text color FFFFFF name StatesGeneral native name Staten Generaal transcription name legislature StatesGeneral of the Netherlands coa pic Coat of arms of the StatesGeneral of the Netherlands.png coa res house type Bicameral body houses Senate of the Netherlands Senate br small Upper house small br House of Representatives of the Netherlands House of Representatives br small Lower house small leader1 type List of Presidents of the Senate of the Netherlands President of the Senate leader1 Fred ... The StatesGeneral of the Netherlands Dutch language Dutch Staten Generaal is the Bicameralism ... of the northern Netherlands from the Spanish Netherlands Spanish dominions, the StatesGeneral ... topic Parliament of Legislatures of the Americas DEFAULTSORT StatesGeneral Of The Netherlands Category StatesGeneral of the Netherlands Category Parliaments by country Netherlands Category Burgundian ... building The StatesGeneral meets in joint session at least once a year, at the opening of the parliamentary ... . On special occasions, such as when the StatesGeneral vote on a marriage of a member ..., the convocation of the StatesGeneral consisted of delegates from the States Provincial , and dated ... elected as the general government of the Dutch Republic United Provinces by the seven sovereign States Provincial. The StatesGeneral, in which the voting was by province, each of the seven provinces ... of the Generality generaliteit . As such, this territory had no vote in the StatesGeneral. The Dutch ... their own StatesGeneral in Brussels. The StatesGeneral in both The Hague and Brussels came to an end ... type President of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands President of the House of Representatives leader2 Gerdi Verbeet party2 small Labour Party Netherlands Labour Party small election2 December 6, 2006 members 225 br 75 Senate of the Netherlands Senate br 150 House of Representatives of the Netherlands House of Representatives house1 Senate of the Netherlands Senate br house2 House ... more details
Politics of the Netherlands The following is a list of committees lang nl Gremium in the StatesGeneral of the Netherlands . House of Representatives Administration Interior Kingdom Relations Security and Justice Intelligence and Security Services Petitions committee Finance and Economy Finance Committee Parliamentary Inquiry on the Financial System Public Expenditure committee Education Education, Culture and Science Interparliamentary committee on the Dutch Language Union Spatial Planning Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation Infrastructure and the Environment Social Issues Social Affairs and Employment Health, Welfare and Sport Immigration and Asylum affairs International Affairs Foreign Affairs Contact group Belgium Contact group Germany Contact group France Contact group United Kingdom Defence European Affairs The Organization of the House of Representatives Advisory committee on housing and the buildings of the House of Representatives Committee on emoluments of the MPs Credentials committee Presidium Committee on ICT matters Procedure Committee Art committee Delegations Euro Mediterrenean Parliamentary Assembly European Security and Defence Assembly Dutch Group at the Interparliamentary Union Dutch parliamentary delegation to the NATO Assembly Dutch parliamentary delegation to the OSCE Dutch parliamentary delegation to the Council of Europe The Benelux Interparliamentary Consultative Council Senate Home Affairs, Interior and the High Councils of State General Affairs and Queen s House Foreign Affairs, Defense and Development Economic Affairs European Cooperation Finance, EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs JHA Council committee Justice Dutch Antillian and Aruban Affairs Kingdom relations Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality Education, Culture and Science Social Affairs and Employment Traffic and Waterworks Health, Welfare and Sports Youth and Family Affairs ... Category Parliamentary committees Category StatesGeneral of the Netherlands ... more details
The word StatesGeneral , or Estates General , may refer to Currently in use StatesGeneral of the Netherlands Staten Generaal is the bicameral government of present day Netherlands. It has evolved from the representative government of the Seventeen Provinces , later of the Dutch Republic United Provinces , which was also called statesgeneral. Historically Estates General of French Canada 1967 69 French StatesGeneral Etats G n raux of France before the French Revolution Estates General of 1789 StatesGeneral of the Batavian Republic See also The Estates Estates of the realm Parliament of Scotland disambig Category Legislatures be bg es Estados Generales lt Generaliniai luomai nl Staten Generaal pt Estados Gerais ru ... more details
Politics of the Netherlands The Dutch Ministry of General Affairs Ministerie van Algemene Zaken is the ministry headed by the Prime Minister of the Netherlands currently Mark Rutte . It is comparable to the German Chancellery Chancellery of the Chancellor of Germany , British Cabinet Office , and at a stretch the American Executive Office of the President , although its designation as ministry emphasises the role of Prime Minister of the Netherlands as primus inter pares among the ministers of the Dutch government. The Ministry of General Affairs was instituted in 1947. Since that year every List of Prime Ministers of the Netherlands prime minister of the Netherlands has held the post. Between 1959 and 1963 there was a Staatssecretaris state secretary added to the ministry. The ministry has three responsibilities namely coordination of government policy, the Dutch Royal House and government communication on the Royal house and government policy. The