2014 Event The cabinet of Israel approves a bill stating that the nation is both a democratic state and the Jewish homeland; the bill is meant to address political pressure from groups that deny or ignore Israel�s Jewish identity 2014 Event Lebanon's new Prime Minister Tammam Salam declares that he has been able to form a new cabinet, breaking the 10-month impasse between Hezbollah and Sunni rival parties; Salam intends to hold presidential elections on time 2013 Event In an effort to repair strained relations after news reports cite the U.S. spied on Chancellor Angela Merke's cell phone, President Barack Obama congratulates the Chancellor on the formation of her new cabinet, and invites her to Washington 2013 Event Part of the ongoing Samaikyandhra Movement, protests and strikes erupt after the Cabinet of India approves the bifurcation of the state of Andrha Pradesh 2012 Event Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recovers from a cancer operation; his Cabinet ministers get together to pray for his recovery 2012 Event United Kingdom's Queen Elizabeth II attends a meeting of the Cabinet for the first time, receiving a gift honoring her Diamond Jubilee; this was first time a Cabinet meeting was attended by a British monarch since the reign of Queen Victoria 2012 Event Ahead of his cabinet and his December 1st inauguration, Mexico's President-elect Enrique Pena Nieto of Mexico names his 'transition team' 2012 Event In a move to demonstrate promised reforms are taking place, Thein Sein, President of Burma, changes nine cabinet ministers 2012 Event Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells his cabinet that Israel's identity is threatened by hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from Africa 2012 Event Romania's Prime Minister Emil Boc and his entire cabinet resign due to major social and political unrest in the country 2012 Event Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Cabinet of Japan approves a bill placing a 40-year cap on the life of nuclear reactors 2011 Event In Belgium, Parti Socialiste leader Elio di Rupo is set to become Prime Minister, pending approval by the parties' conventions and definition of the cabinet makeup 2011 Event Protesters storm the national Parliament in Kuwait; Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and his cabinet, resign 2011 Event In Singapore, two cabinet ministers, George Yeo and Li Hwee Hua, become the highest ranking ministers to be unseated in a general election since 1963 2011 Event Palestinian Authority cabinet members resign and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will select new ministers at the request of President Mahmoud Abbas 2010 Event German Chancellor Angela Merkel agrees to spread $80 million pounds in savings across four years with her coalition cabinet 2010 Event Acting president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, dissolves the Nigeria's cabinet 1993 Death Harry Haldeman, Nixon's cabinet member (1968-73), dies 1989 Event Department of Veterans Affairs officially established as a Cabinet position 1966 Event Robert C Weaver, confirmed as 1st black cabinet member (HUD) 1966 Event 1st black selected for President cabinet (Lyndon Baines Johnson selects Robert C Weaver-HUD) 1965 Event Israeli cabinet approves diplomatic relations with West Germany 1958 Birthday Alan Milburn, born in Tow Law, County Durham, politician, Labor Party, Member of Parliament for Darlington, served in Cabinet as Secretary of State for Health, resigned, rejoined Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 1955 Event 1st Vice President to preside over cabinet meeting-R Nixon 1954 Event James E. Wilkins is 1st black to attend a U.S. cabinet meeting 1951 Birthday Chris Smith, born in Barnet, London, Christopher Robert 'Chris' Smith, Baron Smith of Finsbury, politician, Labor Party, Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council, Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury, Cabinet minister, first openly gay MP member, HIV positive 1950 Birthday Peter Hain, born in Nairobi, Kenya, politician, Labor Party, Leader of the House of Commons, Cabinet member for Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament for Neath 1947 Birthday Tessa Jowell, born in Marylebone, England, politician, Member of Parliament for Dulwich and West Norwood, Cabinet Minister 1943 Death Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr. Calgary), dies at 50 1943 Event Mussert forms pro Nazi shadow cabinet (Netherlands) 1933 Event Frances Perkins becomes sec of labor, 1st U.S. woman cabinet member 1933 Event 1st female in cabinet: Francis Perkins appointed Secretary of Labor 1932 Birthday Eric Varley, born in England, born Eric Varley, Baron Varley of Chesterfield in the County of Derbyshire, politician, Labor Party, Cabinet Minister, Member of Parliament for Chesterfield 1932 Event Franz von Papen "Cabinet of the Baron" premieres 1931 Birthday Gerald Warner, deputy secretary, Cabinet Office 1928 Birthday Constance Ford, U.S. actress, Cabinet of Calgary, Ada-Another World 1924 Birthday Patricia Roberts Harris, 1st U.S. black woman cabinet member 1912 Birthday Cuthbert Alport, born in England, born Cuthbert James McCall Alport, Lord Alport, Baron Alport, politician, Conservative Party, Cabinet Minister, life peer, Deputy Lieutenant for Essex 1899 Birthday Anna Arnold Hedgeman, social activist, New York City cabinet 1893 Birthday Conrad Veidt, Potsdam Germany, actor, Cabinet of Dr. Calgary 1884 Birthday Werner Krauss, born in Germany, actor, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Joyless Street 1873 Birthday Chard Somerset, 1st woman Cabinet minister, 1929-31 1873 Birthday Margaret Bondfield, British Labour leader/1st woman cabinet member 1868 Event 1st black cabinet member in South Carolina (Francis L Cardozo-sect of state) 1861 Event Lincoln's cabinet declares Union government will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers 1808 Birthday Salmon P Chase, Sen-R, cabinet member, 6th chief justice, 1864-73 1793 Event 1st cabinet meeting at George Washington's home
