Wikipedia

Minister without portfolio

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 24.27.46.252 (talk) at 01:48, 7 January 2017 (→‎India). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authority wherein a minister without portfolio, while he or she may not head any particular office or ministry, still receives a ministerial salary and has the right to cast a vote in cabinet decisions. In some countries where the executive branch is not composed of a coalition of parties and, more often, in countries with purely presidential systems of government, such as the United States, the position (or an equivalent position) of minister without portfolio is uncommon.

Australia

Bangladesh

Bangladesh appoints ministers without portfolio during cabinet reshuffles or fresh appointments. Ministers are not usually appointed without portfolio as a coalition negotiation – all long run ministers end up with a portfolio. Suranjit Sengupta was a minister without portfolio in Sheikh Hasina's second government.[1]

Bulgaria

Canada

While minister without portfolio is seen by some as a mere sinecure appointment, it has been a role that numerous political notables have played over time, including former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who filled the role in a Pearson cabinet in the 1960s; John Turner also "kept a seat warm" in a Pearson cabinet. Notable Conservatives who filled the role include R. B. Bennett, and Arthur Meighen; however, Meighen served this role after he had been prime minister.

The title of minister without portfolio has been used off and on; in recent times, though, the title has fallen out of favour, and the last minister without portfolio, Gilles Lamontagne, was promoted to postmaster general in 1978. The practice has continued under the guise of ministers of state without responsibilities in the ministers' titles.

The position has also been filled on the federal or provincial level by experienced politicians near the end of their careers as a way of allowing them to counsel the government and take on projects without the burdens associated with administering a government department.

Croatia

Denmark

Three "control ministers" served as ministers without portfolio during World War I.

After the Liberation of Denmark in May 1945, the first Danish cabinet included four ministers without portfolio. Among these were Danish ambassador to the U.S. Henrik Kauffmann, who had conducted his own foreign policy throughout the war and refused to follow orders from Copenhagen as long as Denmark remained occupied by a foreign power. Kauffmann served in this capacity from 12 May to 7 November 1945. The three other holders of this title had joined the cabinet a few days before - Aksel Larsen (Communist Party of Denmark), Kr. Juul Christensen (Danish Unity) and Frode Jakobsen (Social Democrats).

Lise Østergaard held a position as minister without portfolio with special attention to foreign policy issues in Anker Jørgensen's cabinet from 26 February 1977 to 28 February 1980.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen appointed Bertel Haarder to Minister without Portfolio, but effectively Minister for European Affairs. Haarder served in this capacity from 27 November 2001 to 18 February 2005. The reason for appointing a minister without a ministry was the Danish European Union Presidency of 2002. Haarder was considered the most experienced Danish politician on European affairs.

Germany

Since 1949, a Federal Minister for Special Affairs (Bundesminister für besondere Aufgaben) is a member of the Federal Government that does not have charge of a Federal Ministry, although some have simultaneously been Chief of the Federal Chancellor's Office.

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Since the inception of the state, Indonesia had ministers without portfolio, usually given the title Menteri Negara ('State Minister'). The number was not fixed, entirely depended on the behest of the President. Below is the list of Ministers without Portfolio in each Cabinet.

Presidential Cabinet (19 August 1945-14 November 1945)

First Sjahrir Cabinet (11 November 1945-28 February 1946)

  • Rasjidi

Second Sjahrir Cabinet (12 March 1946-2 October 1946)

Third Sjahrir Cabinet (5 October 1946-27 July 1947)

Ireland

The Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1939 (Section 4) allows a member of the Government of Ireland not to have charge of a Department of State; such a person is referred to as a "Minister without portfolio" (Irish: Aire gan Cúram Roinne[2]). Such a minister may nevertheless be given a specific title. The only substantive minister without portfolio has been Frank Aiken, the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures during World War II.[3] By the Emergency Powers Act 1939 then in force, the Minister for Defence was able to delegate some competences to him.[4][5] Such delegation is now done instead[citation needed] with Ministers of State: "junior ministers" who are not members of the government. Junior ministers can be given a right to sit at cabinet; they are often known colloquially as "super-juniors." This allows the Government to circumvent the Constitutional limit on the number of Senior Ministers.

