Anthony Teasdale as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1996-97. Later, Teasdale served as head of policy strategy and legislative planning for the EPP Group in the European Parliament, and as deputy chief of staff to Jerzy Buzek MEP, the former Prime Minister of Poland when the latter was President of the European Parliament from 2009-12. In addition to co-authoring (with Timothy Bainbridge) "The Penguin Companion to European Union" (see above), Teasdale has written articles on European and US politics in several academic journals, including "Political Quarterly", "Government and Opposition", "Electoral Studies" and the "Journal of Common Market Studies". His most recent publication
Prime Minister of Tonga Prime Minister of Tonga The Prime Minister (until 1970, Premier) of Tonga heads the government of the Kingdom of Tonga ("His Majesty's government"), while the King is the official head of the executive power. The office of Prime Minister was established by the Constitution of 1875, whose article 51 stipulates that the Prime Minister and other ministers are appointed and dismissed by the King. During the 2000s, the country experienced an increase in democratization. In March 2006, King Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV appointed Dr. Feleti Sevele, a moderate member of the Human Rights and Democracy Movement, as Prime Minister. Sevele was