ministry also houses the secretariat of the Cabinet of the Netherlands . The main office of the ministry is located in the Binnenhof , the political centre of the Netherlands. With only about 400 employees this ministry is by far the smallest ministry in the Netherlands. The most important divisions of the Ministry of General Affairs are The Office of the Prime Minister Het Kabinet van de Minister President . The Netherlands Government Information Service Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst or RVD . The following are also part of the Ministry, but operate relatively independent of the Prime Minister The Scientific Council for Government Policy Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid or WRR . The Commission of Dutch Intelligence Services Commissie van Toezicht op de Inlichtingen en Veiligheidsdiensten . External links http www.minaz.nl english Ministry of General Affairs Dutch ministries DEFAULTSORT Ministry Of General Affairs Category Dutch ministries Category Information ministries Netherlands Category Ministries established ... more details
General of the NetherlandsStatesGeneral in The Hague and recognized as Minister Plenipotentiary ... American missions Since 2009, the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands is Fay Hartog Levin . The United States missions in the Netherlands, has an Embassy and a Consulate General The Hague Embassy ...Infobox Bilateral relations Netherlands United StatesNetherlands USA filetype svg Image Balkenende Arnall.jpg thumb Former Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and United States Ambassador Roland ... Prince Willem Alexander , Princess M xima of the Netherlands Princess M xima , Michelle Obama , Susan Sher , Barack Obama , and Fay Hartog Levin seen from behind in the White House in 2009 Netherlands United States relations are used to describe the relations of the United States and the Netherlands ... that, Without the Netherlands there wouldn t be a United States of America as everyone knows it now . History The U.S. partnership with the Netherlands is one of its oldest continuous relationships ... freedom and human rights. The Netherlands shares with the United States a liberal economic outlook ... Ties . The United States is the third largest direct foreign investor in the Netherlands. The United States and the Netherlands often have similar positions on issues and work together both bilaterally ... open and market led world economy . The United States participated greatly in the liberation of the Netherlands ... Foreign relations of the United States expanded Bilateral Foreign relations of the Netherlands fixcategory DEFAULTSORT Netherlands United States Relations Category Bilateral relations of the United States Category Bilateral relations of the Netherlands United States Category Netherlands United States ... began to colonize the eastern coast of North America. The Dutch named their territory New Netherlands ... York City is based on the flag of Republic of the United Netherlands. Citation needed date October 2011 The Netherlands was the first foreign country to salute the American Flag on November 16 1776 ... more details
Use mdy dates date April 2012 Infobox Political post post Ambassador body the United States to the Netherlands ... to Holland . According to the United States Department of State , the same year came formal recognition by the Netherlands of the United States as a separate and independent nation, along with badly ... people chiefsofmission netherlands United States Department of State Chiefs of Mission for the Netherlands http www.state.gov p eur ci nl United States Department of State Netherlands http ... Lists of ambassadors of the United StatesNetherlands Category Ambassadors of the United States to the Netherlands Category Ambassadors to the Netherlands United States Ambassadors to the Netherlands ... insigniasize 120px insigniacaption Seal of the United States Department of State department image ... nominator Barack Obama nominatorpost President of the United States appointer appointerpost termlength ... deputy salary website http thehague.usembassy.gov U.S. Embassy The Hague The United States diplomatic mission to the Netherlands consists of the embassy located in The Hague and a consular office ... Adams , General Hugh Ewing and Iraq Envoy L. Paul Bremer have held the title of Ambassador. Besides the embassy, a United States Consulate General Cura ao U.S. consulate general is located on Cura ao which is responsible for the territory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean ref cite ... is not part of the U.S. diplomatic mission to the Netherlands. Ambassadors U.S. diplomatic ... , Netherlands class wikitable Name ref name usembassy http thehague.usembassy.gov former ambassadors.html ref Type ref name usembassy Start date ref name allgov http www.allgov.com nation Netherlands ... Hartog Levin Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary AE P August 19, 2009 Incumbent See also Netherlands United States relations Foreign relations of the Netherlands Ambassadors of the United States References reflist colwidth 30em http www.state.gov r pa ei bgn 3204.htm United States Department ... more details
Politics of the Netherlands Antilles General elections were held in the Netherlands Antilles on 27 January 2006. The result was a highly fragmented Estates of the Netherlands Antilles Estates , with no party winning more than five seats. Results Netherlands Antilles parliamentary election, 2006 References reflist Netherlands Antilles elections Category Elections in the Netherlands Antilles Category 2006 elections in the Caribbean Category 2006 in the Netherlands Antilles General election nl Antilliaanse Statenverkiezingen 2006 ... more details
