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Independent Community and Health Concern

**Independent Kidderminster Hospital and Health Concern**, (often known as **Independent Community And Health Concern** and abbreviated as **ICHC**) is a political party based in Kidderminster, United Kingdom. The party was founded in 2000, having grown out of the campaign to restore the casualty unit at Kidderminster Hospital. Since 2015 it has successfully contested local elections within the Wyre Forest local government area, which includes Kidderminster.

## History

### Richard Taylor

Main article: Richard Taylor (British politician)

The party had one MP in the House of Commons, Richard Taylor, who won a surprise landslide victory in the 2001 general election standing for the Wyre Forest constituency, which includes Kidderminster. He was the only person not from a major party elected as an MP from an English constituency in the 2001 Parliament. Health Concern benefited from a decision by the Liberal Democrats not to put up a candidate of their own.

Taylor was re-elected as member for Wyre Forest in the 2005 election, albeit with a considerably reduced majority. The party lost its only seat in the 2010 election to the Conservative candidate, Mark Garnier, by a margin of 2,643 votes.

Taylor was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in 2014, for services to Worcestershire, particularly Kidderminster Hospital.

## Local government

ICHC is also active in local government. It is currently the major party in the Progressive Alliance coalition which is currently in control of Wyre Forest District Council after getting 8 seats in the 2019 election. Before the 2004 local elections it held 16 seats on Wyre Forest District Council, making it the largest party, but in those elections it lost half of these seats to the Conservative Party. The 2005 local elections to Worcestershire County Council, held on the same day as the general election, also saw Health Concern perform poorly, losing five of its six seats. However, in the 2006 local elections for the district council, it held its own, making one net gain to take its representation from eight to nine. In the 2007 local elections its representation again increased, from nine to 10 members. The party then gradually lost seats on Wyre Forest District Council, with just 7 seats after the 2014 elections.

After the May 2014 local elections, Health Concern lost two district seats, reducing the overall number to seven, but managed to gain control of Bewdley Town Council, taking seven of the 13 available seats, a gain of three.

The party previously stood candidates for Shropshire Council, and had won seats, however it did not stand any candidates in the 2021 election.

## Organisation

According to the Electoral Commission's register of parties, its leader is Taylor, Peter Young is the nominating officer, Keith Robertson is treasurer, and Gerald Wheeler is campaigns officer. The party does have a formal membership. It had expenditure of about £12,000 and income of about £9,000 in the 2005 calendar year.
List of presidents of Mozambique

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The following is a **list of presidents of Mozambique**, since the establishment of the office of President in 1975.

The current president is Filipe Nyusi. Nyusi was inaugurated for his first term as the fourth president of Mozambique on 15 January 2015, and for his second, final term on 15 January 2020.

## Term limits

As of 2021, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Mozambique. The first president for whom the term limits applied was Joaquim Chissano in 2005.
Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign

## Donald Trump for President 2016

### Campaigned for

2016 Republican primaries
2016 U.S. presidential election

### Candidate

Donald Trump
Chairman of The Trump Organization
(1971–2017)
Mike Pence
50th Governor of Indiana
(2013–2017)

### Status

Announced: June 16, 2015
Presumptive nominee: May 4, 2016
Official nominee: July 19, 2016
Won election: November 9, 2016
Inaugurated: January 20, 2017

### Headquarters

Trump Tower,
Manhattan, New York

### Key People

Steve Bannon (Chief executive)
Kellyanne Conway (Campaign manager)
David Bossie (Deputy campaign manager)
Michael Glassner (campaign manager)
Jason Miller (Communications director)
Katrina Pierson (National spokesperson)
Hope Hicks (Press secretary)
Dan Scavino (Director of social media)
Ben Carson (VP Selection Committee Leader)
Jeff Sessions (Chairman of National Security Committee)
Michael Flynn (Military Advisor)
Omarosa Manigault (Director of African American Outreach)
Tony Fabrizio (Pollster)
Rudy Giuliani (Senior Advisor)David Urban (Senior Advisor)
Chris Christie (White House Transition Chairman)
Bill Palatucci (White House Transition Coordinator)
Michael Cohen (Special Counsel)
Arthur Culvahouse (VP Vetter)Sam Clovis (National Co-chair)
Brad Parscale (Digital director)
Steven Cheung (Rapid Response Director)
Roger Ailes (Debate Advisor)
Boris Epshteyn (Senior Advisor)
Anthony Scaramucci (Finance Committee)
George Papadopoulos (Foreign Policy Advisor)
Patrick Caddell (adviser)
Corey Lewandowski (Campaign manager; left campaign on June 20, 2016)
Roger Stone (Political adviser; left campaign on August 8, 2015)
Sam Nunberg (Political adviser; left campaign on August 3, 2015)
Paul Manafort (Campaign chairman; left campaign on August 19, 2016)
Rick Gates (Deputy Campaign Chairman; left campaign in August 2016)
Michael Caputo (Head of Communications; left campaign on June 20, 2016)
Carter Page (Foreign Policy Advisor; left campaign on September 24, 2016)

