Acts of the king required the countersignature of the respective minister.

(In both countries, the respective minister was responsible for the king's acts.)

However, it is always the respective minister who is held accountable to parliament.

They also discuss the likely arguments that other Permanent Secretaries will be putting forward to their respective ministers.

The new ministry saw no change in personnel from the previous ministry, but major changes to the portfolios of respective ministers.

It is the duty of the respective foreign ministers to prepare the ministerial council.

This became known in the Wilhelmstrasse with the receipt of the first urgent messages from the respective ministers to those countries.

And I would say the same to the respective ministers in relation to their national programmes.

The respective minister or secretary is then required to respond and to justify government policy.

Each ministry is governed by a respective minister.