the Environment and Minister of Finance. She also co-founded the Montserrat Labour Party.