### Receipts

US $350,668,435.70
(December 31, 2016)

### Slogan

Make America Great Again
Make America One Again
Make America Proud Again
Make America Safe Again
Make America Strong Again
Make America Work Again
Make Manufacturing Great Again
The Silent Majority Stands with Trump
Trump Digs Coal
List of heads of state of Ivory Coast

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This article lists the **heads of state of Ivory Coast**, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, since the country gained independence from France in 1960. Alassane Ouattara has been serving as President of Ivory Coast since 4 December 2010.

## Term limits

There is a two-term limit for the president in the new 2016 Constitution of Ivory Coast. This limit has been lifted for Alassane Ouattara, allowing him to run for third and fourth terms.

## See also

* Vice President of Ivory Coast
* List of heads of government of Ivory Coast
* List of colonial governors of Ivory Coast
* First Lady of Ivory Coast
* Politics of Ivory Coast
Barnsley Independent Group

**Barnsley Independent Group** is a British political party in Barnsley, England.

The party was founded in January 2006 by a group of former Labour councillors on Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council.At that time they had seven councillors, and in the local elections that May they fielded 17 candidates. They have contested council elections since.

## Structure

The party leader is Phillip Birkinshaw, but there are no whips and membership is only open to councillors and candidates, which the party says is to prevent influence from being exerted in the background by a party structure or powerful individuals. All candidates pay their own expenses.

## Elections

After the 2007 elections the Group had 22 councillors, and 24 after the 2008 elections. Despite threatening to overtake Labour as the largest party on Barnsley Council in 2008, BIG's fortunes have dramatically altered, being reduced to 5 councillors after suffering massive losses in the 2012 Local Elections, and with the Group only able to field 5 candidates in 2015 and reduced to four councillors in 2016. The Group was further reduced at the 2018 local elections, fielding just two candidates in the Dodworth and Stairfoot wards, losing in both and being reduced to two councillors (Philip Birkinshaw in Dodworth and Gill Carr in Worsbrough-both next up for election in 2020).
Minister of State for Security

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Incumbent; Since 6th September 2022

The **Minister of State for Security** is a ministerial position in the Home Office. The post was created by Prime Minister Gordon Brown on 3 June 2009 by splitting the now-defunct post of the minister for security, counterterrorism, crime and policing between this post (then called Minister for Security and Counterterrorism) and the new post of Minister for Crime and Policing.

The most recent postholder is Tom Tugendhat MP appointed by Liz Truss in September 2022, he also kept the post when Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister in October 2022. He previously served as Chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee from 2017 to 2022.

In a cabinet reshuffle on 15 September 2021, the ministerial title changed to Minister of State for Security and Borders.

The post is generally seen as one of the most senior Minister of State positions, and as such its holder has been invited to attend meetings of the cabinet in the past.
List of heads of state of Mauritania

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This is a list of heads of state of Mauritania since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day.

A total of nine people have served as head of state of Mauritania (not counting one Acting President). Additionally, one person, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, has served on two non-consecutive occasions.

The current head of state of Mauritania is the President of the Republic Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, since 1 August 2019.

## Term limits

As of 2023, there is a two-term limit for the president in the Constitution of Mauritania. The first president who adhered to the term limits was Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz in 2019.

## Titles

* **1960–1961**: Acting Head of State
* **1961–1978**: President of the Islamic Republic
* **1978–1979**: Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery
* **1979**: Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Recovery
* **1979–1992**: Head of State and Chairman of the Military Committee for National Salvation
* **1992–2005**: President of the Islamic Republic
* **2005–2007**: Chairman of the Military Council for Justice and Democracy
* **2007–2008**: President of the Islamic Republic
* **2008–2009**: President of the High Council of State
* **2009–present**: President of the Islamic Republic
Canvey Island Independent Party

The **Canvey Island Independent Party**(CIIP) is a local political party active on Canvey Island, in Essex, England. It was established in 2004 to campaign for a separate district council for Canvey Island.

