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Advertisement The multistage voting will elect a local government — a chief minister who will serve as the region’s top official with a council of ministers — from pro-India parties participating in the elections.
—Aijaz Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
Reuters — Mali’s military junta has lifted a suspension on political party activities meant to safeguard public order, the council of ministers said late on Wednesday.
—Reuters, CNN, 11 July 2024
Henry and his council of ministers formalized their appointment in a decree that was published Tuesday in Le Moniteur, the country’s official gazette.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
Henry and his council of ministers will need to sign off on the deal in order to publish the ordinance establishing the transitional body in the country’s official gazette, Le Moniteur.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2024
The opposition alliance has wasted no time in declaring its readiness to form a government, led by Donald Tusk, a former prime minister and head of the EU’s council of ministers, who heads the centrist Civic Coalition party.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
1736, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of council of ministers was
in 1736
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“Council of ministers.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/council%20of%20ministers. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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