Example sentences of "resigned as minister " in BNC.

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1 Sitiveni Rabuka , who had led two military coups in 1987 [ see pp. 35251-55 ; 35567-70 ] , resigned as Minister of Home Affairs and returned to military duties as head of the armed forces .
2 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 ] .
3 The Social Democratic Republican Party ( PRDS ) , the party with closest links to President Moaouia Ould Sidi Taya , was led by Sid Ahmed Ould Baba , who had resigned as Minister of Interior , Posts and Communications in July .
4 Josef Riegler , who had already been replaced as Federal Vice-Chancellor by ÖVP president Erhard Busek on July 2 , resigned as Minister for Federalism and for Administrative Reform in the Federal Chancellery , and was replaced by Jurgen Weiss , while Johannes Ditz succeeded Günter Stummvoll as Minister of State to the Finance Minister .
5 On Dec. 3 Lutz Stavenhagen , 51 , resigned as Minister of State in the Chancellery in charge of overseeing the espionage services and German policy on Europe .
6 On Feb. 26 it was reported that Andras Galszecsy had resigned as Minister without Portfolio in charge of national security affairs .
7 It was reported on April 8 that Michel Mokuba Bokulo Mena , who had been appointed in the Cabinet reshuffle on March 28 , had resigned as Minister of Institutional Reforms apparently after disagreeing with the Prime Minister .
8 The government of Prime Minister Paul Keating suffered a serious blow on May 18 when Graham Richardson , one of the most senior members of the Cabinet , resigned as Minister of Transport and Communications .
9 Following the vote Bosiljko Misetic resigned as Minister of Justice and Administration .
10 Fresh elections here would be contested on Oct. 11 , and the Middle East Economic Digest of Oct. 9 reported that 26 candidates had come forward , including Faris Buwayz , who had resigned as Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs in late August in protest at the elections .
11 Among those elected was Faris Buwayz , who had resigned as Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs in August in protest at the elections .
12 Dhanabalan , an ally of Goh , had resigned as Minister of National Development in September 1992 .
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