Canvey Island became a single civil parish in 1881, replacing 17 former divisions that had existed in broadly the same form since the Norman era. In 1926, the parish was converted to the Canvey Island Urban District, which governed the island as a distinct entity. The urban district was dissolved along with the mainland Benfleet Urban District in the Local Government Act 1972 to form the local government district and borough of Castle Point, ending Canvey Island's existence as a separate entity in local government.

The Canvey Island Independents were established in 2004 to campaign for a return to Canvey Island's autonomy, which had been abolished 32 years previously. They argued that the current local government arrangements – which saw more councillors elected to the borough council from the mainland – were unfair to the residents of Canvey Island. They also campaigned for more power to be devolved to Canvey Island Town Council, a parish council subordinate to Castle Pointwhich is responsible for limited services and facilities and on the island.

## Election results

Since its formation the Canvey Island Independent Party has contested elections on a yearly basis, with representation at borough and county council level. It is also active at the parish level, with Canvey Island Independents sitting on Canvey Island Town Council. The party does not contest Parliamentary elections.

### Borough Council elections

See also: Castle Point Borough Council elections

The Canvey Island Independents have been represented continuously on Castle Point Borough Council since their first election in 2004. They were consistently the second-largest group on the council, behind the ruling Conservatives until the 2022 elections, in which they came in first place after the Conservatives lost 6 seats.
Heavy Woollen District Independents

The **Heavy Woollen District Independents** is a political party based in the Heavy Woollen District of West Yorkshire, England. The party was registered with the Electoral Commission on 13 September 2017. Its leader is Aleksandar Lukic, who was the chairman for UKIP's Dewsbury, Batley and Spen branch until 2017.

Lukic was elected as councillor for the Dewsbury East ward of Kirklees Council in 2019 by 71 votes.

Paul Halloran stood for the party in the 2019 United Kingdom general election in Batley and Spen, coming third holding their deposit with 12.2% of the vote.

The party goes by a variety of descriptions, including:

* Dewsbury Borough Independents — Heavy Woollen District
* Batley Borough Independents — Heavy Woollen District
* Spen Valley Independents — Heavy Woollen District
Independence for Scotland Party

The **Independence for Scotland Party** (**ISP**) (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Neo-eisimeileachd do dh'Alba) is a political party in Scotland which supports Scottish independence within the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).

## History

The party was founded in 2020 and was registered by the Electoral Commission on 7 May 2020.

On 8 January 2021, Roddy McCuish became the first elected representative of the ISP, when he joined the party while on Argyll and Bute Council, having been elected as an independent and then later moving to the party. He had been both a Scottish National Party representative and an independent. In March 2022, McCuish announced that he would not be standing for re-election at the 5 May 2022 Scottish local elections.

In November 2020, the party came under fire for quoting Kenny MacAskill's published view on constituency versus list voting. MacAskill issued a statement saying that the advert was made without his consent.

The ISP had planned to stand fourteen list candidates in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election, one in South Scotland and Glasgow and two in the remaining six regions. However, after the Alba Party announced their formation and decision to compete in the election, they withdrew their candidates.
List of heads of government of Grenada

This is a **list of heads of government of Grenada**, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1960 to the present day.

The Prime Minister appoints the Cabinet of Grenada.

## Heads of government after the 1974 independence

### Prime Minister of Grenada (1974–1979)

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### Prime ministers of the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada (1979–1983)

Main article: People's Revolutionary Government

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(*deposed.*)

### Head of the Revolutionary Military Council of Grenada (1983)

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### Governor-General of Grenada (1983)

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### Chairman of the Interim Advisory Council (1983–1984)

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## See also

* Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth II
* Prime Ministers of King Charles III
* List of Commonwealth Heads of Government
* Politics of Grenada
* Prime Minister of the West Indies Federation
* Governor-General of Grenada
* List of heads of state of Grenada
* List of Privy Counsellors (1952–2022)
* Leader of the Opposition (Grenada)
List of heads of state of Eritrea

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Since the establishment of the office of president in 1993, the head of state of Eritrea has been Isaias Afwerki. The president is also the head of government of Eritrea, as well as commander-in-chief of the Eritrean Defence Forces.

As of 2021, there are no term limits for the president in the Constitution of Eritrea.

The list also includes the secretary-general of the Provisional Government of Eritrea, who acted as head of state between 1991 and 1993, before the proclamation of independence.

## List of officeholders

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Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)

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In the United Kingdom, the **Minister without Portfolio** is often a cabinet position, and is sometimes used to enable people such as the Chairman of the Conservative Party or the Chair of the Labour Party to attend cabinet meetings (if so, they hold the title of "Party chairman"). The sinecure positions of Lord Privy Seal and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which have few responsibilities and have a higher rank in the Order of Precedence than Minister without Portfolio can also be used to similar effect.

