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Minister (government)

#Government occupations #Government ministers

1 In many parliamentary systems of government, especially those using the Westminster system, such as the United Kingdom, Canada and ________, ministers must be selected from the legislature.

2 The term Minister is a Middle English phrase, stemming from the Old French word ministre, originally minister in ________, meaning 'servant' [1].

3 In some countries and territories (such as ________, the Philippines, the UK, and the US), such a person can instead be known as a secretary.

4 ________ groups lists of ministers by country

5 A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in 1965 Marguerite Legot became the first female Belgian federal government minister?
  • in the shuffle ensuing from the 1983 resignation of Yves Bérubé and two other Quebec ministers, four unelected people became ministers, the highest number since 1936?
  • the 13th government of Sri Lanka was known as the Jumbo Cabinet due to the high number of ministers?
  • the Norwegian politician KÃ¥re Kristiansen, a former minister and chairman of the Christian People's Party, resigned from the Norwegian Nobel Committee in protest over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Yasser Arafat?
  • Tove Strand, Norwegian government minister in 1986–1989 and 1990–1992, was formerly married to fellow Labour Party politician Rune Gerhardsen?
  • John Biehl, a Chilean government minister in the 1990s, led the successful campaign for Costa Rican president Óscar Arias to win the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize?
  • Chavundaraya, the builder of the Gomateshwara monolith (pictured) at Shravanabelagola, was an army commander, minister and a famous writer of Kannada and Sanskrit literature?
  • Guttorm Hansen, the President of the Norwegian Parliament who started his career as a mechanic, declined three offers for a government minister position?
  • Lord Simon of Glaisdale ended his career as a Law Lord and cross-bench life peer, but was earlier a Conservative MP who held three ministerial positions?
  • Norwegian politician Christian Birch-Reichenwald was brought in as a government minister by then-Crown Prince Charles in 1858, only to be provoked by the same person to resign three years later?
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