Understanding Government Ministers in Parliamentary Systems Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

in 1965 Marguerite Legot became the first female Belgian federal government minister.

in the shuffle ensuing from the 1983 resignation of Yves Bérubé and two other Quebec ministers, four unelected people became ministers, the highest number since 1936.

the 13th government of Sri Lanka was known as the Jumbo Cabinet due to the high number of ministers.

the Norwegian politician Kåre Kristiansen, a former minister and chairman of the Christian People's Party, resigned from the Norwegian Nobel Committee in protest over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Yasser Arafat.

Tove Strand, Norwegian government minister in 1986–1989 and 1990–1992, was formerly married to fellow Labour Party politician Rune Gerhardsen.

John Biehl, a Chilean government minister in the 1990s, led the successful campaign for Costa Rican president Óscar Arias to win the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize.

Chavundaraya, the builder of the Gomateshwara monolith (pictured) at Shravanabelagola, was an army commander, minister and a famous writer of Kannada and Sanskrit literature.

Guttorm Hansen, the President of the Norwegian Parliament who started his career as a mechanic, declined three offers for a government minister position.

Lord Simon of Glaisdale ended his career as a Law Lord and cross-bench life peer, but was earlier a Conservative MP who held three ministerial positions.

Norwegian politician Christian Birch-Reichenwald was brought in as a government minister by then-Crown Prince Charles in 1858, only to be provoked by the same person to resign three years later.

Understanding Government Ministers in Parliamentary Systems

1 In many parliamentary systems of government, especially those using the Westminster system, such as the United Kingdom, Canada and ________, ministers must be selected from the legislature.

2 The term Minister is a Middle English phrase, stemming from the Old French word ministre, originally minister in ________, meaning 'servant'.

3 In some countries and territories (such as ________, the Philippines, the UK, and the US), such a person can instead be known as a secretary.

4 ________ groups lists of ministers by country.

5 A minister is a politician who holds significant public office in a national or regional ________.

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