Kelly tipped as future PM after rapid promotion
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While the resignation of David Blunkett is a blow for the government, it has accelerated the meteoric political rise of young minister Ruth Kelly, widely tipped as a prime minister in waiting.
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The new Lib Dem leader will be named, after a contest sparked by Sir Menzies Campbell's resignation.
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No one is saying Paul Kelly has the job, and that includes Paul Kelly, but unless the National Hockey League Players Association has one more surprise punch up its tattered sweater sleeve, the former Needham High hockey coach officially will be named the new executive director of the league's oft-troubled union Wednesday.
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Prime Minister John Howard has added only two new faces to his frontbench line-up. Queensland Liberal Peter Dutton has been promoted to the new portfolio of Workforce Participation, and
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Kelly, 45, was senior vice president of Sprint Consumer Solutions, with overall responsibility for marketing, product development, advertising, strategic planning and business development.
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Former Liberal Democrat leader reveals he was offered a job in Gordon Brown's new cabinet.
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Bertie Ahern secures a third term as Irish PM, but faces tough negotiations to build a coalition government.
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Yasuo Fukuda looks likely to win the leadership of Japan's ruling party on Sunday and become the nation's next prime minister, a job in which he will face a divided parliament and conflicting policy pressures.
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The leading candidate to become the next prime minister has acquired numerous labels en route, including Baathist, Marxist, French-trained economist, exiled opposition leader, Islamist and religious party leader.
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Recruiting community support officers is to be speeded up, David Blunkett will say in his Labour conference speech.
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Prime Minister John Howard is set to become the second longest serving Prime Minister after the Coalition&#39;s convincing win in yesterday&#39;s federal election.
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President Bush is moving swiftly toward naming a successor to Attorney General John Ashcroft, and White House counsel Alberto Gonzales has emerged as the leading candidate for the job.
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Bertie Ahern was on track last night to secure a triumphant third term as taoiseach.
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John Howard to hand over Australian prime ministership if he wins next election
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Tony Blair will carry out a reshuffle of his ministerial team by the end of the week, he confirmed today. The Prime Minister was speaking less than a day after the surprise resignation
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Next prime minister also hints at bringing business figures into government.
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Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Timoshenko said she would become the country s next prime minister.