Infobox Bilateral relations Netherlands Antilles United StatesNetherlands Antilles USA filetype svg Netherlands Antilles United States relations were bilateral relations between the Netherlands Antilles and the United States until the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles . History The Netherlands Antilles conducted foreign affairs primarily through the government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands of which it formed part. The two countries maintained positive relations and work cooperatively to combat drug trafficking in the Netherlands Antilles area. Principal U.S. officials in the Netherlands Antilles included Consul General Timothy J. Dunn, Vice Consul William J. Furnish, Jr., and Management Officer Donald Feeney. The U.S. Consulate General for Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles is located in Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles Willemstad on the island of Cura ao . References StateDept http www.state.gov r pa ei bgn 22528.htm relations Foreign relations of the United States expanded Bilateral Category Bilateral relations of the United States Category Bilateral relations of the Netherlands Antilles United States Category United States Caribbean relations Netherlands Antilles fixcategory NetherlandsAntilles stub Cura ao stub SintMaarten stub ... more details
Politics of the Netherlands Antilles General elections in the Netherlands Antilles took place on 22 January ..., and were expected to form the next government. Netherlands Antilles parliamentary election, 2010 References reflist Netherlands Antilles elections Category Elections in the Netherlands Antilles Category 2010 elections in the Caribbean Category 2010 in the Netherlands Antilles General election nl ... url http www.thedailyherald.com news daily m096 elecdatem096.html work Netherlands Antilles ... 17 accessdate 2009 10 21 ref Voters elected the 22 members of the Estates of the Netherlands Antilles Estates , or parliament , of the Netherlands Antilles. It has been the country s last general election, as the Netherlands Antilles have Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands on 10 October 2010. ref name nrc cite news first last title Netherlands Antilles to cease to exist as a country url http www.nrc.nl international article2375096.ece Netherlands Antilles to cease to exist as a country work Radio Netherlands Worldwide publisher NRC Handelsblad date 2009 10 01 accessdate 2009 10 21 ref At the time of the elections, the Netherlands ... and Sint Maarten . Election background The Council of Ministers of the Netherlands Antilles announced on 16 September 2009, that it had chosen 22 January 2010 as the official date for the upcoming general ... dh List of political parties in the Netherlands Antilles Antillean political parties who wish to contest ... dh There was some diagreement among politicians in the Netherlands Antilles as to the exact date of the upcoming ... during the carnival season on Sint Maarten or other islands, so the general election should not conflict ... that argument, noting that the festival could be rescheduled for an event as important as a general ... islands in the Netherlands Antilles, Sometimes I have to wonder how serious we are. This is a prime example of how much of a farce the Netherlands Antilles is. What is best for Cura ao automatically ... more details
The StatesGeneral of the NetherlandsStatesGeneral of the Batavian Republic was the name for the Dutch government between January, 1795 and March 1796. It was nominally the same as the StatesGeneral of the Dutch Republic , the predecessor of the Batavian Republic, as the old constitution, the Union of Utrecht remained in place till a new National Assembly of the Batavian Republic was seated after general election, under universal suffrage universal manhood suffrage . In practice, however, the places of the members of the previous Orangism Netherlands Orangist regime as representatives of the Seven Provinces were now taken by members of the Patriots faction Patriot party . The presidents of the StatesGeneral, both under the old and the new Republic, were acting as head of state for their term in office as president usually a month . Note It is a common misunderstanding that the Stadtholder was the head of state in the Dutch Republic. However, since 1588 the StatesGeneral had been the Sovereign power in the Republic. The List of stadtholders for the Low Countries provinces stadtholder when one was in office as for long periods of time, the so called First Stadtholderless Period and Second Stadtholderless Period , the Republic dispensed with their services was just their first servant. Dutch heads of state between 1795 and 1796 Johannes Lambertus Huber 30 March 1795 6 April 1795 Pieter Paulus 5 May 1795 May 1795 Jacob George Hieronymus Hahn 19 May 1795 2 June 1795 Willem Aernout de Beveren 6 July 1795 Sep 1795 Pieter Paulus Sep 1795 ? Gerrit David Jordens ? 25 November 1795 Pieter Pijpers 25 November 1795 Dec 1795 Johannes Lambertus Huber Dec 1795 1796 DEFAULTSORT Batavian Republic, StatesGeneral of the Category Former polities in the Netherlands Category States and territories established in 1795 Category 1796 disestablishments Category Batavian Republic ... more details
