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A defence minister (or minister of defence) is a person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in some sovereign nations. The minister usually has a very important role in a cabinet.
When cabinets first started appearing in the late 18th century, they were often called "Ministers of War" (in the United States of America, "Secretary of War"), who were in charge of the land forces of a nation. Since the end of World War II, the change was made from war to defence, and also often involved putting a single defence minister in charge of all the armed forces. Another common reform which occurred at the end of World War II was to place the defence minister in a national security council or kitchen cabinet which allows the head of government or head of state to coordinate military, diplomatic and economic activities.
The Defence Ministry in some countries is a very important ministry, sometimes considered more important than the foreign minister. It is often assumed by the Prime Minister if war is common for that nation (for example, no less than five Prime Ministers of Israel have held the Defence (Security) Ministry during their Premiership). In many nations, it is the very strong convention that the defence minister be a civilian to highlight civilian control over the military. In less democratic countries, the minister is often a uniformed army official, and in several countries, he will also hold the position of the Armed Forces Commander.
Justin Pierre James Trudeau, MP (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician. He has represented the Montreal electoral division of Papineau in the Canadian House of Commons since 2008 as a member of the Liberal Party and currently serves as the party's critic for youth, post-secondary education, and amateur sport.
Trudeau is the eldest son of the late former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Sinclair Trudeau Kemper. His maternal grandfather, James Sinclair, was also a federal cabinet minister.
Trudeau was born on December 25, 1971, in Ottawa, Ontario. He was only the second child in Canadian history to be born when one of his parents was prime minister; the first was John A. Macdonald's youngest daughter Margaret Mary Macdonald, and Trudeau's younger brothers Alexandre (Sacha) (born December 25, 1973) and Michel (1975–98) were the third and fourth, respectively. Pierre and Margaret Trudeau separated in 1977, when Justin was six years old, and Pierre retired as prime minister in 1984. Of his mother and father's marriage, Trudeau said in 2009, "They loved each other incredibly, passionately, completely. But there was 30 years between them and my mom never was an equal partner in what encompassed my father's life, his duty, his country."
Actors: Peter Faber (actor), Hans De Weers (producer), Marc Bechtold (actor), Reinout Oerlemans (producer), Erwin Godschalk (producer), Brian Ent (editor), Rense Westra (actor), Ron de Groen (actor), Flip Van der Kuil (producer), Flip Van der Kuil (director), Flip Van der Kuil (writer), Flip Van der Kuil (actor), Flip Van der Kuil (editor), Ivo Martijn (miscellaneous crew), Radu Ion (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Action, Comedy,Actors: Kanji Tsuda (actor), Etsushi Toyokawa (actor), Yoshiyuki Tomino (actor), Hideaki Anno (actor), Akira Emoto (actor), Tetsurô Tanba (actor), Takeshi Katô (actor), Kazuo Kitamura (actor), Jun Kunimura (actor), Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (actor), Tarô Ishida (actor), Ken'ichi Endô (actor), Naomasa Musaka (actor), Kôji Ishizaka (actor), Ken'ichi Yajima (actor),
Plot: In the aftermath of a major earthquake under Suraga Bay, Misaki (a young girl) and Toshiro (a pilot of a deep sea submarine) are rescued from a ruined city street just as leaking gasoline ignites. Reiko Abe arrives just in time, lowered from a helicopter. Scientists predict that Japan will sink within 40 years, due to subduction of a tectonic plate to the west. However, Dr. Tadokoro, who leads an oceanic scientific team that includes Toshiro, calculates that this will happen far sooner, in only 338.54 days. He presents his findings to Prime Minister Yamamoto who decides to create a new department for impending disaster relief assigning Saoro Takamori to cover the new duties, since of all his ministers she will take it seriously but also bring "heart" to the process. As further earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions devastate Japan, the government pleads with other countries to take refugees. Yamamoto flies to China to negotiate relocations there, but his plane is destroyed by a volcanic eruption. Saoro fills the resulting vacuum in leadership and decides that Dr. Tadokoro's plan to blow holes in the disintegrating tectonic tectonic plate is the best remaining hope to not only save the people, but what remains of the country itself. Ironically it was her career that hastened their divorce 20 years earlier. Misaki becomes orphaned following her mother's death from earthquake injuries, and bonds with Reiko who was similarly rescued from, but orphaned by the Kobe quake. Toshiro is offered a job in England and wants Reiko and Misaki to come with him, but Reiko feels bound to help others and refuses to leave. Fellow submarine pilot Shinji Yuki also turns down Toshiro's offer to work with him in England. Drillships place massive explosives deep in the crust, but the detonator is not placed properly and Yuki dies attempting to place it by submarine.
