Example sentences of "be [verb] as minister " in BNC.
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| 1 | Knowles was replaced by Perry Christie , who had been dismissed as Minister of Tourism in 1984 [ see p.33401 ] and subsequently elected as an independent MP . |
| 2 | On Dec. 29 Kibaki , together with John Keen , a former Assistant in the Office of the President , and Eliud Mwamunga , who had been dismissed as Minister of Works , Housing and Physical Planning in 1988 [ see p. 36136 ] announced the launch on Jan. 2 of the Democratic Party . |
| 3 | Zegeye Asfaw , appointed Agriculture and Environmental Protection and Development Minister , had previously been named as Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in a radio broadcast on May 9 . |
| 4 | ALTHOUGH Mr David Mellor 's new role as Secretary for National Heritage has been caricatured as Minister of Fun or Minister for Free Tickets , he was at pains yesterday to emphasise more serious aspects of his task ahead . |
| 5 | The first man to be appointed as Minister , Lance Buckmaster , had seemed logical . |
| 6 | Had it been new information , it would have been presented independently in the predicate , because this is where new information normally occurs in English : Heseltine has been appointed as Minister of the Environment . |
| 7 | The Agence France-Presse news agency reported on July 5 that Mahesh Acharya and Ram Badan Yadav both recently elected to the National Council , had been appointed as Minister of Finance and Minister of Health respectively . |
| 8 | Geagea and Minqarah had been appointed as Minister of State and Minister for Tourism , respectively , in the new Cabinet in May 1992 [ see p. 38933 ] . |
| 9 | Zhivkov had been called as a witness in the trial , beginning on Feb. 13 , of Stoyan Ovcharov , who had been removed as Minister of Economy and Planning and as a candidate member of the former Bulgarian Communist Party politburo immediately after Zhivkov 's fall from power . |
| 10 | Stoyan Ovcharov , who had been removed as Minister of Economy and Planning and as a candidate member of the former Bulgarian Communist Party politburo immediately after the fall from power of Todor Zhivkov in November 1989 , was found guilty on June 6 of " taking undue advantage of his authority in favour of a third person " to the detriment of the state . |
| 11 | The former FIS leader Said Guechi left the Cabinet , being replaced as Minister of Vocational Training by Djelloul Baghli . |
| 12 | In early July Mahesh Acharya and Ram Badan Yadav were appointed as Minister of Finance and Minister of Health respectively [ see p. 38339 ] . |
| 13 | Carlos António Fernandes was dismissed as Minister of Transport and Communications on May 5 , 1990 , along with the Secretary of State for Town Planning , Housing and Water , reportedly for " sluggishness and non-implementation of directives " . |
| 14 | Alexandre Nunes Correia , Minister of the Civil Service and Labour since March 9 ( and hitherto Public Health Minister ) , was on June 8 , 1990 , dismissed for reasons which were not specified , and on July 31 Maj. José Pereira was dismissed as Minister of National Security and Public Order , a post he had held since 1985 . |
| 15 | In January 1991 Jacinto Jouvin and Jorge Gallardo , resigned as Minister of Industry , Commerce and Integration and of Finance and Public Credit respectively , to be replaced by Pablo Better and Juan Falconi [ see pp. 37958 ] ; on March 12 Diego Tamariz was dismissed as Minister of Energy and Mines , and replaced by Donald Castillo [ see pp. 38093-94 ] . |
| 16 | On Sept. 18 Isidore Mvouba was dismissed as Minister of Trade and Commerce after he failed to attend the first meeting of the Cabinet , attending instead a meeting of his own party , the ( formerly ruling ) Congolese Labour Party ( PCT ) . |
| 17 | On Oct. 14 James Njiru was dismissed as Minister for Culture and Social Services ; Moi said that his dismissal was necessitated by a local party leadership dispute . |
| 18 | He was dismissed as Minister of Justice by Banda in 1964 . |
| 19 | These included Donald Kalpokas , the VP 's general secretary , who was sacked as Minister of Education and Foreign Affairs , together with Home Affairs Minister Iolu Abbil , Lands Minister William Mahit and Trade Minister Harold Qualao . |
| 20 | Raymond Damas Ngollo became Defence Minister ( a portfolio previously held by the President ) , and was succeeded as Minister of State for Forestry by Paul Ngatse . |
| 21 | Vlok was appointed the Minister of Correctional Services and of Budget ; he was succeeded as Minister of Law and Order by Hernus Kriel , a conservative . |
| 22 | Ratu Sir Josaia Tavalqia , who was reappointed as Minister for Forests , resigned on Jan. 8 due to ill health . |
| 23 | On Feb. 25 , 1988 , declaring unconstitutional an earlier call by the President for the resignation of Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno as the Commander of the Defence Forces , the Legislative Assembly resolved to dismiss both Delvalle and Vice-President Roderick Esquivel ; the Education Minister , Manuel Solís Palma , was installed as Minister in charge of the Presidency of the Republic on Feb. 26 [ see p. 35818 ] . |
| 24 | Djohar named a 12-member Cabinet on March 22 , among whom Kemal was named as Minister of State for Economy and Trade , and de facto second in the governing hierarchy ; Mroudjae was appointed Minister of Production , Industry and Handicrafts . |
| 25 | Of the NRC members nominated by the President , Betty Bigombe was named as Minister of State in the Prime Minister 's Office resident in north central Uganda , and as such in charge of the pacification campaign in the north . |
| 26 | The appointments did not include a Prime Minister , but Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was named as Minister of State in charge of Co-ordination of Government Action . |
| 27 | Abdou Tiousso was named as Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals and Mamame Moussa , hitherto Secretary of State for Defence , was promoted to full ministerial rank as Minister Representative of the Prime Minister . |
| 28 | Keatlemang Morake was named as Minister of Agriculture . |
| 29 | On June 22 Tokonye Kotelo , hitherto high commissioner in Kenya , was named as Minister of Foreign Affairs following the resignation of Capt. Pius Molapo ; on June 23 Chief Mohlalefi Bereng was sworn in as the Minister of Interior , Chieftaincy Affairs and Rural Development , replacing Kgotsi Matete ; three other Cabinet changes were made on June 29 . |
| 30 | From the time that General Marian Spychalski was replaced as Minister of National Defence in 1968 , the Army steadily lost its appeal as a vehicle for intrigue . |