The corresponding shadow minister is the Shadow Minister without Portfolio.

## List of office holders

### 18th century

* The Lord Somers, as part of the Townshend ministry
* Henry Seymour Conway, as part of the Chatham ministry and Grafton ministry
List of presidents of the United States

The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College.The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. Since the office was established in 1789, 45 men have served in 46 presidencies. The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College;one, Grover Cleveland, served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of persons who have served as president.

The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected president more than twice, and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once.

Four presidents died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated(Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy), and one resigned (Richard Nixon, facing impeachment). John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, and set the precedent that a vice president who does so becomes the fully functioning president with his presidency.

Throughout most of its history, American politics has been dominated by political parties. The Constitution is silent on the issue of political parties, and at the time it came into force in 1789, no organized parties existed. Soon after the 1st Congress convened, factions began rallying around dominant Washington administration officials, such as Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.Concerned about the capacity of political parties to destroy the fragile unity holding the nation together, Washington remained unaffiliated with any political faction or party throughout his eight-year presidency. He was, and remains, the only U.S. president never affiliated with a political party.

The incumbent president is Joe Biden.There are five living former presidents: Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump. The most recent to die was George H. W. Bush, on November 30, 2018.

## See also

* Acting President of the United States
* Founding Fathers of the United States
* President of the Continental Congress
2006 UK Independence Party leadership election

The UK Independence Party (UKIP) held a leadership election in September 2006.

The Eurosceptic party had been led since 2002 by Roger Knapman. Although he was entitled to stand for second term of office on the expiry of his four-year term, he decided not to.

## Candidates

Four candidates stood in the election:

* Nigel Farage was an MEP for South East England, and the group's leader in the European Parliament. He called for the party to avoid being seen as a single issue pressure group, by focussing campaigning on low taxation, selective education and a distinctive trade policy. He was viewed as the highest-profile candidate, and was backed by the party's largest donor, Alan Bown.
* Richard Suchorzewski, the Chair of UKIP Wales, had defected from the Conservative Party in 2004, and called for the party to develop greater internal democracy, with the formation of a governing committee who would liaise with members on policy initiatives. He also wanted to prioritise the recruitment of more members under 40 and for party leaders to be based permanently in the UK. He attracted the backing of former chairman Petrina Holdsworth.
* David Campbell Bannerman was a former Conservative Party councillor and former chairman of the Bow Group, who had joined UKIP in 2002, and became its chairman in early 2006. He also called for the party to broaden its policies, and wanted to focus on democracy and freedom from government interference. If elected, he wanted to work alongside Farage, who he hoped would remain the party's leader in the European Parliament.
* David Noakes, a computer consultant, called for the party to strengthen its focus on anti-EU campaigning. He stressed his belief that the European Union was equivalent to a police state. He called for co-operation with trade unions to organise an anti-EU general strike and for creating a permanent protest outside the British Houses of Parliament with a van broadcasting the party's message.

## Result

Farage was elected, with 44% of the votes cast.

 Richard Suchorzewski | 1,782
 David Campbell Bannerman | 1,443
 David Noakes | 851
 Spoiled votes
 **Turnout** | 7,574
List of heads of government of Sierra Leone

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This is a list of **heads of government of Sierra Leone**, from the establishment of the office of Chief Minister in 1954 until the present day. The office of Prime Minister was abolished after the constitutional referendum in 1978, and reinstated in 2018 with the appointment of David J. Francis as Chief Minister.

## List of officeholders

### Chief minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate

In 1953, Sierra Leone was granted local ministerial powers and Milton Margai was made Chief Minister and later prime minister. A new constitution ensured Sierra Leone a parliamentary system within the Commonwealth of Nations and was formally adopted in 1958

(Birth–Death)
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* 1957

### Prime minister of Sierra Leone Protectorate

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### Prime ministers of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone was granted independence by the Sierra Leone Independence Act 1961 and became a free state with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. In 1971 Sierra Leone became a republic with Siaka Stevens as executive president

(Birth–Death)
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### Military rule (1967–1968)

The NRC was group of senior military officers took power power in 1967 removing Siaka Stevens from the office of prime minister and ruled the nation from 1967 to 1968 . The NRC was overthrown in April 1968 by a group of military officers who reinstated Stevens as Prime Minister.