limits The United States Code explicitly limits the total number of general officers that may be on active duty at any given time. The total number of active duty general officers is capped at 230 ... was officially listed as holding the rank of Lieutenant General United States lieutenant general , rather than General United States full general , and it was regarded as improper for an officer to hold ... promoted by United States Congress Congress to the rank of General of the Armies General of the Armies of the United States in 1976. The position of Major General Commanding the Army was entitled to wear ... General Order No. 6 Regulations for the Uniform and Dress of the Army of the United States 1861 ref When Ulysses S. Grant was appointed Lieutenant General United States lieutenant general ... general. See also Portal United States Air Force List of major generals in the United States ...Image US O8 insignia.svg thumb right 150px Major general insignia Image Flag of US Major General.gif thumb right 200px Flag officer Rank flag of a major general in the United States Army In the United States Army , United States Marine Corps , and United States Air Force , major general is a two star rank two star general officer general officer rank, with the U.S. uniformed services pay grades pay grade of O 8. Major general ranks above Brigadier general United States brigadier general and below Lieutenant general United States lieutenant general . Major general is equivalent to the rank of Rear admiral United States Rear admiral rear admiral in the other Uniformed services of the United States ... 10 usc sec 10 00000526 000 .html 10 USC 526. Authorized strength general and flag officers on active duty ref Some of these slots are reserved or finitely set by statute. For example the United States Army Judge Advocate General s Corps Judge Advocates General of the Army Deputy Judge Advocates General ... USC 3037 Judge Advocate General, Assistant Judge Advocate General, and general officers of Judge Advocate ... more details
File US O7 insignia.svg thumb 110px Brigadier general insignia Image Flag of US Brigadier General.gif thumb right 200px Flag officer Rank flag of a brigadier general in the United States Army or Marine ... of a brigadier general of the Army Medical Department United States Army Medical Department has a maroon background the flag of a Chaplain Corps United States Army chaplain brigadier general has a black background. A brigadier general in the United States Army , United States Air Force Air Force , and United States Marine Corps Marine Corps , is a 1 star rank one star general officer , with the U.S. uniformed services pay grades pay grade of O 7. Brigadier general ranks above a Colonel United States colonel and below Major general United States major general . Brigadier general is equivalent to the rank of Rear admiral United States Rear admiral lower half rear admiral lower half in the other Uniformed services of the United States uniformed services . Statutory limits U.S. Code of law explicitly limits the total number of general officers that may be on active duty. The total of active duty general officers is capped at 230 for the Army, 208 for the Air Force, and 60 for the Marine ... W. Smith Jr. ref History The rank of brigadier general has existed in the United States armed ... Air Force Category United States Marine Corps ranks Category 1 star officers sl Brigadni general ZDA ... strength general and flag officers on active duty ref Some of these slots are reserved by statute. Promotion, appointment and tour length For promotion to the permanent grade of brigadier general, eligible officers are screened by a promotion board consisting of general officers from their branch ... it recommends for promotion to general rank. ref http www.law.cornell.edu uscode html uscode10 ... before it can be sent to the President of the United States President , through the defense secretary ... to be promoted from this list with the advice of the United States Secretary of Defense Secretary ... more details
This article is about a United States military rank. For other countries that use a similar rank, see lieutenant general . File US O9 insignia.svg thumb right 200px Lieutenant general insignia File US Army Lieutenant General Flag.svg thumb right 200px Flag officer Rank flag of a lieutenant general in the Army the Air Force uses the same design with blue, vice red, field In the United States Army , the United States Air Force and the United States Marine Corps , lieutenant general abbreviated Lt Gen ... above Major general United States major general and below General United Statesgeneral . Lieutenant general is equivalent to the rank of Vice admiral United States vice admiral in the other Uniformed .... For example, in the Army and the Air Force, the Surgeon General of the United States Army Surgeon .... History Main General officers in the United States Modern use An Army or Marine Corps lieutenant general ... War era General of the Armies of the United States in 1976. Winfield Scott , received a brevet ... United States Post American Civil War era General of the Army of the United States William Sherman , later promoted to General of the Army United States Post American Civil War era General of the Army of the United States Philip Sheridan , later promoted to General of the Army United States Post American Civil War era General of the Army of the United States Nelson A. Miles , while serving as Commanding General of the United States Army World War II Frank Maxwell Andrews , commander of U.S. ... to lieutenant general 1 September 1996 ref Patricia Tracey , Vice Admiral United States VADM ... States Army USA Ret first woman to be promoted to lieutenant general in the United States Army 17 June ... general in the United States Air Force 1 July 1999 . ref http userpages.aug.com captbarb firsts2.html ... milinfo armyorank blgoa.htm General of the Armies of the United States and General of the Army of the United States US officer ranks DEFAULTSORT Lieutenant General United States Category Military ranks ... more details
