Word: premier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Within a few hours of Vishinsky's arrival, Premier Radescu resigned. Young King Mihai tried a surprise move: he appointed elegant, 71-year-old Prince Barbu Stirbey, lover of the late Queen Marie of Rumania, to form a new Government. When Stirbey's attempt failed, Mihai appointed Dr. Peter Groza, aggressive leader of the troublemaking Democratic National Front - a thickset, moonfaced Transylvanian in the early 60s, whose large inherited land holdings qualified him to head the Ploughmen's Front. Until last year Groza was a small-time Balkan politician who made headlines when two angry landlords beat...
This week, just to make matters a little more Rumanian, the son of the deposed Premier denounced his father for having ordered troops to fire on the demonstrators (an incident which did occur, although the troops fired into the air and no one was killed...
Under the U.S. quake rumbling up from the south, the Government in Tokyo trembled like a seismograph's needle. For the fourth time in three weeks Premier General Kuniaki Koiso, who is dubbed "The Tiger" and has a catlike talent for landing on his political feet, again shuffled his feet and his Cabinet. He accepted the resignation of portly, aging (68) Admiral Seizo Kobayashi, lover of bridge, ex-governor of Formosa, onetime naval commander in chief, and president of the powerful Imperial Rule Assistance Political Society (Japan's totalitarian party). The Admiral did not sail into retirement...
...Premier Koiso graciously accepted a petition from the Diet's fretful representatives and peers; i.e., he agreed to a demand for an emergency , session to discuss the "extremely serious" war situation, promised a "detailed and clear report...
...other Premier in Japanese history had been able to stay in office through so many national disasters. But Koiso had stayed, perhaps because Japan did not want to acknowledge her serious plight before the world and because his ousting would have to be made to look like another "strengthening" of the Government. If Koiso fell, what successor would sound strengthening? The international grapevine mentioned two well-known names...