### Prime ministers of Sierra Leone

Siaka Stevens was reinstated by a group of military officers who overthrew NRC. In 1971 Siaka Stevens abolished the monarchy and he made Sierra Leone and republic with Stevens as an executive president

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### Chief ministers of Sierra Leone

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## See also

* List of colonial governors of Sierra Leone
* President of Sierra Leone
* List of heads of state of Sierra Leone
List of heads of state of Libya

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This article lists the **heads of state of Libya** since the country's independence in 1951.

Libya is in a tumultuous state since the start of the Arab Spring-related Libyan Crisis in 2011; the crisis resulted in the collapse of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the killing of Muammar Gaddafi, amidst the First Civil War and the foreign military intervention. The crisis was deepened by the factional violence in the aftermath of the First Civil War, resulting in the outbreak of the Second Civil War in 2014. The control over the country is currently split between the Government of National Stability (GNS)—supported by the House of Representatives (HoR)—in Tobruk and the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli and their respective supporters, as well as various jihadist groups and tribal elements controlling parts of the country.
Alliance EPP: European People's Party UK

The **Alliance EPP: European People's Party UK**, also known as **UK EPP** and the **4 Freedoms Party**, is a pro-European Union, centre-right political party in the United Kingdom. It first contested an election at the 2014 European Parliament elections.

## Political stance

The party leader is Dirk Hazell, who is a former Conservative councillor, who has also been a candidate for the Liberal Democrats.

In its initial campaign before the 2014 European Parliament elections, the party was critical of the Conservative Party's departure from the European People's Party group in 2009 and opposed calls for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. It positioned itself as a conservative, pro-European alternative to the Conservative Party and the UK Independence Party, which it condemned as "Britain's hard right". The party called for EU reform and a greater focus on jobs and training. It expressed support for Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms, in addition to the EU's Four Freedoms. The UK EPP claimed an association with the European People's Party family but is not actually a member.

## European Parliament elections

In 2014, the party fielded candidates for the European election in the London constituency only. It polled 28,014 votes across the city and failed to win any seats.

The party had little public activity following the 2014 European Parliament election.

*Alliance EPP* did not contest the 2019 European Parliament election. Its political space became occupied predominantly by Change UK, formed in early 2019 by former Labour and Conservative members, which stood candidates in all constituencies except Northern Ireland. Change UK gathered 571,846 votes (3.3%) but did not win any seats.

## Other Conservative EPP MEPs in 2014-2019

Without any link to the *Alliance EPP* party, two British MEPs formerly elected with the Conservative Party, Richard Ashworth and Julie Girling, joined the European People's Party group on 28 February 2018. Ashworth later joined Change UK and was a candidate for it at the 2019 European Parliament election, at which he failed to be re-elected. Girling did not stand for re-election in the 2019 European Parliament election, declaring support for the Liberal Democrats, and later became the leader of the Renew Party. Alliance EPP's founder, Dirk Hazell, has been critical of Girling and Ashworth on Twitter.

## See also

* The Pro-Euro Conservative Party (1999-2001), which contested the 1999 European Parliament election on a similar Pro-European Conservative platform, earning 138,097 votes (1.3%).
* The UK European Union Party (est. 2019), another minor party which contested the 2019 Peterborough by-election, earning 25 votes (0.1%), and the 2019 European Parliament election in three constituencies, earning 33,576 votes (0.2%).
Prime Minister of Rwanda

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The prime minister of Rwanda is the head of government of the Republic of Rwanda. The prime minister is appointed by the president, along with other ministers in the Cabinet.

A total of 11 people have served in the office. The incumbent prime minister is Édouard Ngirente, who took office on 30 August 2017.
List of heads of government of Libya

This article lists the **heads of government of Libya** since the country's independence in 1951.

Libya is in a tumultuous state since the start of the Arab Spring-related Libyan Crisis in 2011; the crisis resulted in the collapse of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and the killing of Muammar Gaddafi, amidst the First Civil War and the foreign military intervention. The crisis was deepened by the factional violence in the aftermath of the First Civil War, resulting in the outbreak of the Second Civil War in 2014. The control over the country is currently split between the Government of National Stability (GNS)—supported by the House of Representatives (HoR)—in Tobruk and the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tripoli and their respective supporters, as well as various jihadist groups and tribal elements controlling parts of the country.
Horwich and Blackrod First

**Horwich and Blackrod First Independents** (HBFI) is a local political party which was formed by a group of local residents in the towns of Horwich and Blackrod within the  Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England.

## Formation

The party, which was formed from two local community groups (Horwich First & Blackrod First), as well as local residents and independent Town Councillors,received confirmation of its official party status from the Electoral Commission on 8 February 2019. It does not operate a whip.

