11.   Still, as finance minister, he said he would clear out some of the bureaucratic underbrush there.

12.   The cuts were first announced in March by then Planning Department director Jose Antonio Ocampo, who is now finance minister.

13.   Police said Anwar, who was also finance minister, was under investigation for allegations made in the book.

14.   Persson, currently finance minister, was expected to be named party leader later Friday, succeeding the retiring Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson.

15.   A former finance minister and ex-member of the royalist FUNCINPEC party, Rainsy has fought an uphill battle to establish his small party.

16.   A proposed tax reform, which also needs upper house approval, remains on the table, said Lafontaine, who is also finance minister.

17.   Also finance minister in the first post-communist government, Balcerowicz is the only member of that administration in the current government.

18.   An immigrant from the Netherlands, Jan Jaap Sonnke, becomes deputy to finance minister Cassim Chilumpha.

19.   Anwar, who is also finance minister, said he had received a report on the negotiations from Bank Negara, the central bank.

20.   Anwar, who was also finance minister before he was sacked, has repeatedly accused Mahathir and his senior officials of cronyism and nepotism.