Attorney General in the context of "Justice ministry"

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⭐ Core Definition: Attorney General

In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (pl.: attorneys general) or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enforcement and prosecutions, or even responsibility for legal affairs generally. In practice, the extent to which the attorney general personally provides legal advice to the government varies between jurisdictions, and even between individual office-holders within the same jurisdiction, often depending on the level and nature of the office-holder's prior legal experience.

Where the attorney general has ministerial responsibility for legal affairs in general (as is the case, for example, with the United States Attorney General or the Attorney-General for Australia, and the respective attorneys general of the states in each country), the ministerial portfolio is largely equivalent to that of a Minister of Justice in some other countries.

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Attorney General in the context of Prosecutor-General of Russia

The Prosecutor General of Russia (also Attorney General of Russia, Russian: Генеральный прокурор Российской Федерации, romanizedGeneralʹnyy prokuror Rossiyskoy Federatsii) heads the system of official prosecution in courts and heads the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. The Prosecutor General remains one of the most powerful component of the Russian judicial system.

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Attorney General in the context of Italian order of precedence

The Italian order of precedence is fixed by Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers (D.P.C.M.) of April 14, 2006 and of April 16, 2008. It is a hierarchy of officials in the Italian Republic used to direct protocol. The President, being head of state, is first, and the Prime Minister (President of the Council of Ministers), the head of government, is fourth.

  1. The President of the Republic (Sergio Mattarella)
  2. (Cardinals and princes of reigning dynasties - these officers cannot preside over the ceremony)
  3. The President of the Senate of the Republic (Ignazio La Russa)
  4. The President of the Chamber of Deputies (Lorenzo Fontana)
  5. The President of the Council of Ministers (Prime-Minister) (Giorgia Meloni)
  6. The President of the Constitutional Court (Giovanni Amoroso)
  7. Former President of the Republic (None living)
  8. Vice Presidents of the Senate of the Republic
    1. Anna Rossomando
    2. Gian Marco Centinaio
    3. Maria Domenica Castellone
    4. Licia Ronzulli
  9. Vice Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies
    1. Sergio Costa
    2. Fabio Rampelli
    3. Giorgio Mulé
    4. Anna Ascani
  10. Vice Presidents of the Council of Ministers
    1. Antonio Tajani
    2. Matteo Salvini
  11. Vice Presidents of the Constitutional Court
    1. Franco Modugno
    2. Giulio Prosperetti
  12. Ministers of the Republic
  13. Judges of the Constitutional Court
  14. Presidents of Regions
  15. The First President of the Supreme Court of Cassation (Margherita Cassano)
  16. The President of the National Council for Economics and Labour (Renato Brunetta)
  17. Deputy Ministers of the Republic
  18. Quaestors of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, in order of seniority
  19. Presidents of Parliamentary Commissions
  20. The President of the Council of State (Luigi Maruotti)
  21. The President of the Court of Accounts (Guido Carlino)
  22. The Governor of the Central Bank of Italy (Fabio Panetta)
  23. The General Prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Cassation (Luigi Salvato)
  24. The Attorney General of the Republic (Gabriella Palmieri Sandulli)
  25. The Chief of the Defence Staff
  26. Senators and Deputies, in order of appointment
  27. The President of the Accademia dei Lincei (Roberto Antonelli)
  28. The President of the National Research Council (Maria Chiara Carrozza)
  29. The President of the Superior Court of Public Waters
  30. The Vice President of the Council of Military Courts
  31. The Vice President of the High Council of the Judiciary
  32. The Presidents of the Autonomous Provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol
  33. The Deputy President of the Supreme Court of Cassation
  34. Prefects, in their provinces
  35. Mayors, in their cities
  36. Presidents and General Prosecutors of the Court of Appeals
  37. Presidents of Provinces, in their cities
  38. Catholic Bishops, in their dioceses
  39. The Chief of the Army Staff (Amm. Giuseppe Cavo Dragone)
  40. The Chief of the Navy Staff (Amm. Sq. Enrico Credendino)
  41. The Chief of the Air Staff (Gen. S.A. Luca Goretti)
  42. The President of the Permanent conference of Rectors (Dr. Giovanna Iannantuoni, PhD)
  43. Ambassadors, in order of establishment of diplomatic relations with their countries
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Attorney General in the context of Edward Carson, Baron Carson

Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC, PC (Ire), KC (9 February 1854 – 22 October 1935), from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was an Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge, who was the Attorney General and Solicitor General for England, Wales and Ireland, as well as the First Lord of the Admiralty for the Royal Navy of Great Britain. His authority as a unionist leader saw him elevated to the British War Cabinet as a Minister without Portfolio in 1917, and he was subsequently appointed as a life peer in the House of Lords in 1921, taking office under the political title Lord Carson of Duncairn. Due to his political campaigns in both Great Britain and Ireland, he became widely regarded as one of the founding figures of Northern Ireland.

From 1905 onwards, Carson was both the Irish Unionist Alliance member of parliament (MP) for the Dublin University constituency and leader of the Ulster Unionist Council in Belfast. In 1915, he entered the war cabinet of H. H. Asquith as Attorney-General. However, he was defeated in his ambition to maintain Ireland as a whole in union with Great Britain. Carson was instrumental in leading the Ulster unionist resistance against the British crown's attempts to introduce home rule for the whole of Ireland, and later played a key role in forcing the resignation of Prime Minister Asquith in 1916. His leadership, however, was celebrated by some for securing a continued place in the United Kingdom for the six northeastern counties, albeit under a devolved Parliament of Northern Ireland that neither he nor his fellow unionists had sought.

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