## History

In the 2019 Bolton Council election, the party won two seats to Bolton Council and gained another seat in 2021 local elections. And following the 2019 town council elections, the party had eleven of the fourteen seats on Horwich Town Council. In April 2022, the party's Leader, Councillor Marie Brady who was a member of both Bolton Council and Horwich Town Council resigned as Leader and quit the party defecting to the Conservative Party citing major internal differences within the party as the reason for leaving. This left the party holding two Bolton Council seats and ten Horwich Town Council seats.
President of Paraguay

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The **president of Paraguay** (Spanish: *presidente del Paraguay*), officially known as the **president of the Republic of Paraguay** (Spanish: *presidente de la República del Paraguay*), is according to the Constitution of Paraguay the head of the executive branch of the government of Paraguay, both head of state and head of government. His honorific title is *Su Excelencia*. Under the 1992 constitution, the president is limited to a single five-year term. An attempt by the Senate to abolish term limits on 1 April 2017 resulted in protests; it was ultimately rejected.

The incumbent president of Paraguay is Santiago Peña, who took office on 15 August 2023. The presidential seat is the Palacio de los López, in Asunción. The presidential residence is the Mburuvichá Roga, also in Asunción. Once presidents leave office, they are granted by the Constitution of Paraguay the speaking-but-non-voting position of senator for life.

## See also

* First Lady of Paraguay
* List of presidents of Paraguay
Minister for the Union

In the United Kingdom, **Minister for the Union** is a position created by the then prime minister Boris Johnson during his first ministry, to be held concurrently with the duties of prime minister. Johnson proposed the position during the 2019 Conservative Party leadership campaign. He was the first prime minister to adopt the title, and the post was retained by Johnson in his second ministry. The title was retained under Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.

On 4 September 2019, the Government announced £10 million in funding to support the Prime Minister's work as Minister for the Union.

## Responsibilities

Since September 2020, the responsibilities of the position have been: "As Minister for the Union, the Prime Minister works to ensure that all of government is acting on behalf of the entire United Kingdom: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales." Before that point, the government website did not show any responsibilities associated with the position.
Burnley and Padiham Independent Party

The **Burnley and Padiham Independent Party** is a registered political party in the United Kingdom, focused on the neighbouring Lancashire towns of Burnley and Padiham.

In 2017, four members of the local Liberal Democrats left the party over its stance on Brexit, to form the Burnley and Padiham Independents.

Neil Mottershead retained his Burnley Borough Council seat in the 2018 election, but in early 2019 Christine White stepped down following claims of harassment from a resident, prompting a by-election which was won by the Lib Dems. Charlie Briggs also retained his seat in 2019, and the party won in the Rosegrove with Lowerhouse and Whittlefield with Ightenhill wards, bringing their total to five councillors.

Briggs also unsuccessfully contested the Parliament constituency in the 2019 United Kingdom general election.
List of heads of state of South Sudan

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This article lists the **heads of state of South Sudan** since the establishment of the Southern Sudan Autonomous Region within Sudan in 1972.

The president of the Republic of South Sudan is the head of state and head of government of South Sudan. The president leads the executive branch of the Government of South Sudan and is the commander-in-chief of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces. The official residence of the president is State House, J1.

## History of the office

The region of Southern Sudan (currently the independent republic of South Sudan) became autonomous for the first time, within Sudan, in 1972, through the Addis Ababa Agreement meant to end the First Sudanese Civil War, and its local government had five presidents until 1983, when the Sudanese central government revoked the autonomy. Autonomy was gained again in 2005, through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement meant to end the Second Sudanese Civil War, and the position of president of Southern Sudan was restored. Then, on 9 July 2011, South Sudan became independent and a new constitution was adopted.

## Term limits

Salva Kiir's term as elected president ended in 2015, but constitutional amendments of 2018 and Revitalised Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) formed in 2020 extended his mandate until 2023.

## Heads of state of South Sudan (1972–present)

(Dates in italics indicate *de facto* continuation of office)
Prime Minister of Portugal

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The **prime minister of Portugal** (Portuguese: *primeiro-ministro*; pronounced [pɾiˈmɐjɾu miˈniʃtɾu]) is the head of government of Portugal. As head of government, the prime minister coordinates the actions of ministers, represents the Government of Portugal to the other bodies of state, is accountable to parliament and keeps the president informed. The prime minister can hold the role of head of government with the portfolio of one or more ministries. As Portugal is a semi-presidential parliamentary republic, the prime minister is the country's leading political figure and *de facto* chief executive.

There is no limit to the number of terms a person can serve as prime minister. The prime minister is appointed by the president following legislative elections, after having heard the parties represented in the parliament. Usually, the person named is the leader of the largest party in the previous election, but there have been exceptions over the years.

