Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] minister [prep] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Meanwhile , Abd al-Basit Sabdrat was appointed Minister of Education and Abdullah Muhammed Ahmed , his predecessor , became Minister of Culture and Information .
3 Ali Hassan Diria was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs , exchanging portfolios with Benjamin Mkapa , who thus moved to Information and Broadcasting .
4 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 .
5 At the same time José Carlos Moco was appointed Minister for Youth and Sports .
6 Lord Hailsham was appointed Minister of Education .
7 Piet Marais was appointed Minister of Manpower and retained the Ministry of Education and Culture .
8 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 .
9 Abdul Wahab Mahmoud al-Sabbagh was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation on March 25 , 1990 .
10 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 .
11 Wade was appointed Minister of State , a post whose responsibilities were not immediately defined .
12 In an earlier reshuffle on July 3 Onesin Cvitan was appointed Minister of Internal Affairs and Sime Djodan Minister of Defence , while Martin Spegelj became commander of the National Guard .
13 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 .
14 Tunji Olagunju was appointed Minister for Special Duties on Nov. 5 .
15 Kwaouvi Benyi Johnson was appointed Minister of Information .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Enver Halile was appointed Minister of Justice on May 8 .
19 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 .
20 At the same time Louis Mermaz was appointed Minister of Agriculture and Forestry , with Henri Nallet moving to Justice in place of Pierre Arpaillange .
21 Kiruga M'Mukindia was appointed Minister for Research , Science and Technology , replacing George Muhoho .
22 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 .
23 Komlanvi Kloutse was appointed Minister of the newly created Trade and Transport Ministry while Ayissah Agbetra was appointed to head the new Public Health Ministry .
24 On Nov. 14 Syeda Razia Faiz was appointed Minister of Women 's Affairs with Rezwanul Haq Chowdhury retaining the Social Welfare portfolio .
25 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 ] .
26 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 .
27 Ruth Feldgrill-Zankell was appointed Minister of the Environment , Youth and Family Affairs in March 1991 [ see p. 38020 ] .
28 Choyjamtsyn Badamhaamb was appointed Minister of Labour in the newly created ministry in August [ see p. 37656 ] .
29 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 .
30 Louis Pienaar was appointed Minister of Home Affairs and remained in charge of Environment Affairs .
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