Example sentences of "was [vb pp] minister " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was named Minister of Public Works in 1969 and Minister of Education in 1980 . |
| 2 | A former Prosecutor General , Kim Ki Choon , was appointed as Justice Minister ; the head of the Office of Bank Supervision and Examination , Rhee Yong Man , became Finance Minister ; the Vice Minister of the Economic Planning Board , Jin Nyum , was named Minister of Energy and Resources ; whilst Ahn Pil Joon , a retired army general , became Minister of Health and Social Affairs . |
| 3 | In further changes , Joao Cruz Pinto took over the Justice portfolio from Vasco Cabral who was appointed in March [ see p. 38085 ] ; the Defence portfolio , formerly held by Vieira , was assumed by Samba Lamine Mane , while Manuel dos Santos was named Minister of Natural Resources and Industry to replace Filinto de Barros who became Finance Minister . |
| 4 | Mohamed Toilibou of the Mouvement démocratique populaire ( MDP ) was placed in charge of Production , Industry , Crafts and Rural Development , and Mohamed el Arif Oukacha of the Front populaire Mohélien was named Minister of Education and Vocational Training . |
| 5 | Nkanga Bongo , an adviser to President Mobutu , was named Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development . |
| 6 | When Lord Addison was made Minister of Health he concentrated entirely on methods of financing council housing , and under the ill-conceived Housing and Town Planning Act of 1919 he guaranteed local authorities all losses over that covered by a penny rate . |
| 7 | Sir , — When Malcolm Rifkind was made Minister of Transport I wrote a letter to him congratulating him on his appointment , expressing the hope that he would be a success in his job and asking him to instruct his Civil Servants to concentrate their efforts more on the railways of this country rather than on the roads . |
| 8 | One of the mouse hunters , David Heathcoat-Amory , was made minister for Europe . |
| 9 | Amadou Modi Dial was made Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals . |
| 10 | Gaidar was made Minister of Finance , and Andrei Nechayev ( Gaidar 's first deputy ) became Minister of the Economy . |
| 11 | Initially the advantage lay with the Lords of the Congregation ; by the end of June , they had driven the regent 's troops out of Fife , had regained Perth and moved in on Edinburgh , where , on 7 July , Knox was appointed minister . |
| 12 | Lord Hailsham was appointed Minister of Education . |
| 13 | In 1878 he was appointed minister of the New West End synagogue , then in the course of erection in St Petersburgh Place , west London ; he served as its minister for the remainder of his life . |
| 14 | A member of the first Dáil Éireann , 21 January 1919 , she was appointed minister for labour . |
| 15 | In 1639 he was appointed minister to the Dutch church in London , thus becoming a colleague of his stepbrother , Ambrosius Regemorter . |
| 16 | In 1909 he was appointed Minister in Addis Ababa . |
| 17 | On Nov. 14 Syeda Razia Faiz was appointed Minister of Women 's Affairs with Rezwanul Haq Chowdhury retaining the Social Welfare portfolio . |
| 18 | In Cabinet changes effected in mid-October 1989 , Ariel Rivera Irias was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in succession to Mario Palencia Laínfiesta , Francisco Pinto Casarola replaced Rodolfo Paíz Andrade as Minister of Public Finance , and Gen. Carlos Morales Villatoro replaced Roberto Valle Valdizán as Minister of the Interior . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | On April 22 K. K. Tewari , hitherto Minister of State for External Affairs , was appointed Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting . |
| 21 | Other Cabinet members included : Nepali Congress members Marshal Zullum Sakya , Mahendra Narayan Nidhi , and Yog Prasad Upadhyay , who became Home Minister ; United Left Front members Sahana Pradhan ( the Nepali Communist Party leader , who took on the portfolio of Industry and Commerce ) , Jhal Nath Khanal , and Nilambar Acharya ; two prominent non-party opposition figures , Devendra Raj Pandey ( an economist and leader of the Human Rights Organization of Nepal , who became Finance Minister ) , and Mathura Shrestha ( a professor of medicine , who was appointed Minister of Health ) ; and two members nominated by King Birendra , one of whom was Rai Majhi , who became Minister of Education , despite protests by students and teaching staff . |
| 22 | The composer Mikis Theodorakis , a former communist , was appointed Minister without Portfolio . |
| 23 | Stephen Wassira , hitherto a Deputy Minister , was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development . |
| 24 | Abdul Wahab Mahmoud al-Sabbagh was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation on March 25 , 1990 . |
| 25 | Khalfan bin Nasir al-Wahabi , formerly Minister of Electricity and Water , was confirmed as Minister of Environment and Water Resources , while Mohammad bin Ali al-Qatabi was appointed Minister of Electricity and Water . |
| 26 | Enver Halile was appointed Minister of Justice on May 8 . |
| 27 | Gen. Saulo Ramos was appointed Minister of Justice on Aug. 7 , 1989 , replacing Oscar Dias Corrêa , who had resigned on Aug. 1 after frequently speaking out against mismanagement of the economy and corruption in the administration . |
| 28 | Raimo Vistbacka was appointed Minister of Communications and Transport on Sept. 29 , 1989 , in succession to Pekka Vennamo , who had resigned to leave politics [ see below ] . |
| 29 | In a reshuffle on June 14 ( i ) Aguinaldo Jaime replaced Augusto Teixeira de Matos as Minister of Finance ; ( ii ) Boavista da Silva Cardoso was appointed to the new portfolio of Information ; and ( iii ) José de Franca Dias Van Dúnem was appointed Minister of Planning in place of António Henriques da Silva . |
| 30 | Hanniah Lungu , hitherto Air Force Commander , was appointed Minister of Defence , succeeding Frederick Hapunda , who advocated a pluralist democracy and who had been dismissed on June 7 , officially for being " ineffective " in carrying out his duties . |