## History

Since the Middle Ages, some officers of the Portuguese Crown gained precedence over the others, serving as a kind of prime ministers. Over time, the role of principal officer of the Crown fell upon the *chanceler-mor* (chancellor), the *mordomo-mor* (mayor of the palace) and the *escrivão da puridade* (king's private secretary).

The first modern prime minister of Portugal was Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, who was sworn in on 24 September 1834, as *Presidente do Conselho de Ministros* (President of the Council of Ministers). In 1911, the official title of the prime minister became *Presidente do Ministério* (President of the Ministry). In 1933, it became again *Presidente do Conselho de Ministros*. The present title *Primeiro-Ministro* (Prime Minister), attributed to the head of the Government of Portugal, was officially established by the Constitution of 1976 after the revolution of 25 April 1974.

## Prime Minister's residence

Just behind the main building of the Assembly of the Republic, there is a mansion that serves as residence and office for the prime minister of Portugal. The mansion, dated from 1877, was built within the garden of the old monastery that held the Portuguese parliament. It has been the prime minister's official residence since 1938, when Salazar moved in. Although it is the official residence of the prime minister, not all incumbents have lived in the mansion during their term in office. António Costa, current prime minister, does not live in the residence.

## See also

* Leader of the Opposition (Portugal)
* Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal
* President of Portugal
Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan

Emblem of Kyrgyzstan

The **chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan**, formerly known as the **prime minister of Kyrgyzstan** chairs the Cabinet of Ministers of the Kyrgyz Republic.

## Powers

Until 2010, the president was in a stronger position than the prime minister in Kyrgyzstan, but after the 2010 constitutional referendum, the state transitioned to a parliamentary system, placing greater power in parliament and the cabinet at the expense of the president. This was reverted in 2021 after the Kyrgyz constitutional referendum.

## History of the office

Kubatbek Boronov was the acting prime minister from 16 June 2020, succeeding Muhammetkaliy Abulgaziyev after his resignation due to his cabinet's heavy corruption case.

Following election protests, Boronov resigned and was replaced on 6 October 2020 by opposition party founder Sadyr Zhaparov and again by Artem Novikov on 14 November 2020 to 3 February 2021.
Mansfield Independents

**Mansfield Independents**, previously known as **Mansfield Independent Forum**, is a local political party in the local government district of Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, England. It was officially registered in 2005, having already successfully campaigned for the election of Tony Egginton as Mayor of Mansfield two years earlier. Egginton had stood for election after being convinced to do so by the leader of the pro-Mayoralty campaign, Stewart Rickersey.

## History

The directly elected Mayor of Mansfield was created following moves made by Mansfield-based businessman Stuart Rickersey to change the governance of Mansfield through a public referendum. Local newsagent Tony Egginton was encouraged to stand as an independent candidate in the ensuing election, and was elected to the position on 17 October 2002.

Following Egginton's successful election as Mayor, Rickersey then recruited many ward councillor-candidates to challenge Labour's traditional domination at the May 2003 local elections, winning control of the council with 25 seats. Most of the newly elected councillors were new and inexperienced. Egginton formed his Cabinet mostly of MIF members including Rickersey as Portfolio Holder for Corporate Issues. The party was officially registered with the electoral commission on 14 July 2005, formalising the existence of a party that had unofficially existed since Egginton's election. Fellow Mansfield Independent Kate Allsop was elected as Executive Mayor to succeed Egginton following his retirement in 2015.

In September 2019 the party was renamed to the Mansfield Independents.

## Election results

The Mansfield Independent Forum has contested elections since Tony Egginton's election in 2002, first informally as an alliance of independent councillors in 2003 and then formally as a registered UK political party from 2005 onwards.

### Mayoral elections

Tony Egginton served as Mayor of Mansfield from 2002 until his retirement in 2015. He was succeeded by Kate Allsop, also of the Mansfield Independents.

### District Council elections

Mansfield Independent Forum councillors held a majority on Mansfield District Council from 2003–2011. The party lost control of the council to the Labour Party in 2011 before regaining control in 2015.

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 2011
 2015
 2019

### County Council elections

Mansfield Independent Forum has been represented on Nottinghamshire County Council since 2009. Following the 2017 election the party became the junior partner in a governing coalition with the Conservatives.

 2009
 2013
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### UK Parliament elections

The party fielded a candidate in the 2005 election, coming third behind Labour and the Conservatives. In the 2010 general election they were reduced to fourth place behind the Liberal Democrats. The party did not field official candidates in the 2015, 2017 or 2019 elections.