Keywords: based-on-novel, destruction, diaspora, disaster, disaster-film, earthquake, japan, tsunamiActors: Walter Gotell (actor), Walter Gotell (actor), Geoffrey Keen (actor), Geoffrey Keen (actor), Bernard Lee (actor), Bernard Lee (actor), Roger Moore (actor), Michael G. Wilson (actor), Michael G. Wilson (actor), Barbara Bach (actress), Barbara Bach (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Ricky Jay (actor), Julian Rhind-Tutt (actor), Geoffrey Palmer (actor), Jonathan Pryce (actor), Pierce Brosnan (actor), Desmond Llewelyn (actor), Götz Otto (actor), Gerard Butler (actor), Michael Byrne (actor), Hugh Bonneville (actor), Julian Fellowes (actor), Joe Don Baker (actor), Philip Kwok (actor), Vincent Schiavelli (actor), Colin Salmon (actor),
Plot: Agent James Bond 007 is on a mission which includes a media tycoon, his former lover and a Chinese agent. Elliot Carver wants to complete his global media empire, but in order for this to work, he must achieve broadcasting rights in China. Carver wants to start up World War III by starting a confrontation over British and Chinese waters. Bond gains the help of Wai Lin on his quest to stop him, but how will Bond feel when he meets up with his former lover, who is now Carver's wife.
Keywords: 1990s, admiral, adultery, afghanistan, air-base, asian, asian-agent, asian-spy, asian-woman, automobileActors: Mark Benton (actor), Angus Deayton (actor), Charles Bodycomb (miscellaneous crew), Emily Mortimer (actress), Patricia Hayes (actress), Richard Wilson (actor), David M. Thompson (producer), Prunella Scales (actress), Rob Brydon (actor), Clive Russell (actor), Martin Clunes (actor), James Fleet (actor), Stephen Moyer (actor), Jimmy Mulville (producer), Jimmy Gardner (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Orazio Stracuzzi (actor), Tony Sperandeo (actor), Corso Salani (actor), Ivano Marescotti (actor), Ivo Garrani (actor), Luigi Montini (actor), Dino Risi (actor), Sergio Fiorentini (actor), David Brandon (actor), Jimmy il Fenomeno (actor), Gianfranco Barra (actor), Antonello Fassari (actor), Tony Kendall (actor), Mario Cecchi Gori (producer), Angela Finocchiaro (actress),
Plot: June 27, 1980, an Italian DC 9 flying from Bologna to Palermo falls in the sea close to the Ustica island. 81 people die. The official version is ''structure failure'' of the airplane, but a number of clues lead the journalist Rocco Ferrante toward a different truth. Thanks to his perseverance against the invisible wall erected by air force officers, politicians, judges, secret agents, we come to know that, with all probability, the DC 9 has been mistakenly shot by a missile during a sort of air fight among U.S., French and Libyan top guns. A true story.
