Which Culture Secretary resigned earlier this year over an ongoing dispute about her expenses?
"Jeremy Hunt's full title was Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, the Department's name remained unchanged. On 4 September 2012, Hunt was appointed Health Secretary in a cabinet reshuffle and replaced by Maria Miller. Maria Miller later resigned due to controversy over her expenses. Her replacement was announced later that day as Sajid Javid. After the 2015 general election, John Whittingdale was appointed as Secretary of State, tasked with initiating the BBC Charter review process. DCMS received full responsibility for the digital economy policy, formerly jointly held with BIS, and sponsorship of the Information Commissioner's Office from"
"Minister of Culture, resigned, stating that Temer had pressured him to help an ally, government secretary Geddel Vieira Lima, who had invested in a development that was being delayed by a heritage preservation measure by allowing construction to go ahead in spite of said measure. Vieira Lima resigned on 25 November 2016, and opposition leaders stated that they would seek President Temer's impeachment over this incident. Temer denied the corruption allegations but admitted talking to Calero about the project. In December 2016, Marcelo Odebrecht confirmed paying bribes to President Temer. In March 2017, Temer decided to move to the vice"
"August 2016, President Park appointed Cho as the new Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism. She resigned the post in January 2017. In both her confirmation hearings for Minister of Gender Equality and Family in 2013 and for Minister of Culture in 2016, Cho was taken to task for her lavish life-style and conspicuous consumption. In 2016 her profits from real estate speculation were also an issue. In December 2016, as part of the continued investigation of corruption under President Park Geun-hye, the existence of a political blacklist of artists came to light. Cho was charged with helping to create"
"position before she got a chance to meet with Corbyn. According to Debbonaire's colleague Chi Onwurah, whose frontbench portfolio was briefly split with hers, Corbyn's communication with both women, directly or indirectly, was practically non-existent. Debbonaire resigned as Shadow Culture Minister on 27 June 2016 following a series of other resignations, saying that she did not believe Corbyn was the right person to lead the Labour Party into the next election. She also opposed Corbyn's call for Article 50 to be triggered on the day immediately following the referendum on the European Union. Debbonaire's resignation attracted criticism in her Constituency"
"into the ministry's accounts in which the ministry had bought overpriced items including condom dispensers for $250; a television set worth Ksh. 1.7 million ($17,000) and sex toys. Waiguru denied these allegations on her Facebook page saying that she is not involved in the purchase of anything for the ministry. She said that no money had gone missing from the ministry's coffers. On 22 November 2015, Waiguru stepped down from her cabinet position following pressure from the public and the opposition on her role in the scandal. There was also additional pressure from some members of the Jubilee Alliance, of"
"his majority to 21,749. In the 2017 general election Vaizey’s majority was reduced but his share of the vote increased to 54.2%. Vaizey was the longest serving Minister of Culture since the post was created in 1964, serving a total of 2,255 days, exceeding the total set by the first incumbent, Jennie Lee, by 186 days. Upon leaving office, over 150 senior figures from the arts and creative industries wrote to the Daily Telegraph to express their thanks for his service as Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy. In 2011 he was mistakenly informed that he was to be"
"Mnuchin's fiancée, Louise Linton, had succeeded him as the interim CEO of Dune Entertainment effective February 2017. Mnuchin had stepped down from the role as part of his ethics agreement to divest his business roles in preparation for his appointment as Secretary of the Treasury. Linton's announcement of her role at Dune Entertainment drew the attention of Senator Ron Wyden [D-Oregon], a member of the Senate Finance Committee, who questioned whether the appointment of Linton meant Mnuchin had fully divested from the company. Although the Department of the Treasury replied that she was serving in an uncompensated capacity, Linton resigned"
"polloi"". In March 2010 Lulu Xingwana stormed out of an art exhibition that she was attending in her capacity of minister of Arts and Culture, calling the work 'immoral'. It was alleged by an anonymous insider that Xingwana had objected to the display of same-sex couples, but the official reason provided through her spokesperson was that it was ""It was immoral, offensive and going against nation-building."" In early February 2013 it was reported that Xingwana spend R2.1 million on refurnishing the department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities head office with new designer furniture. Nearly half of that amount"