The Attorney General of the Confederate States of America was a member of the Confederate cabinet. His duties were exactly the same as the duties of the United States Attorney General . List Judah P. Benjamin 1861 Wade Keyes 1861 Thomas Bragg 1861 1862 Thomas H. Watts 1862 1863 Wade Keyes 1863 1864 George Davis politician George Davis 1864 1865 External links http politicalgraveyard.com offices confed1.html ZY3160y1861 Political Graveyard AmericanCivilWar stub Category Government of the Confederate States of America Attorney General ja ... more details
Infobox Political post post Comptroller General body the br United States of America insignia insigniasize ... cghome index.html www.gao.gov The Comptroller General of the United States is the director of the Government Accountability Office GAO , formerly known as the General Accounting Office , a legislative branch agency established by United States Congress Congress in 1921 to ensure the fiscal ... Comptroller General of the United States ref The current Comptroller General is Eugene Louis ... Foundation . Eugene Louis Dodaro became Acting Comptroller General of the United States on March ... Report of the Comptroller General of the United States for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1967 ... an establishment of the Government to be known as the General Accounting Office, which shall be independent of the executive departments and under the control and direction of the Comptroller General of the United States ref Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 , Sec. 301 ref and the provided that the Comptroller General shall investigate, at the seat of government or elsewhere, all matters relating ... title General Powers and Duties of the GAO 31 USC 711 to 31 USC 720 Cornell Law LII accessdate 2010 04 11 work GAO Office ref The Comptroller General is appointed for a fifteen year term by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate Senate per usc 31 703 . Also per usc 31 703 when the office of Comptroller General is to become vacant the current Comptroller General must appoint an executive or employee of the GAO to serve as the Acting Comptroller General until such time as a new Comptroller General is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The Comptroller General has the responsibility to audit the financial statements that the Secretary ... began, the Comptroller General has refused to endorse the accuracy of the consolidated figures ... the consolidated financial statements. ref citation title Statement of the Comptroller General ... more details
of the United States , general officers are commissioned officers above the field officer ranks, the highest ... services are one star rank One star Brigadier general United States Brigadier general in the Army ... half in the Navy, Coast Guard, PHSCC, and NOAACC two star rank Two star Major general United States Major general in the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force and Rear admiral United States rear admiral ... United States Lieutenant general in the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force and Vice admiral United States vice admiral in the Navy, Coast Guard, PHSCC, and NOAACC four star rank Four star General United StatesGeneral in the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force and Admiral United States admiral in the Navy ... currently holds that rank. They are the General of the Army United StatesGeneral of the Army ... Admiral in the Navy , and General of the Air Force United StatesGeneral of the Air Force in the Air ... of lieutenant general in the United States Army during the Quasi War with France . Washington never ... commissioned by the style of General of the Armies of the United States and the present office ... General of the United States Army . The position was abolished at the start of the 20th century ... officer The rank of Lieutenant General United States lieutenant general remained inactive until Winfield ... States Army used the rank of General officers in the Confederate States Army Lieutenant general lieutenant ... 25, 1866, the U.S. Congress established the rank of General of the Army of the United States for Ulysses ... President of the United States, he was succeeded as General of the Army by William T. Sherman ... of the United States in between. By an Act of June 1, 1888, the grade of lieutenant general was discontinued ... on September 13, 1924, and retained his rank of General of the Armies of the United States until ... States . Until the Second World War, the highest Marine Corps general rank was that of Major ... File US O7 insignia.svg 25px align center Brigadier general United States Brigadier General BG ... more details
About a United States Army rank other countries that use a General of the Army rank General of the Army File US O11 insignia.svg thumb right 180px Five star General of the Army insignia File US General of the Army Flag.svg thumb right 180px Flag officer Rank flag of a General of the Army General of the Army ... pdf r600 20.pdf ref is a five star rank five star general officer and is the second highest possible rank in the United States Army . A special rank of General of the Armies , which ranks above General of the Army, does exist but has only been conferred twice in the history of the Army. A General of the Army ranks immediately above a General United Statesgeneral and is equivalent to a Fleet Admiral United States fleet admiral and a General of the Air Force United StatesGeneral of the Air ... 25, 1866, the U.S. Congress established the rank of General of the Army of the United States for General .... Unlike the modern four star rank of General United Statesgeneral , only one officer could ... when he was promoted to the rank of General of the Army. After the United States Air Force became a separate ... for his service as the first Commanding General of the United States Army. An equivalent rank ... of the United States. George Washington was posthumously appointed to the rank of General of Armies ... Public Law 94 479 , General of the Armies of the United States is established as having rank and precedence ... be the seniormost general of the United States. During his lifetime, Washington was appointed a general ... also List of United States military leaders by rank General officers in the United States United States ... library milinfo armyorank blgoa.htm General of the Armies of the United States and General ... DEFAULTSORT General Of The Army United States Category Military ranks of the United States Army ... States uniformed services United States Marine Corps Marine Corps , United States Coast Guard Coast Guard , United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps PHSCC , and National Oceanic ... more details