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List of prime ministers of Eswatini

Coat of arms of Eswatini

This is a **list of prime ministers of Eswatini** (Swazi: *Ndvunankhulu*) since the formation of the post in 1967.

Twelve people have been Prime Minister of Eswatini, plus eight acting prime ministers. One person, Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, held two non-consecutive terms.

The current prime minister is Russell Dlamini, since 4 November 2023. He was appointed by King Mswati III at the Ludzidzini Royal Village.
List of presidents of the Marshall Islands

Seal of the Marshall Islands

The following is a list of presidents of the Marshall Islands, since the establishment of that office in 1979. The **president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands** is the head of state and government of the Marshall Islands. The President is elected by the Nitijeļā (Legislature) from among its members. Presidents pick cabinet members from the Nitijeļā.

Amata Kabua was elected as the first President of the Republic in 1979. Subsequently, he was re-elected to four-year terms in 1983, 1987, 1991, and 1996. After Amata Kabua's death in office, his first cousin, Imata Kabua, won a special election in 1997. Casten Nemra, who was elected and took office in January 2016, was replaced by Hilda Heine one week later. The Marshallese president, David Kabua, is the son of Amata Kabua.The current Marshallese president is Hilda Heine.

## See also[edit]

* Government of the Marshall Islands
* Minister in Assistance to the President of Marshall Islands
* High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
* List of colonial governors of the Marshall Islands
List of prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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The **Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines** is a role that has first documented in 1960 as the "Chief Minister" of Saint Vincent, however the first ever Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is technically Milton Cato in 1979. The current Prime Minister is Ralph Gonsalves, who reports to the Governor-general of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

## List of officeholders

### Prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1979–present)

1. ↑ https://assembly.gov.vc/assembly/index.php/former-prime-ministers
2. ↑ https://thevincentian.com/getting-to-know-george-charles-p2689-112.htm
Prime Minister of North Macedonia

Coat of arms of North Macedonia

The **prime minister of North Macedonia** (Macedonian: Премиер на Северна Македонија), officially the **President of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia** (Macedonian: Претседател на Владата на Република Северна Македонија), is the head of government of North Macedonia.

The prime minister is the head of the cabinet and is usually the leader of a political coalition in parliament.

The current prime minister is Dimitar Kovačevski, who has been in office since 16 January 2022.

## See also

* President of North Macedonia
* List of presidents of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia
* Politics of North Macedonia
List of prime ministers of Mali

Emblem of Mali

This is a list of prime ministers of Mali since the country gained independence from France in 1960 to the present day. The prime minister heads the Council of Ministers.

A total of seventeen people have served as Prime Minister of Mali (not counting five acting prime ministers). Additionally, one person, Modibo Keita, served on two non-consecutive occasions.

The current Interim Prime Minister of Mali is Choguel Kokalla Maïga, since 6 June 2021. He was appointed by the National Committee for the Salvation of the People, which has governed the country since the 2021 Malian coup d'état.

The 2023 constitutional referendum brought a new constitution into force on July 22, 2023, which reduced the powers of the prime minister significantly. The prime minister and government are now responsible to the president rather than parliament, and the president heads and directs the policy of the government.

## See also

* Politics of Mali
* List of heads of state of Mali
* Vice President of Mali
* First Lady of Mali
* List of colonial governors of Mali
President of Micronesia

Seal of Government of Micronesia

The **president of the Federated States of Micronesia** is the head of state and government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The FSM president, by virtue of his or her office, is the head of the FSM Cabinet and is in charge of the administration and operations of the National Government. The president is assisted by the vice-president, both of whom are elected by the FSM Congress from among the at-large members to serve for four-year terms. The current and tenth president of the FSM is Wesley Simina, who replaced David Panuelo on 11 May 2023.

## Qualifications

According to Article 10 of the FSM Constitution, people who fulfil the following requirements are eligible to serve as president.

* Must be a Senator at-Large in the FSM Congress serving for four-year terms.
* Must be a citizen of the FSM by birth.
* Must be a resident of the FSM for at least 15 years.

## Roles

### Constitutional roles

* To execute and implement the provisions of the FSM National Constitution and national laws.
* To receive foreign ambassadors and to conduct foreign affairs and national defense.
* To grant pardons and reprieves.
* To appoint ambassadors.
* To appoint justices for the FSM Supreme Court and other courts prescribed by statute.
* To appoint heads of the executive departments (FSM Cabinet)

## Office

The Office of the President of the Federated States of Micronesia is located in the national capital of Palikir in Pohnpei State.