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The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest party not in government in a Westminster System of parliamentary government. The Leader of the Opposition is often seen as the alternative Prime Minister, Premier or Chief Minister to the present incumbent, and heads a rival alternative government known as the Shadow Cabinet or Opposition Front Bench.
In many Commonwealth realms the full title is Leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition.
For information about the leader of the opposition in a particular parliament, see the following:
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007. He resigned from all of these positions in June 2007.
Blair was elected Leader of the Labour Party in the leadership election of July 1994, following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under his leadership, the party used the phrases "New Labour" and "New Socialism" to define its policy, and moved away from its support of state socialism since the 1960s and created a new version of the ethical socialism that was last pursued by Clement Attlee. Critics of Blair claim that "New Labour" did not adhere to socialism as claimed, and that it effectively advocated capitalism. Blair subsequently led Labour to a landslide victory in the 1997 general election. At 43 years old, he became the youngest Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in 1812. In the first years of the New Labour government, Blair's government implemented a number of 1997 manifesto pledges, introducing the minimum wage, Human Rights Act and Freedom of Information Act, and carrying out devolution, establishing the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Aung San Suu Kyi MP AC (Burmese: ; MLCTS: aung hcan: cu. krany, IPA: [ʔàʊɴ sʰáɴ sṵ tɕì]; born 19 June 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Burma. In the 1990 general election, the NLD won 59% of the national votes and 81% (392 of 485) of the seats in Parliament. She had, however, already been detained under house arrest before the elections. She remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 of the 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010, becoming one of the world's most prominent (now former) political prisoners.
Suu Kyi received the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the government of India and the International Simón Bolívar Prize from the government of Venezuela. In 2007, the Government of Canada made her an honorary citizen of that country; at the time, she was one of only four people ever to receive the honor. In 2011, she was awarded the Wallenberg Medal.
Actors: Premkumar (actor), Kalabhavan Mani (actor), Asokan (actor), Majeed (actor), Manikuttan (actor), Kalabhavan Rahman (actor), Prasanth (actor), K. Sreenivas (editor), Vijayan Karanthoor (actor), Sidharrth Arun (composer), Menon Praseetha (actress), Sinta (actress), Ragothaman.g (producer), Sankar Sabari (writer), Ramesh Anoop (director),
Plot: Kiran (Praveen Prem), son of retired Government staff Parameswaran (R. K. Thayyil) is working in a hardware firm after completing his B.Tech course, with no responsibilities and aims in his life. Nithya (Avanthika Mohan), only daughter of bank manager Narayanan Namboothiri (Ashokan) and Gayathri (Maya Viswanath) is working in a private IT firm after completing her M.Tech. These two childhood friends meet each other and eventually fall in love. But the parents of both their families are against the love between them, being very conventional. They elope to a distant remote place near to a forest. Then a crocodile enters between them, and thus crocodile love story begins. The interesting incidents and unexpected twists happening after crocodile's entry forms the rest of the story.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Ravi Kishan (actor), Yashpal Sharma (actor), Rajendra Gupta (actor), Shabina Khan (miscellaneous crew), Shyam Benegal (director), Sonali Kulkarni (actress), Anupam Shyam (actor), Boman Irani (actor), Boman Irani (actor), Nabeel Abbas (miscellaneous crew), Rajit Kapoor (actor), Aseem Sinha (editor), Salim Ghouse (actor), Lalit Tiwari (actor), Ravi Jhankal (actor),
Plot: This is the story of Armaan Ali, a driver working for a senior executive in Mumbai. He takes a month's leave to find a husband for his teenage daughter, who lives near Hyderabad. When he is delayed and returns to work after three months, his employer threatens to sack him. But he is persuaded to listen to the reason for Armaan Ali's delay. The story he relates is delightful, hilarious -- and poignant.
Keywords: film-with-ambiguous-titleActors: Asokan (actor), K.P.A.C. Lalitha (actress), Dilip (actor), Vijayaraghavan (actor), Sadiq (actor), Nedumudi Venu (actor), Jagathi Sreekumar (actor), Salim Kumar (actor), T.P. Madhavan (actor), Harisree Asokan (actor), Innocent (actor), Ganesh Kumar (actor), Kochu Preman (actor), Sona Nair (actress), Ambika Mohan (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama,Actors: Norman Lovett (actor), Gareth Hale (actor), Norman Pace (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), Phil Cool (actor), David Yip (actor), Todd Carty (actor), Andrew Walkington (producer), Andrew Walkington (director), John Montegrande (miscellaneous crew), John Montegrande (actor), Adam Lee Hamilton (editor), Ray Lonnen (actor), Jordan Dawes (actor),
Plot: A sinister plot to tear down Millington High School (for the gifted and wayward) becomes common knowledge within the student body. They rebel and through a marvelous journey of comedic twists and turns, the school and its students take on the military and the government, sending shockwaves through the highest echelons of British Democracy!