"pageant. Romulo-Puyat dropped the Philippines' hosting bid due to budgetary concerns. In June 17, 2018 it was revealed that Erwin Tulfo and Ben Tulfo have not yet returned the 60 million in government funds that Wanda Teo gave them during her stint as tourism secretary. In June 28, 2018, the Commission on Audit revealed that resigned tourism secretary Wanda Tulfo Teo and a former Tourism executive took millions worth of luxury goods from Duty Free stores in 2017 and charged them as well as consultancy fees to the funds intended to fuel the department's programs. In August 2018, under a"
"MP John Mann, and an inquiry was launched into the claims. Lyon's term as commissioner finished at the end of the December, thus it would essentially be his successor, Kathryn Hudson, who undertook the investigation. Alistair Graham, who chaired the Committee on Standards in Public Life during 2003–07, said Miller's position as Culture Secretary would be ""untenable"" if Hudson found her guilty, recalling the ""very similar"" 2009 case of Tony McNulty, who resigned his ministerial positions. He also noted how Miller ""struggled"" in an interview with the ""Evening Standard"" to explain why she stopped claiming in 2009, just as the"
"Culture, Tourism and the Creative Industries between October 2008 and September 2009, before finally serving as Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government until May 2010. Following the controversy generated by the public disclosure of her expenses Follett announced her decision to stand down at the 2010 general election on 1 October 2009. She cited a desire to spend more time with her family as her motivation for standing down. Follett was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law from the University of Hertfordshire, in November 2010. She remains committed to women's issues and is a member of"
"in her previous publishing house’s outpost in Arles in 2011. Shortly after, the public prosecutor’s office in Paris launched a preliminary investigation into Nyssen, after French weekly ""Le Canard Enchaîné"" reported that she had failed to declare building renovations in her prior career as a publisher. In October 2018, she was replaced by Franck Riester in a cabinet reshuffle. Françoise Nyssen Françoise Nyssen (born 9 June 1951) is a French-Belgian publisher and politician, former director of Actes Sud. From 2017 until 2018, she served as Minister of Culture of France in the government of Prime Minister Édouard Philippe. Françoise Nyssen"
"house the UC Davis art collection which consists of over 5,000 items. On April 27, 2016, UC President Janet Napolitano placed Chancellor Katehi on investigatory administrative leave from her position as chancellor, pending the outcome of an investigation into multiple possible violations of several University of California policies. According to ""Inside Higher Education"" (IHE) ""Linda Katehi has held on as chancellor despite numerous controversies, but she is placed on leave over issues related to employing her daughter-in-law."" IHE continued stating: A letter from Napolitano to Katehi said that the chancellor's daughter-in-law has received ""promotions and salary increases over a two-and-a-half-year"
"Garvey, a prominent advocate of equal pay at the BBC, was unable to conduct an interview with Gracie on the programme, while ""You and Yours"" presenter Winifred Robinson was briefly taken off-air for tweeting her support for Gracie. More than a fortnight later, it was reported Conservative Culture minister Tracey Crouch, and other female MPs, have refused to be interviewed by Humphrys in response to his comments about Gracie's resignation. Although reported by Anushka Asthana, co-political editor of ""The Guardian"", and other media sources, Crouch has not commented about the issue. It became known on 26 January 2018 that some"
"announced that the ICR's budget would be cut by 3.1 million euros, more than a third of its 2012 budget. On August 1, 2012, ICR President Horia-Roman Patapievici, the two ICR vice presidents and the ICR managing team resigned to protest the transfer of power, the announced budget cuts, and what they considered the politicization of Romanian culture. Over the years, the Institute has been involved in a number of incidents that have been seen by some individuals in Romania and within the Romanian diaspora as controversial. One such incident arose in July 2008 at the Romanian Cultural Institute in"
"Minister for Education and Research in the Cabinet of Fredrik Reinfeldt, took over the responsibilities for Stegö Chilò's portfolio until her successor Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth was appointed on 24 October 2006. In November 2006 she sent a letter to the salary unit within the government. She clarified that even though she might be entitled to keep her salary for some time after her resignation, she did not wish to receive any money. Cecilia Stegö Chilò Marie Cecilia Stegö Chilò (; born 25 March 1959) was the Swedish Minister for Culture for ten days, from 6 to 16 October 2006. Prior"