States Air Force Category United States Marine Corps ranks es General del Ej rcito Estados ...About wider usage General officer other uses General disambiguation File US O10 insignia.svg thumb right 200px General insignia File Flag of US General.gif thumb right 200px Flag officer Rank flag of a general ... has a blue background rather than red. In the United States Army , United States Air Force , and United States Marine Corps , general is a 4 star rank four star general officer rank, with the U.S. uniformed services pay grades pay grade of O 10. General ranks above Lieutenant general United States lieutenant general and below General of the Army United StatesGeneral of the Army or General of the Air Force United StatesGeneral of the Air Force the Marine Corps does not have an established grade above general. General is equivalent to the rank of Admiral United States admiral in the other Uniformed services of the United States uniformed services . Since the grades of General of the Army and General of the Air Force are reserved for war time use only, and since the Marine Corps has no five star equivalent, the grade of general is currently considered to be the highest appointment ... of active duty general officers is capped at 230 for the Army, 208 for the Air Force, 60 for the Marine ... USC 526. Authorized strength general and flag officers on active duty. ref For the Army, Navy, and Air Force, no more than about 25 of the service s active duty general or flag officers may have more ... 10 USC 525. Distribution of commissioned officers on active duty in general officer and flag officer ... States Army Chief Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force of Staff and the Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army Vice Chief Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force of Staff ... Bureau appointment adviser on National Guard matters grade succession. ref is a four star general under ... does not count against his service s general or flag officer cap. An officer serving as Chief of the National ... more details
Use dmy dates date August 2010 Infobox US Navy post Surgeon General of the United States image Regina Benjamin official portrait.jpg imagesize 200px incumbent Vice admiral United States VADM Regina Benjamin ... General of the United States is the operational head of the United States Public Health Service ... right 120px US Public Health Service The Surgeon General reports to the United States Assistant ... Service Medal United States Distinguished Service Medal . The Surgeon General also has many informal ... known example of this is the Tobacco packaging warning messages United States of America Surgeon General ... General of the United States report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, ref ... Joycelyn Elders From Sharecropper s Daughter to Surgeon General of the United States of America , Washington Monthly , January February 1997 ref The U.S. Surgeon General of the United States Army Army , Surgeon General of the United States Navy Navy , and Surgeon General of the United States ... date 4 January 2007 accessdate 22 January 2009 ref Surgeons General of the United States class wikitable ... Previous Surgeons General US military navbox DEFAULTSORT Surgeon General Of The United States Category Surgeons General of the United States Category United States Public Health Service Category Uniformed ... de Surgeon General of the United States it Chirurgo generale degli Stati Uniti vi T ng Y s ... on matters of public health in the Federal government of the United States federal government . The Surgeon General s office and staff are known as the Office of the Surgeon General OSG . Selection and current office holder The Surgeon General is nominated by the President of the United States U.S. President and confirmed via majority vote by the United States Senate Senate . The Surgeon General serves a four year term of office and, depending on whether the current United States Assistant ... Vice admiral United States vice admiral . ref name grades http www.usphs.gov aboutus uniforms.aspx Public ... more details
