Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] minister [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nkanga Bongo , an adviser to President Mobutu , was named Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Gaidar was made Minister of Finance , and Andrei Nechayev ( Gaidar 's first deputy ) became Minister of the Economy . |
| 5 | Amadou Modi Dial was made Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals . |
| 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 | On May 3 , 1990 , Gilbert Mottard , was appointed Minister for Pensions , replacing his fellow PS member Alain Van der Biest , who became Minister for Local Government , Public Works and Water in the regional government of Wallonia . |
| 10 | July : appointment of Monzur Quader as Minister for Relief and Rehabilitation to replace Mamdudur Rahman Choudhry who was appointed Minister for Posts and Shipping . |
| 11 | Hussein Kamil Baha al-Din was appointed Education Minister , and Mahmud Sayyid Ahmed Sharif , hitherto governor of Cairo , was appointed Minister for Local Government , a new post . |
| 12 | Kiruga M'Mukindia was appointed Minister for Research , Science and Technology , replacing George Muhoho . |
| 13 | At the same time José Carlos Moco was appointed Minister for Youth and Sports . |
| 14 | A member of the first Dáil Éireann , 21 January 1919 , she was appointed minister for labour . |
| 15 | Lord Hailsham was appointed Minister of Education . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Abd al-Basit Sabdrat was appointed Minister of Education and Abdullah Muhammed Ahmed , his predecessor , became Minister of Culture and Information . |
| 17 | In November Roberto I. González Planas , a metallurgical engineer , was promoted to the post of Minister for the Steelworking Industry , and José Ignacio Gómez Gutiérrez , hitherto rector of the Central University of Las Villas , was appointed Minister of Education , replacing José Ramón Fernández Alvarez who was moved to oversee sports issues , particularly the 1991 Pan-American Games . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Gen. Shaposhnikov was appointed Minister of Defence , replacing Gen. Moiseyev , whose former position as Chief of General Staff went to Gen. Vladimir Lobov , a known reformer ; Grachev was made Deputy Defence Minister . |
| 20 | Mr McDaid was at the centre of another controversy in November 1991 when he was appointed Minister of Defence by the then Taoiseach , Charles Haughey . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Stephen Wassira , hitherto a Deputy Minister , was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development . |
| 23 | Abdul Wahab Mahmoud al-Sabbagh was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation on March 25 , 1990 . |
| 24 | At the same time Louis Mermaz was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Forestry , with Henri Nallet moving to Justice in place of Pierre Arpaillange . |
| 25 | On April 22 K. K. Tewari , hitherto Minister of State for External Affairs , was appointed Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting . |
| 26 | David Mellor was appointed Minister of State at the Privy Council Office with responsibility for the arts ; Angela Rumbold took over his previous post of Minister of State at the Home Office and was replaced as Minister of State at the Department of Education and Science by Timothy Eggar . |
| 27 | Aguiar Mazula , hitherto Labour Minister , was appointed Minister of State Administration ; Teodato Hunguana , hitherto Information Minister , became Minister of Labour ; Rafael Maguni was appointed Minister of Information ; and Octavio Mutemba became Minister of Industry and Energy . |
| 28 | Wade was appointed Minister of State , a post whose responsibilities were not immediately defined . |
| 29 | Janusz Ziolkowski was appointed head of the Presidential Chancellery , and Jerzy Milewski was appointed Minister of State and also as Secretary of the Committee for National Defence , replacing Maciej Zalewski . |
| 30 | In a late November Cabinet reshuffle , Community Development and Culture Minister David Bowen was moved to Agriculture , Food and Fisheries , replacing Harcourt Lewis who was appointed Minister of State in the Prime Minister 's Office . |