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Scott Wilkinson (actor), Patricia Place (actress), Merrill B. Jenson (composer), Christopher Robin Miller (actor), T.C. Christensen (director), Rick Macy (actor), Steven A. Lee (producer), Wynn Hougaard (editor), Penny Johnson (miscellaneous crew), Tayva Patch (actress), Joy Gardner (actress), Paul Lavoie (miscellaneous crew), Dale Thomas (actor), Talon G. Ackerman (actor), Taylor Moulton (actor),
Genres: Biography, Drama, History,Actors: Augustine (actor), Baiju (actor), Devan (actor), Suresh Gopi (actor), Cochin Hanifa (actor), Madhupal (actor), Babu Nampoothiri (actor), Saikumar (actor), Jagathi Sreekumar (actor), S.P. Venkatesh (composer), P.C. Mohanan (editor), Prem Prakash (actor), Sindhu Menon (actress), Jeethu Joseph (director), Kalabhavan Prachod (actor),
Plot: When the wife of Mohan Kumar, an upcoming politician is found dead the suspicion falls on him. Investigation of police rules it as suicide. But Mohan's father in law asks for an investigation to know the truth about what happened to his daughter by Detective Shyam Prasad, a man reputed to solve all cases handed out to him. But there is some friction between Shyam and Mohan as their father had an affair with Mohan's mother and caused the family to shatter. But during the investigation he finds out that this was a murder well executed by a smart and dangerous criminal
Genres: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller,Actors: Raveena Tandon (producer), Vinod Khanna (actor), Viju Khote (actor), Mac Mohan (actor), Achyut Potdar (actor), Rati Agnihotri (actress), Raveena Tandon (actress), Shabina Khan (miscellaneous crew), Jojo Khan (miscellaneous crew), Vineeth Kumar (actor), Zafar Sultan (editor), Daboo Malik (composer), Sudhanshu Pandey (actor), Fabeha (costume designer), Bijesh Jayarajan (writer),
Plot: Swati Azad and Mridula are two inseparable friends in college. Both do well in their studies, successfully complete college and get married to Ajay Lal and Milind Khanna respectively. Four years later, Prasad Saxena, another former collegian meets with a pregnant Mridula and informs her that Swati has committed suicide as she had lost her sanity. He tells her about the background of Swati's death and his suspicions that she was actually killed by the Lal family. Mridula gets hold of a Swati's diary, reads it, and concludes that the Lal family did kill Swati. She has the case reopened, files various documents in Court, and has the Lals - Ajay and his dad, Hasmukh, charged under section 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code. It is here that Mridula will find out that she has opened up a virtual Pandora's box - for the lawyer representing the Lals is none other than Deepak Khanna - her father-in-law. When Milind finds out he accuses Mridula of trying to disrupt the Khanna family life, and tells her that she is losing her sanity. Will Mridula find herself in the same situation as Swati, and end up dead, with her case being shown as "suicide" and closed?
Genres: Drama,Actors: Dennis Williams (miscellaneous crew), Paul Sorvino (actor), Tzi Ma (actor), Avi Levy (miscellaneous crew), Scott Robertson Price (miscellaneous crew), Dennis W. Zerull (actor), Dennis W. Zerull (miscellaneous crew), Dennis W. Zerull (miscellaneous crew), Judi Voye (miscellaneous crew), George K. Sullivan (actor), Jongiorgi Enos (actor), Benjamin Chan (actor), Garret Vandermer (producer),
Genres: ,Actors: Harold Ramis (writer), Twiggy (actress), Brian Doyle-Murray (writer), Robin Williams (actor), Joanna Cassidy (actress), Andrea Martin (actress), Michael Shamberg (producer), Joe Flaherty (actor), Brian Doyle-Murray (actor), Bruce McGill (actor), Louis Zorich (actor), Eugene Levy (actor), Peter O'Toole (actor), David Mansfield (composer), Harry Shearer (writer),
Plot: Injured while risking his life to save an angry German shepard, Chicago Firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small carribean island named St. Nicholas. There, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort, Ernest Reed. Greedy developers are schemeing to wrest Reed's coveted beach front property from him for non-payment of taxes. Jack comes to Ernest's rescue, and together they renovate and reopen the resort catering to affluent Americans. The film follows the zany exploits of the proprietors, guests and various colorful island denizans, as they break in the new "Club Paradise".
Keywords: beach, black-humor, cannabis, caribbean, casino, firefighter, fireman, gentrification, humor, islandActors: Max Rosenberg (producer), Irene Handl (actress), Richard Vernon (actor), Frank Williams (actor), Milton Subotsky (writer), Milton Subotsky (producer), Edwin Richfield (actor), Harry Fowler (actor), Jeremy Lloyd (actor), Eddy Mitchell (actor), John Wood (actor), Reginald Beckwith (actor), Dick Emery (actor), Sylvie Vartan (actress), Jimmy Savile (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Musical,