Keywords: 1980s, airplane-crash, anni-di-piombo, conspiracy-theory, intelligence-service, italian-history, italian-secret-service, italy, mediterranean-sea, palermo-italyActors: Geoffrey Keen (actor), Michael G. Wilson (actor), Dolph Lundgren (actor), Derek Lyons (actor), Christopher Walken (actor), Jean Rougerie (actor), Roger Moore (actor), Patrick Bauchau (actor), Gérard Buhr (actor), Walter Gotell (actor), Robert Brown (actor), Desmond Llewelyn (actor), Patrick Macnee (actor), Grace Jones (actress), Maud Adams (actress),
Plot: When Bond is sent to investigate a security leak at the high-tech Zorin Industries, he discovers a hotbed of murder and deception. The company's mysterious owner, Max Zorin has devised a plan to corner the world microchip market, even if he has to kill millions to do it! But before Bond can stop Zorin, he must confront the madman's beautiful and deadly companion May Day. With help from the gorgeous Stacey, Bond will launch an all-out assault on Zorin's deadly scheme, climaxing in a spine-tingling duel on the upper spans of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Keywords: 1980s, action-hero, ambush, ascot-racecourse, axe, axe-fight, ballerina, base-jumping, based-on-short-story, betrayalActors: Derek Lyons (actor), Gertan Klauber (actor), Eugene Lipinski (actor), Desmond Llewelyn (actor), Walter Gotell (actor), Kabir Bedi (actor), Louis Jourdan (actor), Geoffrey Keen (actor), Robert Brown (actor), Jeremy Bulloch (actor), Steven Berkoff (actor), Patrick Barr (actor), Bruce Boa (actor), Stuart Saunders (actor), Roger Moore (actor),
Plot: James Bond's next mission sends him to the circus. A British agent was murdered and found holding onto a priceless Faberge egg. Kamal Kahn buys the egg at an auction, but Bond becomes suspicious when Kahn meets up with Russian General, Orlov. Bond soon finds out that Kahn's and Orlov's plan is to blow a nuclear device in an American Air Force Base. Bond teams up with a circus group, which are headed by the beautiful Octopussy, who is also close friend of Kahn. Will Bond be quick enough, before World War III begins?
Keywords: 1980s, action-hero, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, adventurer, agent, all-female-army, amazon-tribe, animal-in-title, atomic-bomb, auctionActors: John Stacy (actor), Paul L. Smith (actor), Martin Balsam (actor), Anthony Quinn (actor), Attilio Dottesio (actor), Fortunato Arena (actor), Tom Felleghy (actor), Jacques Herlin (actor), Christopher Lee (actor), Larry Dolgin (actor), Marino Masé (actor), Franco Nero (actor), Renzo Palmer (actor), Nello Pazzafini (actor), John Steiner (actor),
Plot: An Italian policeman investigates a series of murders involving people in prominent positions. Left behind at each murder scene is a drawing of a salamander. The policeman begins to suspect these murders are linked to a plot to seize control of the government.
Keywords: army, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, based-on-novel, carabinieri, counter-intelligence, coup-d'état, death, directorial-debut, evil-manActors: Robert Rietty (actor), John Wells (actor), Ralph Morse (actor), Charles Dance (actor), Roger Moore (actor), James Villiers (actor), Desmond Llewelyn (actor), Geoffrey Keen (actor), Jeremy Bulloch (actor), Julian Glover (actor), Graham Crowden (actor), Walter Gotell (actor), Paul Brooke (actor), Carole Bouquet (actress), Michael G. Wilson (actor),
Plot: After disposing of a familiar looking face, Bond is sent to recover a communication device, known as an ATAC, which went down with a British Spy ship as it sunk. Bond must hurry though, as the Russians are also out for this device. On his travels, he also meets Melina Havelock, whose parents were brutally murdered. Bond also encounters both Aristotle Kristatos and Milos Colombo. Each of them are accusing the other of having links with with the Russian's. Bond must team up with Melina, solve who the true ally is and find the ATAC before it's too late.
Keywords: 1980s, action-hero, agent, assassin, automobile, bare-chested-male, based-on-novel, bathrobe, blockbuster, bond-girl