"the press, Monika Grütters does not cover the function of a German ""culture minister"": according to the German Basic Law, cultural and educational matters are still subject to the sovereignty of the Länder. In the context of cooperative cultural federalism, however, the Federal Government Commissioner is responsible for cultural and media matters of national importance. During her term of office in the third Merkel cabinet, the overall budget for federal cultural affairs increased by more than 30% up to 1.67 billion within the federal budget between 2013 and 2018. However, issues surrounding the 2012 Munich artworks discovery overshadowed Grütters’s first"
"Cultural Commission's report – issued after a year of investigation and deliberations – was a recommendation that the government increase arts spending by £100 million (approximately $190 million), enshrine ""cultural rights,"" and overhaul and simplify the arts bureaucracy (including, ironically, by getting rid of the SAC, which Boyle had just left). Boyle had a public run-in with Scottish Culture Minister Patricia Ferguson when she announced her support for an Academy of Scotland just before the commission was set to unveil a similar policy. Boyle denounced Ferguson's ""lack of integrity."" After the Cultural Commission report was published, Ferguson was publicly accused"
"on 2 October 2015, amid reports that she had mismanaged billions of francs in authors royalties. In February 2016, staff sought to remove from her state-owned ministerial villa at Bastos, but she refused and claimed she had made arrangements to buy it. As of September 2016, she had not moved. Muna had one son, Efemi Nkweti Muna, who was born in 1987. He was killed in a car accident on 8 February 2014. Ama Tutu Muna Ama Tutu Muna (born 17 July 1960) is a Cameroon politician who was the Minister of Arts and Culture from 2007 to 2015. Muna"
"for the Taipei County Government. He attempted to resign in September 2015, after ""Next Magazine"" alleged that the Ministry of Culture had bribed members of the Kuomintang. Premier Mao Chi-kuo did not accept Hung's offer. Hung Meng-chi Hung Meng-chi () is a politician in the Republic of China. He was the Minister of Culture of the Republic of China from 23 January 2015 until 20 May 2016, having previously served as acting minister since 8 December 2014. Hung received his bachelor's degree in history from Tamkang University. He went on to earn his master's and doctoral degrees in East Asian"
"private interests and being neoliberal in nature. The CONAIE however claims to fight against these very neoliberal causes themselves. Relations between the Ecuadorian government and CONAIE have been tense since the 2010 Ecuador crisis. On 9 May 2013 Francisco Velasco replaced Sylva as Minister of Culture. By a reshuffle of the ministries the Ministry of Culture joined with the Ministry of Heritage. Erika Sylva Charvet Erika Sylva Charvet (born 24 November 1951) is an Ecuadorian politician who was Minister of Culture from 21 April 2010 until 9 May 2013. Erika Sylva was born in Quito. She is married. Her husband"
"by the ""Asociacion de Internautas"" (Internet Users Association). They stated that she was unable to fulfill correctly the needs and obligations of her position because of a conflict of interest, as she had personal ties with businesses involved in the film industry and consequently would not be impartial. Moreover, Spanish law 5/2006 of April 10, 2006 regulates conflicts of interest among high-ranking positions in the Spanish government. Ángeles González-Sinde Ángeles González-Sinde Reig (born 7 April 1965) is a Spanish scriptwriter, film director and politician. She was Culture Minister of Spain from April 2009 until December 2011. González-Sinde studied Classics at"
"Culture on 11 February 2016. During her time in office, she increased her department's budget by 6.6% to a total of €2.9 billion in 2017 – the largest amount of government money promised for the arts in the country's history. Under her leadership, the Ministry lent support to a women's contemporary art prize launched by AWARE (Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions). Internationally, she played a key role in the joint initiatives of France, the UNESCO and the United Arab Emirates to safeguard cultural heritage in conflict zones, announced in December 2016, and was a signatory to the Florence"
"4% and 6% of their income tax. It is a law of incentive to the culture, the most important instrument of the ministry, frequently contested. In 1999, president Fernando Henrique Cardoso expanded the scope of the law, with more financial resources and a reorganization of its structure. Again, in 2003, president Luís Inácio Lula da Silva reestructured the ministry. The Ministry of Culture was dissolved again on May 12, 2016 by the acting president of Brazil, Michel Temer. Its functions were merged into a new Ministry of Education and Culture. The dissolution of the ministry immediately sparked protests in numerous"
"announced she was stepping down as Minister for Broadcasting. She was to remain as MP for Dunedin-South, and Kris Faafoi resumed her Broadcasting portfolio. On 30 August 2018, Customs Minister Meka Whaitiri “stood aside” from her ministerial portfolios as part of an investigation into an allegation that she assaulted a staff member in her ministerial office. Jacinda Ardern announced that Ministerial Services was investigating the allegations. Fellow Labour MP Kris Faafoi assumed the role of Acting Minister of Customs while her associate ministerial portfolios were assumed by their lead ministers. On 20 September 2018, Jacinda Ardern announced that she had"
