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Moktada al-Sadr
Moktada al- Sadr , 1973?-, Iraqi Shiite cleric. The son of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, who was assassinated in 1999 (presumably by Saddam Hussein 's secret police), he emerged after the American invasion of Iraq as a savvy, militantly Islamist and anti-American leader, with significant... Read more |
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Apostolic Constitutions
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Lancaster House conference
Lancaster House conference series of three meetings (1960, 1962, 1963) in which Kenya's constitutional framework and independence were negotiated. In 1960 lack of agreement led Colonial Secretary McLeod to issue an interim constitution. In 1962 a framework for self-government was negotiated, and... Read more |
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Canada. Constitution Act 1982
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Motilal Nehru
Motilal Nehru , 1861-1931, Indian political leader, father of Jawaharlal Nehru. A successful attorney, he joined the Indian National Congress and served as its president in 1919. In 1923, however, he entered the national legislature as leader of the Swaraj [independence] party, formed to wreck the... Read more |
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John Rutledge
John Rutledge 1739-1800, American jurist and political leader, 2d Chief Justice of the United States, b. Charleston, S.C.; brother of Edward Rutledge . After studying law in London he began practice in Charleston, S.C., in 1761. He rose to prominence when quite young, was a member (1762) of the... Read more |
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Valery Giscard dEstaing
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , 1926-, French political leader, president of France (1974-81); b. Germany. A member of the national assembly at the age of 29, he was deputy finance minister (1959-62) and finance minister (1962-66) in Charles de Gaulle 's government. He held the latter post again... Read more |
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referendum
referendum referral of proposed laws or constitutional amendments to the electorate for final approval. This direct form of legislation, along with the initiative , was known in Greece and other early democracies. Today, these legislative devices are widely used in certain countries, most notably... Read more |
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