Use mdy dates date September 2011 Infobox US Cabinet post United States Attorney General insignia US ... General AG is the head of the United States Department of Justice see usc 28 503 concerned with legal ... general serves as a member of the President of the United States president s United States ..., besides the now independent United States Postmaster General postmaster general . The attorney general is nominated by the President of the United States and takes office after confirmation by the United ... at any time the attorney general is also subject to Impeachment in the United States impeachment ... of Attorney General was established by United States Congress Congress by the Judiciary Act of 1789 ... 2009 02 03 quote Eric H. Holder Jr. was sworn in as the 82nd United States Attorney General on February ... ref Holder is the 82nd United States Attorney General and the first African American to hold the position ... Party United States meta color color white 14 Image Henry D. Gilpin, Attorney General of the United ... as United States Deputy Attorney General deputy attorney general , until their own appointment ... 2001 served as acting attorney general in their capacity as United States Deputy Attorney General ..., 1973 United States Solicitor General Solicitor General Robert Bork was instrumental in the Saturday ... rather than carry out the order. United States Deputy Attorney General Deputy Attorney General William ... 17, 1973. note label 4 4 4 United States Assistant Attorney General Assistant Attorney General ... Assistant Attorney General Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Civil ... 6 6 United States Deputy Attorney General Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip was asked to assume the position ..., then Attorney General Designate Eric Holder , awaited confirmation by the United States Senate .... ref ref name dojbio http www.usdoj.gov ag Acting Attorney General Mark Filip . United States Department ... Attorney General of the United States on February 3, 2009 by Vice President Joe Biden. President Barack ... more details
Infobox political post post United States Postmaster General body United States Postal Service nativename ... pmg exec comm.htm p 1 about.usps.com leadership The United States Postmaster General is the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service . The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence . Benjamin Franklin was appointed by the Continental Congress as the first Postmaster General, serving slightly longer than 15 months. Until 1971, the Postmaster General was the head of the United States ... of the United States President s United States Cabinet Cabinet . The Cabinet post of Postmaster General ... position of the Postmaster General. In 1971, the Post Office Department was re organized into the United States Postal Service , a special agency independent of the executive branch. Thus, the Postmaster General is no longer a member of the Cabinet and is no longer in United States presidential ... General Category United States Postal Service Postmaster General Category United States Postmasters General United States Postmasters General da Amerikanske generalpostmestre de United States Postmaster ... States Postal Service Board of Governors appointerpost termlength Indefinite inaugural Benjamin ... about.usps.com publications pub100 welcome.htm Publication 100 The United States Postal Service An American History 1775 2006 . United States Postal Service , May 2007. Also available in http about.usps.com ... something of a sinecure . The Postmaster General was in charge of the governing party s patronage ... Farley used his position as Postmaster General during Franklin D. Roosevelt s New Deal administration to reward party loyalists within United States Congress Congress who supported Roosevelt s initial 100 days legislation with federal patronage for their states. Federal appointments, except for a small ... States of America Post office Department provided mail service for the Confederate States, headed by a Postmaster ... more details
ref As such, the Consul General is not under the jurisdiction of the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands Ambassador to the Netherlands , and reports directly to the United States Department ...Infobox Political post post Consulate General body the United States of America Cura ao nativename insignia Department of state.svg insigniasize 120px insigniacaption Seal of the United States Department ... embassies . See also United States Ambassador to the Netherlands Diplomatic missions of the United States References Reflist External links http curacao.usconsulate.gov United States Consulate General in Cura ao Ambassadors of the United States Foreign relations of the United States Category Diplomatic missions of the United States Cura ao Category Diplomatic missions in Aruba Category Aruba United States relations ... deputy salary website http curacao.usconsulate.gov U.S. Consulate General Cura ao The Consulate General of the United States of America Cura ao is located in Willemstad, Cura ao Willemstad and serves Aruba , Cura ao , Sint Maarten countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands as well as Bonaire , Saba and Sint Eustatius Caribbean Netherlands special municipalities of the Netherlands . The current consul is Valerie Belon. She started her work on August 26, 2010 as Consul General for the United States of America in the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba as she took up her responsibilities before the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles . ref cite web url http curacao.usconsulate.gov consul general.html title Consul general accessdate 27 February 2011 publisher U.S. Department of State ref Although all islands are under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Bonaire, Saba and Sint Eustatius are even part of the Netherlands proper , the U.S. Consulate General operates as its own mission, with the Consul General as the Chief of Mission . ref cite web url http www.state.gov ... more details