On several occasions a minister has been appointed to an incoming government with the title of a new Department of State. Between the date of appointment and the date of creation of the department, such a minister was technically a minister without portfolio.[6] Examples include:

Title Govt Minister Appt to govt Dept created Dept
Minister of Economic Planning and Development 21st Dáil Martin O'Donoghue 8 July 1977[7][8] 13 December 1977[9][10] Department of Economic Planning and Development
Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 31st Dáil Brendan Howlin 9 March 2011[11] 6 July 2011[12][13] Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Israel

It is common practice in Israel to appoint ministers without portfolio as part of the coalition negotiations. All cabinets in recent years have had at least some such appointment. The Governance Law passed in 2013 forbade Ministers Without Portfolio effectively ending the practice, however in spite of some objections, after the 2015 elections this issue was revisited in the Knesset and it was allowed for the practice to resume. The full alphabetical list of Ministers without Portfolio since 1949 is:

Italy

In the Italian government, Ministers without Portfolio are nominated by the President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) and formally appointed by the President of the Republic to lead particular departments directly under the Presidency (or Presidium) of the Council of Ministers. Unlike the office of State Undersecretary to the Presidency, who fulfils duties in the Prime Minister's remit, Ministers without Portfolio enjoy the full status of ministers but do not lead an independent ministry. Departments on equalities, European affairs and relations with regions, for example, are usually led by ministers without portfolio.

The Monti Cabinet had 6 ministers without portfolio:

The Letta Cabinet had 8 ministers without portfolio:

The Renzi Cabinet has 3 ministers without portfolio:

Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia

As of 2012, ministers without portfolio (министер без ресор) are:

Malta

Nepal

Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat.[15]

Netherlands

A Minister without Portfolio in the Netherlands is a minister that does not head a specific ministry, but assumes the same power and responsibilities as a minister that does. The minister is responsible for a specific part of another minister's policy field. In that sense, a minister without portfolio is comparable to a staatssecretaris (state secretary/junior minister) in Dutch politics, who also falls under another ministry and is responsible for a specific part of that minister's policy field. However, one distinct difference is the fact that a minister without portfolio is a member of the council of ministers and can vote in it, whereas a state secretary is not. The minister for development cooperation has always been a minister without portfolio.

In the second Balkenende cabinet there were three ministers without portfolio: Agnes van Ardenne (Development Cooperation), Rita Verdonk (Integration and Immigration) and Alexander Pechtold (Government Reform and Kingdom Relations).

In the fourth Balkenende cabinet there were three ministers without portfolio: Eberhard van der Laan (Housing, Neighbourhoods and Integration), Bert Koenders (Development Cooperation) and André Rouvoet, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Youth and Family.

The second Rutte cabinet has two ministers without portfolio: Stef Blok (Housing and the Central Government Sector) and Lilianne Ploumen (Development Cooperation).

New Zealand

In the First Labour Government from 1935 the Hon. Mark Fagan was a "Minister without Portfolio" from 1935 to 1939, as was the Hon. David Wilson from 1939 to 1949. They were appointed to the upper house and made a "minister without portfolio" to add them to the cabinet although neither were elected to a seat in Parliament.

In the Third National Government, Keith Holyoake was made a Minister of State 1975–77 after he had retired as party leader, and in the Fourth National Government Robin Gray was made a Minister of State 1993–96 after he had retired as Speaker (though he was also Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs). Both appointments were considered sinecures to avoid their return as 'backbenchers'.

Norway

From 2009 to 2013 Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (Labour) was a Minister without Portfolio and Chief of Staff in the Prime Ministers Office, where his job was to co-ordinate within government.

Philippines

During the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, then-Senate President Manuel Roxas was appointed Minister without Portfolio by the Japanese Government.[citation needed]

Portugal

Following the Carnation revolution, several politicians were made ministers without portfolio:

Serbia

Main article: Minister without portfolio (Serbia)

From 2007 to 2008, Dragan Đilas was a "minister without portfolio" in charge of the National Investment Plan.

Taiwan

In the Executive Yuan of the Taiwan there are several such ministers, at one time. Currently, the ministers without portfolio are:[16]

Sweden

Tanzania

President Jakaya Kikwete appointed Professor Mark Mwandosya as a minister without portfolio in 2012.

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, it is often a cabinet position, and is sometimes used to get people such as the Chairman of the Conservative Party or the Labour Party Chairman into 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 for similar effect. The position has been referred to humorously as The Minister for Ministerial Affairs.

19th century

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland   January 1805 – February 1806 Whig style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Pitt the Younger
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Fitzwilliam, 4th Earl Fitzwilliam   October 1806 – March 1807 style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | William Grenville
(Ministry of All the Talents)
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland   4 – 30 October 1809 Tory rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Spencer Perceval
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby   November 1809 – June 1812 Tory (Pittite)
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | John Pratt, 2nd Earl Camden (created 1st Marquess Camden, August 1812)   8 April – December 1812 Tory
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | Henry Phipps, 1st Earl of Mulgrave   January 1819 – May 1820
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne   April – July 1827 Whig rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | George Canning
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | William Bentinck, 4th Duke of Portland July – September 1827 Tory (Canningite)
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | George Howard, 6th Earl of Carlisle 22 November 1830 – 5 June 1834 Whig style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington   3 September 1841 – July 1846 Conservative style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robert Peel
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne   28 December 1852 – 21 February 1858 Whig style="background-color: Template:Peelite/meta/color" | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
(until February 1855)
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | Lord John Russell   February 1853 – June 1854 style="background-color: Template:Peelite/meta/color" | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Spencer Horatio Walpole   May 1867 – February 1868 Conservative style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Michael Hicks Beach   7 March 1887 – 20 February 1888 style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

