The First Cabinet
All these rights were given to jinnah until new constitution came into force.
The first cabinet. President washington held his first cabinet meeting on feb. The cabinet underwent its first reshuffle in september 1961 when k. Below is a list of the different departments and a short description of each.
L to r sitting b. Washington s cabinet consisted of five members. Byrne took over the health portfolio from ahmad ibrahim while retaining the law portfolio.
Gradually as administrative duties increased and different problems arose new executive departments were created by congress. Cabinet consisted of 15 department heads or secretaries. By the early 21st century the u s.
The first cabinet included thomas jefferson secretary of state alexander hamilton secretary of the treasury henry knox secretary of war and edmund randolph attorney general. Pap romps home with landslide victory. In case of a difference of opinions quaid s decision was to be final.
The constitution gives the president the authority to seek external advisors. The victory was only the beginning for the pap as the new leaders of singapore were faced with the mammoth task of navigating the young nation in an uncertain global and regional climate. President obama and cabinet by chuck kennedy.
How the first cabinet was created authority for the creation of a presidential cabinet is granted in article ii section 2 of the u s. At first washington consulted with his four cabinet members individually. President organized his principal officers into a cabinet and it has been part of the executive branch structure ever since.
The term cabinet was first used for the heads of the state treasury and war departments by james madison in 1793. Himself secretary of state thomas jefferson secretary of the treasury alexander hamilton secretary of war henry knox and attorney general edmund randolph. Ambedkar rafi ahmed kidwai sardar baldev singh maulana abul kalam azad jawaharlal nehru rajendra prasad vallabhbhai patel john mathai jagjivan ram rajkumari amrit kaur and s.
Washington s cabinet meetings soon became quite acrimonious with jefferson and hamilton taking opposite positions over the issue of a national bank that was part of hamilton s financial plan. On 5 june 1959 the first cabinet of singapore was formed by the people s action party pap after a landslide victory in the 1959 singapore general elections. The first hands that molded singapore.
George washington the first u s. The cabinet of india on 31 january 1950 along with the newly appointed president rajendra prasad. James madison coined the term cabinet for this meeting of the executive department heads.
The latter then assumed the labour portfolio and became the new minister for labour. The first cabinet of pakistan passed a special resolution to allow jinnah to deal with the problems faced by provincial ministers.
