Karnataka Lokayukta
In 1966, a report by the Administrative Reforms Commission recommended the setting up of Lokpal at the federal level and Lokayukta in the states, for the redressal of citizen's grievances. Therefore, Maharashtra established its Lokayukta in 1971. ￼ ￼ The Lokayukta Ordinance Act 1979, was excercised by D. Devaraj Urs, then Chief Minister of Karnataka, and the first Lokayukta to be appointed was then retired Chief Justice of Rajasthan High court, Justice C. Honniah. The same institution was abolished when R. Gundu Rao became the chief minister of Karnataka, after the demise of D. Devaraj Urs. The institution was again re introduced after Ramakrishna Hegde, became then Chief Minister of Karnataka, and introduced the Lokayukta and Upa Lokayukta Bill in the assembly as their 1983 election promise. It came into force through the Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1984. Then, Mysore State Vigilance Commission which formed in 1965 to investigate corruption cases in the state was abolished. The pending cases before the commission was transferred to the newly formed Lokayukta. It had two jurisdictions: to investigate corruption and to probe government inaction.
Yair Naveh
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James A. Roy
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Dillie Keane
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The Life and Death of Democracy
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Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)
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Arnold W. Braswell
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Mihail Cămărașu
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Serhiy Kirichenko
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List of active duty United States four-star officers
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Chen Xiaogong
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Paul David Miller
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Ibrahim Abboud
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Frank Vargas Pazzos
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Homeland (season 7)
Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, former CIA member and former White House advisor to President Keane now residing in D.C. with her sister Maggie Elizabeth Marvel as Elizabeth Keane, the current President of the United States Maury Sterling as Max Piotrowski, a freelance surveillance expert Linus Roache as David Wellington, White House Chief of Staff Jake Weber as Brett O'Keefe, TV host and provocateur Morgan Spector as Dante Allen, an FBI agent and old friend of Carrie's who is looking into the hundreds of people President Keane has detained Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson, Carrie's former boss and mentor and the new National Security Advisor
Raymond T. Odierno
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Pramono Edhie Wibowo
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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
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Johnnie E. Wilson
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What year saw the end of the naval post of Commander-in-Chief for the port where Dillie Keane was born?
What city was Dillie Keane born?
Portsmouth
When was Commander-in-Chief, #1 abolished?
1969