Edwardian and wartime

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Unionist Party/meta/color" | Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne   25 May 1915 – December 1916 Liberal Unionist style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | H. H. Asquith
(Coalition)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arthur Henderson   Member of the War Cabinet 10 December 1916 – 12 August 1917 Labour rowspan="9" style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Lloyd George
(Coalition)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alfred Milner, 1st Viscount Milner   10 December 1916 – 18 April 1918 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:South African Party/meta/color" | Jan Smuts   22 June 1917 – 10 January 1919 South African Party
style="background-color: Template:Ulster Unionist Party/meta/color" | Edward Carson   17 July 1917 – 21 January 1918 Ulster Unionist Party (Irish Unionist)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | George Barnes   Member of the War Cabinet (until October 1919) 13 August 1917 – 27 January 1920 Labour
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Austen Chamberlain   Member of the War Cabinet 18 April 1918 – 10 January 1919 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Eric Campbell Geddes   10 January – 31 October 1919
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Laming Worthington-Evans   Member of the War Cabinet (until October 1919) 10 January 1919 – 13 February 1921
style="background-color: Template:Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color" | Christopher Addison   1 April – 14 July 1921 Liberal
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Anthony Eden File:Sir Anthony-Eden number 10 Official.jpg Minister for League of Nations affairs 7 June – 22 December 1935 Conservative rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stanley Baldwin
(Coalition)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Eustace Percy   7 June 1935 – 31 March 1936
style="background-color: Template:National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)/meta/color" | Leslie Burgin Minister of Supply-designate 21 April – 14 July 1939 National Liberal Party style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Neville Chamberlain
(Coalition)
Maurice Hankey   Member of the War Cabinet September 1939 – 10 May 1940 no party style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Neville Chamberlain
(Coalition)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arthur Greenwood File:ArthurGreenwood2.jpg 11 May 1940 – 22 February 1942 Labour rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Winston Churchill
(Coalition)
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | William Jowitt   30 December 1942 – 8 October 1944

Post-War

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Labour Co-operative/meta/color" | A. V. Alexander   4 October – 20 December 1946 Labour Co-operative rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Clement Attlee
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arthur Greenwood File:ArthurGreenwood2.jpg 17 April – 29 September 1947 Labour
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Geoffrey FitzClarence, 5th Earl of Munster 18 October 1954 – 1957 Conservative style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Winston Churchill
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Anthony Eden
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Stormont Mancroft, 2nd Baron Mancroft 11 June 1957 – 1958 rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Harold Macmillan
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/color" | Henry Scrymgeour-Wedderburn, 11th Earl of Dundee 23 October 1958 – 1961 Unionist
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Percy Mills, 1st Baron Mills style="background-color: Template:House of Lords/meta/color;" | Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 9 October 1961 – 14 July 1962 Conservative
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Bill Deedes 13 July 1962 – 16 October 1964
rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Alec Douglas-Home
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington   style="background-color: Template:House of Lords/meta/color;" | Leader of the House of Lords 20 October 1963 – 16 October 1964
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Eric Fletcher 19 October 1964 – 6 April 1966 Labour rowspan="7" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Harold Wilson
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Arthur Champion, Baron Champion style="background-color: Template:House of Lords/meta/color;" | Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 21 October 1964 – 7 January 1967
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Douglas Houghton 6 April 1966 – 7 January 1967
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton style="background-color: Template:House of Lords/meta/color;" | Deputy Leader of the House of Lords 7 January 1967 – 16 January 1968
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Patrick Gordon Walker   7 January – 21 August 1967
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | George Thomson 17 October 1968 – 6 October 1969
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Peter Shore 6 October 1969 – 19 June 1970
style="background-color: Template:Unionist Party (Scotland)/meta/color" | Niall Macpherson, 1st Baron Drumalbyn 15 October 1970 – 1974 Unionist rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Edward Heath
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Morys Bruce, 4th Baron Aberdare 8 January – March 1974 Conservative
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Young, Baron Young of Graffham   advising on unemployment 11 September 1984 – 3 September 1985 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Margaret Thatcher
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Jeremy Hanley Chairman of the Conservative Party 20 July 1994 – 5 July 1995
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Brian Mawhinney 5 July 1995 – 2 May 1997
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Peter Mandelson   called the "Dome Secretary" 2 May 1997 – 27 July 1998 Labour style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tony Blair

