Example sentences of "[adv] minister [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 On April 22 K. K. Tewari , hitherto Minister of State for External Affairs , was appointed Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting .
2 Lord Sanderson of Bowden , hitherto Minister of State at the Scottish Office , took over as party chair in Scotland on a full-time basis on Sept. 27 .
3 Shortly afterwards the President announced a reshuffle of DLP posts which included the appointment of Kim Yoon Whan , hitherto Minister of State for Political Affairs , as floor leader of the party within the National Assembly .
4 Bozer , hitherto Minister of State ( and effectively deputy Prime Minister ) , had been appointed Foreign Minister only in February 1990 .
5 In a Cabinet reshuffle announced by President Joseph Momoh on Nov. 28 , 1989 , Tommy Taylor-Morgan , hitherto Minister of State , Trade ( a non-Cabinet post ) , was appointed Finance Minister in place of Hassan Gbassay Kanu .
6 Desmond Fostin , Minister of Communications , Works and Transport , resigned and was replaced by Gregory Avril , hitherto Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture , on Feb. 9 , 1990 , after allegations of corruption within the Ministry .
7 Another non-elected member of the Cabinet , Carl Clarke , was hitherto Minister of State for Finance and Foreign Affairs .
8 The veteran diplomat Boutros Boutros-Ghali , hitherto Minister of State for Foreign Affairs , was promoted to Deputy Prime Minister with the additional portfolios of Foreign Liaison and Minister of State for Emigration and Expatriate Egyptian Affairs .
9 In early October Desmond Leaky , hitherto Minister of State for Agriculture , was appointed to succeed Phillips as Minister without Portfolio in the Prime Minister 's office .
10 President Joao Bernardo Vieira on Dec. 27 appointed Carlos Correia , hitherto Minister of State for Rural Development and Agriculture , to the revived post of Prime Minister ; it had been abolished in 1984 following allegations of a government coup attempt [ see pp. 32899-900 ] .
11 Prime Minister James Mitchell carried out a Cabinet reshuffle in late January , transferring responsibility for foreign affairs from himself to Herbert Young , hitherto Minister for Trade and Tourism , whose Trade portfolio was passed to Jonathan Peters , hitherto Minister of State for Trade and Tourism , who took responsibility for the new Ministry of Trade and Consumer Affairs ; Mitchell also created a new portfolio of Grenadines Affairs , with Stephanie Brown as Junior Minister .
12 Bérégovoy , hitherto Minister of State for Economy , Finance and Budget , replaced Edith Cresson , whom Mitterrand had appointed 10
13 Khudayyir 's position as Foreign Affairs Minister was assumed by Muhammad Said Kazim al-Sahhaf , hitherto Minister of State for Foreign Affairs .
14 Wilson Ndolo Ayah , hitherto Minister of Water Development , was on March 9 appointed as Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation in succession to Robert J. Ouko , who had been murdered in mid-February [ see p. 37239 ] .
15 On May 26 Keating conducted a minor Cabinet reshuffle which saw Richardson 's portfolio filled by Bob Collins , hitherto Minister of Shipping and Aviation .
16 The five members of the old politburo [ see p. 37317 ] , with the addition of Budyn Sum'yaa ( hitherto Minister of Culture ) , made up the new party presidium .
17 Lt. Gen. Chit Swe , hitherto Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Affairs , was appointed Minister of Forestry Affairs .
18 Changes since May were : Bufi , hitherto Minister of Nutrition , replaced Fatos Nano as Chair of Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) ; Pashko replaced Leontjev Cuci as Minister of the Economy and was also appointed Deputy Chair ; Teta replaced Ndricim Karakacias Minister of Defence ; Bajram Yzeiri replaced Hujredin Shyn as Minister of Public Order ; Shefqet Muci replaced Fatmir Zaloshnja as Minister of Justice ; Ruli replaced Anastas Angjeli as Minister of Finance ; Misja replaced as Minister of Industry Vilson Ahmeti who replaced Bufi as Minister of Nutrition ; Nano replaced Shane Korbeci as Minister of Foreign Economic Relations ; Agim Mero replaced Gavrosh Pogace as Minister of Domestic Trade and Tourism ; Fatos Bitincka replaced Kostandin Hoxha as Minister of Transport ; Prec Zogaj replaced Mojkom Zeqo as Minister of Culture , Youth and Sports ; Alfred Karamuko replaced Bujar Kolaneci as Chair of State Control Commission .
19 Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , had been a critic of the policy of outgoing Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae who had taken a tough stance with creditors on the renegotiation of Nigeria 's foreign debt .
20 Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , had been a critic of the policy of outgoing Finance Minister Chief Olu Falae who had taken a tough stance with creditors on the renegotiation of Nigeria 's foreign debt .
21 Several ministers were given new portfolios , including Chu Okongwu , hitherto Minister of Budget and Planning , who was reassigned to special duties , marking the return of responsibility for the budget to the Finance and Economic Planning Ministry .
22 The Agriculture and Water Resources Minister , Jorge de la Vega Domínguez , resigned on Jan. 4 , 1990 , and was replaced by Carlos Hank González , hitherto Minister of Tourism , who was himself replaced by Pedro Joaquín Codwell .
23 Mujuthaba , hitherto Minister of Tourism , replaced Illyas Ibrahim ( who had fled the country — see below ) as Minister of Trade and Industry .
24 Bernardino Cardoso , hitherto Minister of Planning and International Co-operation and a close associate of the President , was given responsibility for foreign affairs in the new 16-member Cabinet .
25 Sayed Abdullah bin Khalifa al-Attiya resigned as Foreign Minister on May 13 and was replaced by Mubarak Ali al-Khater , hitherto Minister of Power and Water .
26 The Defence portfolio was transferred to Gen. Yao Mawulikplimi Amegi , hitherto Minister of the Interior and Security , whose portfolio went to Yao Komlanvi , hitherto Minister of Environment and Tourism .
27 Saihou Sabally , hitherto Minister of Finance and Trade , became Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs , and Memba Jatta , hitherto Minister of Economic Planning and Industrial Development , became Minister of Trade , Industry and Employment .
28 Seymour Mullings , hitherto Minister of Finance , became Minister of Agriculture , replacing Horace Clarke , who moved to the Ministry of Mining and Energy , hitherto held by Hugh Small , who was moved to the newly organized Ministry of Industry and Commerce .
29 On April 24 , the new Council of Ministers agreed to the appointment of Nsanzimana as Special Adviser to the President with responsibility for special missions as well as that of Enoch Ruhigira , hitherto Minister of Finance , as Director in the Office of the President .
30 On Jan. 25 Moti Lal Vora , hitherto Minister of Health and Family Welfare , was appointed Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh [ see above ] .
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