StatesGeneral of the NetherlandsStatesGeneral upper house Senate of the Netherlands Senate lower ... General of the NetherlandsStatesGeneral , the confederal government, were seated in The Hague ... span style color fc0 medium span currency Euro Netherlands Ref box5 5 , United States dollar ... en you and netherlands about the netherlandsgeneral information the country and its people.html ... General, Boutros Boutros Ghali started calling The Hague the world s legal capital. ref The Netherlands ... by the StatesGeneral. Moreover, the Republic had come to occupy during the Eighty Years War ... directly by the StatesGeneral. They did not have a government of their own and did not have representatives in the StatesGeneral. Their population was mainly Roman Catholic, and these areas were used ... prospered by leaving behind an era of neutrality and gaining closer ties with neighbouring states. The Netherlands ... houses of the StatesGeneral meet. File Mark Rutte 6.jpg thumb Mark Rutte of the People s Party ...About the country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands Use dmy dates date January 2011 pp move indef Infobox country native name native name nl Nederland icon no Do not change the name, the Netherlands is only part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands which has its own article . conventional long name Netherlands Do not change the name, the Netherlands is only part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands which has its own article . common name the Netherlands image flag Flag of the Netherlands.svg image coat Coat of arms of the Netherlands 02.svg image map EU Netherlands.svg map width 250px map caption ... location map.svg map2 width 250px map caption2 map caption countryprefix the Caribbean Netherlands special ..., br 2.4 Indo people Indonesians , br 2.2 Turks in the Netherlands Turks , br 2 Surinamese people Surinamese ... as capital. The Hague is not the capital of the Netherlands. If you disagree, too bad, for a change ... Parliamentary system parliamentary representative democracy leader title1 Monarchy of the Netherlands ... more details
Army s rank of General of the Army and the U.S. Navy s rank of Fleet Admiral United States fleet admiral . The United States rank of General of the Air Force is equivalent to the air force ...File US O11 insignia.svg thumb right Five star General of the Air Force insignia General of the Air Force ... AFB, TX ref is a 5 star rank five star general officer rank and is the highest possible rank in the United States Air Force . General of the Air Force ranks immediately above a General United Statesgeneral and is equivalent to General of the Army United StatesGeneral of the Army in the United States Army and Fleet Admiral United States fleet admiral in the United States Navy there is no established equivalent five star rank in the other four Uniformed services of the United States uniformed services United States Marine Corps Marine Corps , United States Coast Guard Coast Guard , United States ... Commissioned Corps NOAA Corps . History File 021002 O 9999G 013.jpg thumb right General of the Air Force Henry Hap Arnold The insignia for General of the Army and General of the Air Force were originally the same. The insignia for General of the Air Force was slightly modified in the 1950s for wear on the new blue Air Force dress uniform. The insignia of General of the Air Force, however, has ... of General of the Air Force has been Henry H. Arnold . Arnold was a General of the Army promoted ... June 1946 while the United States Army Air Forces were a component of the U.S. Army. On 7 May 1949, under Public Law 58 of the 81st Congress, his rank was re designated General of the Air Force, and Arnold ... War , with the rise of the Strategic Air Command , it was proposed but not authorized by law that General of the Air Force be granted to General Curtis LeMay , with the rank continued for use and granted ... needed date November 2010 As a result, General of the Air Force can be seen on modern insignia charts and it is still considered an official rank of the United States Air Force. Citation needed ... more details
Service, see Surgeon General of the United States . For other uses, see Surgeon General disambiguation . The Surgeon General of the United States Air Force is the senior most Medical Service officer in the United States Air Force U.S. Air Force . In recent times, this has been a Lieutenant General who serves as head of the United States Air Force Medical Service AFMS . The Surgeon General is usually the senior Medical Corps officer, but acting surgeons general have been from other branches of the medical ... Corps. List of Surgeons General of the United States Air Force class wikitable No. Name Dates of Tenure Military Rank 1 Malcolm C. Grow July 1, 1949&ndash November 30, 1949 Major General 2 Harry G. Armstrong December 1, 1949&ndash June 30, 1954 Major General 3 Dan C. Ogle July 1, 1954&ndash November 30, 1958 Major General 4 Oliver K. Niess December 1, 1958&ndash December 1, 1963 Major General 5 Richard L. Bohannon December 2, 1963&ndash November 30, 1967 Lieutenant General 6 Kenneth E. Pletcher December 1, 1967&ndash April 30, 1970 Lieutenant General 7 Alonzo A. Towner May 1, 1970&ndash July 31, 1972 Lieutenant General 8 Robert A. Patterson August 1, 1972&ndash July 31, 1975 Lieutenant General 9 George E. Schafer August 1, 1975&ndash July 31, 1978 Lieutenant General 10 Paul W. Myers August 1, 1978&ndash July 31, 1982 Lieutenant General 11 Max B. Bralliar August 1, 1982&ndash July 31, 1985 Lieutenant General 12 Chesney, Murphy A. August 1, 1985&ndash July 31, 1988 Lieutenant General ... Surgeon General of the United States Army Surgeon General of the United States Navy External links http ... Surgeons General Category American military physicians Category United States Air Force appointments ... from the U.S. Army , forming the United States Air Force . But a few Air Force support functions, such as medical .... In the summer of 1949, Air Force General Order No. 35 established a medical service with the following officer personnel components United States Air Force Medical Service Medical Corps , Dental ... more details
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