21st century

Name Portrait Concurrent office(s) Tenure Political party Prime Minister
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Charles Clarke   Labour Party Chair 9 June 2001 – October 2002 Labour rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Tony Blair
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Reid   24 October 2002 – April 2003
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ian McCartney 4 April 2003 – May 2006
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Hazel Blears   5 May 2006 – June 2007
no appointment 28 June 2007 – May 2010 style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | Gordon Brown
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi   Co-Chairman of the Conservative Party 12 May 2010 – September 2012 Conservative rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Cameron
(Coalition)
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Grant Shapps   4 September 2012 – May 2015
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Ken Clarke   trade envoy 4 September 2012 – July 2014
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | John Hayes   Senior Parliamentary Adviser to the Prime Minister (Cabinet Office) 28 March 2013 – July 2014
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | Robert Halfon   Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party 11 May 2015 – 17 July 2016 rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | David Cameron

There is at present no appointed minister without portfolio in the British government, under the Premiership of Theresa May.

United States

In the United States, an individual who has great influence on government affairs without holding formal office might be described as a "minister without portfolio". Such an appellation is completely unofficial (possibly intended jokingly or disparagingly) and merely serves to underscore the extent of the individual's already-existing influence; it does not grant any new influence or power. Examples include Bernard Baruch[18] and Arthur Burns.[19]

As the Vice President of the United States has little formal power but can influence policy insofar as the president allows,[20] the role of vice president is similar to that of a minister without portfolio.

Uganda

Since 2015, the cabinet list has included a minister without portfolio:

References

  1. ^ "Bangladesh's PM Sheikh Hasina keeps Home, Foreign Affairs, Defence portfolios". economictimes.indiatimes.com. PTI. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Minister without Portfolio". Focal. Foras na Gaeilge. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. ^ Chubb, Basil (1982). Government & Politics of Ireland (2nd ed.). Stanford University Press. p. 170. ISBN 0-8047-1115-1.
  4. ^ "Emergency Powers Act, 1939; §6 Delegation of statutory powers and duties". Irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  5. ^ "S.I. No. 157/1944 — Air-Raid Precautions (Approval of Expenditure by Essential Undertakers) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1944". Irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  6. ^ "Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill, 1977: Fifth Stage". Dáil debates. Oireachtas. 10 November 1977. Retrieved 8 May 2012. The Minister for Economic Planning and Development is a member of the Government not having charge of a Department of State, who is therefore, under section 4 (2) of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 a Minister without portfolio. His title is not derived from the title of a Department of which he is head, because it does not exist, but it is a title that has been assigned to him by the Government pursuant to section 4 (3) of the 1939 Act.
  7. ^ "Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government". Dáil debates. Oireachtas. 5 July 1977. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Mr. Martin O'Donoghue". Dáil Éireann Members Database. Oireachtas. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  9. ^ "Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1977 Section 2". Irish Statute Book. Attorney General. 6 December 1977. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  10. ^ "S.I. No. 377/1977 — Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act, 1977 (Appointed Day) Order, 1977". Irish Statute Book. Attorney General. 9 December 1977. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  11. ^ "Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State". Dáil debates. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  12. ^ "Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011, Section 7". Irish Statute Book. Dublin: Attorney General. 4 July 2011. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  13. ^ "S.I. No. 401/2011 — Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (Appointed Day) Order 2011". Irish Statute Book. Dublin: Attorney General. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica 30 gennaio 2015 - Accettazione delle dimissioni della dott.ssa Maria Carmela LANZETTA dalla carica di Ministro senza portafoglio. (15A00810) (GU Serie Generale n.27 del 3-2-2015)". The official website of the Gazzetta Ufficiale.
  15. ^ "Congress leader Mahat to join cabinet". Setopati.net. 2014-02-11. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  16. ^ "Premier-designate finalizes his Cabinet lineup". Focustaiwan.tw. 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2016-07-27.
  17. ^ "Olof Palme". Government Offices of Sweden. 27 February 2016. he was a minister without portfolio from 1963 to 1965
  18. ^ Bauman, Michael (1984-06-27). "Mysterious Baruch". Milwaukee Journal. p. 18. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  19. ^ "The Administration: Minister Without Portfolio". Time. 1969-02-07. Retrieved 31 March 2012.
  20. ^ Baumgartner, Jody C. (1 Jan 2006). The American Vice Presidency Reconsidered. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 127. ISBN 9780275988906.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Minister_without_portfolio&oldid=758705916"