EDMUND BARTON Sir Edmund Barton was born in Sydney on 18 January 1849. He is known for being the first Prime Minister of Australia and later becoming a judge of high court. He was the ninth child in a very large family. He was educated at Fort Street High School and later at Sydney Grammar School where he was dux and school captain. Barton first stepped into politics when he was attending university and he stood for the legislative assembly but he was defeated by 6 votes. He tried for the
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If I were the finance Minister of India - Essay In the economy of a developing county like India‚ the role of the Finance Minister is a crucial one. This is more so in the case of the country which has chosen the path of planned development‚ as Indian has done. If ever I become the Finance Minister of the country‚ my first effort would be to root out the demon of back money. It is black money which leads to inflation and to the rise in prices‚ and this makes financial control almost impossible
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A Prime Minister is the most senior minister of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The Prime Minister of any government has different powers and limitations when it comes to governing any body of people. In both Barbados and Britain‚ the Prime Minister who governs their society has specific powers and limitations by which they abide. Sometimes these powers and limitations may or may not lead to Prime Ministerial Government. In the Caribbean‚ the prime minister
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A report on Margaret Thatcher’s leadership style‚ approaches and personality attributes Name: Noor Al Abdulla Student Number: 08434474 Module: Leadership in Context Table of contents: Page Number 1.0 Introduction 3 2.0 Leadership defined 3 3.0 Margaret Thatcher 3 4.0 Leadership Theories 4 4.1 An illustration of four theories 4 4.2 Trait Theory 4 4.3 Trait Theory Application to Margaret Thatcher 5 4.4 Trait Theory limitations
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have to remind people you are‚ you aren’t.” Those are my favorite quotations from the Iron Lady‚ former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher‚ who died on the 8th of April‚ 2013. She understood that leadership is not about titles or photo ops or posturing. True leadership is about authenticity‚ standing up for principles‚ even in the face of strong opposition. To her admirers‚ Margaret Thatcher was an iconic national heroine who ended Britain’s post-World War II cycle of decline. Her angry critics
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reason why prime ministers seem to be more powerful in relation to their cabinet colleagues is because of how much authority they have over the cabinet. The prime minister leads the other ministers within a cabinet (Key Point p. 102)‚ and in some places‚ such as the UK‚ are seem to be one of Europe’s most powerful. They have control over their colleagues‚ such as controlling what the cabinet does and does not discuss and having the power to hire and fire cabinet colleagues. Also‚ most ministers across
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In my essay I will discuss how “If the ministers matter so much‚ or the quality of the ministerial governments matters so much‚ why don’t we already have this government and this political infrastructure‚ which can govern us better and which New Zealand has‚ Norway has‚ the Netherlands has‚ Denmark has and a number of countries have? Why haven’t we built up a system of government which suits our needs‚ which can look after us well and which doesn’t neglect us‚ as it has done up to now?” During my
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Firstly‚ Italy’s government was deteriorating and so it was evident that communist Italy was a failure. Mussolini had led the Italian population to believe that he and his fascist party were their only hope into putting an end to the chaos in Rome‚ and re-establish order and bring about the once great Italy‚ just as Caesar had in the time of the great Romans. This was appealing to the Italian people‚ as the city or Rome seemed to have fallen into ruins‚ taking advantage of this‚ Mussolini had conveyed
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- Margaret Thatcher ’s path to power [English special topic] Sophie Paiker 4/10/2014 Table of Contents Abstract p. 3 Prologue p. 3 Early Biography p. 4 First Rungs p. 5 Making it to the Shadow Cabinet p. 6 Rising to the Top I: Party Leader p. 6 Rising to the Top II: Prime Minister p. 7 Falklands War p. 9 Mrs. Thatcher and the IRA p. 10 Miners‘ Strike 1984-5 p. 11 Cold War: Mrs. Thatcher and the Soviet Union p. 13 Privatising
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Margaret Thatcher was in office for eleven years that made her the longest continually serving prime minister in parliament which in its self seems like a big achievement‚ but when Margaret was elected she had a rough start‚ which created a bad first impression. Her introduction of the poll tax also known as The Community Charge began to create a negative outcome and her refusal to form political or economic interrogation with Europe and her "Bruges Speech" worsened the bonds with her colleagues
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