"successful work on the phone hacking scandal, Whittingdale accepted ""The Spectator""'s 2011 ""Inquisitor of the Year"" award on behalf of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee. In 2012, Whittingdale received £8,000 for 32 hours' work as a non-executive director of Audio Network plc, an online music catalogue. He was also reimbursed expenses for official visits to Yalta, Taiwan and Armenia. Whittingdale was sworn into the Privy Council in May 2015 as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. In April 2016, Shadow Culture Secretary Maria Eagle called for Whittingdale to recuse himself from decisions regarding the outcome of"
"On 14 July 2016, Whittingdale was dismissed from his position as Culture Secretary by the new Prime Minister, Theresa May. In July 2016, shortly after his sacking, ""The Guardian"" criticised Whittingdale over his decision to turn down a request from the ""Daily Mirror"" for the release of historic documents relating to Mark Thatcher's dealings with the government of Oman in the 1980s. Roy Greenslade wrote that few, ""apart from the man himself and his friends"", could disagree with the argument that the public had a right to know. Whittingdale married Ancilla Campbell Murfitt, a nurse and school governor, in 1990;"
"Ed Vaizey Edward Henry Butler Vaizey (born 5 June 1968) is a British politician of the Conservative Party. From 2010 to 2016 he served as Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, with responsibilities in the Departments for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). He previously served as the Shadow Minister for Culture under David Cameron from 2006 to 2010, succeeding Malcolm Moss. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in July 2016. He was dismissed as a Minister by Theresa May on 14 July 2016, and returned to the backbenches. He"
"differences with Berry. Henriette Götz, the company's executive director, who had a series of public disagreements with Berry, resigned soon after. In February 2015, the Arts Council of England announced the unprecedented step of removing ENO from the national portfolio of 670 arts organisations that receive regular funding, and instead offered ""special funding arrangements"" because of continuing concerns over ENO's business plan and management. The council recognised that the company was ""capable of extraordinary artistic work"", but ""we have serious concerns about their governance and business model and we expect them to improve or they could face removal of funding."""
"once it published. Upon the creation of the Ministry of Culture in May 2012 she became the first Minister of Culture of Taiwan. Lung was inaugurated as Minister of Culture on 21 May 2012, stating a desire that the ministry be independent of political influence. During her 2 year, 7 month tenure, she made statements or announced initiatives on reading, TV culture, and cross-strait exchanges. On 1 December 2014, Lung tendered her resignation from the ministerial post citing her aging mother as the main reason, with political and media hostility as contributing factors. After moving to Germany in the late"
"Ministry is currently Tarvi Sits. Ministry of Culture (Estonia) The Ministry of Culture of Estonia () is a Cabinet-level governmental agency in Estonia in charge of conducting and organising the country's cultural affairs and policies. The ministry is headed by the minister who interacts with undersecretaries on Fine Arts, Cultural Heritage, International Relations and Cultural Diversity, and Sports. The ministry is responsible for creating favorable legislative and financial conditions for promotion and development of Estonian culture, its heritage, and sports. The areas the Ministry of Culture is responsible for are: Indrek Saar is the current minister since 9 April 2015."
"the firm on ""official business"" three times in his final months as minister. Ed Vaizey Edward Henry Butler Vaizey (born 5 June 1968) is a British politician of the Conservative Party. From 2010 to 2016 he served as Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, with responsibilities in the Departments for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). He previously served as the Shadow Minister for Culture under David Cameron from 2006 to 2010, succeeding Malcolm Moss. He was appointed a member of the Privy Council in July 2016. He was dismissed as a Minister"
"Brian Bonney had resigned as communications director for multiculturalism. Given the conclusion of Dyble’s review that Bonney spent up to half of his government-paid time working on partisan activities, the BC Liberal Party repaid $70,000 to the government. Shortly after the plan became public, Haakstad resigned from being Premier Clark’s Deputy Chief of Staff. She later volunteered to assist Clark’s unsuccessful campaign to be re-elected as MLA for Vancouver-Point Grey. Due to the ongoing investigation by Dyble, Yap resigned as Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology and Minister Responsible for Multiculturalism on March 4, 2013. He had justified the"