11.   The committee also appointed the Foreign Affairs Minister Benjamin Mkapa as party secretary for international relations, a post formerly held by Salim.

12.   He had held the post only since January.

13.   She succeeded Leif Haraldseth and thus became the first woman to hold the post.

14.   Sultan Qaboos also holds the posts of Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Finance.

15.   He announced that he had resigned in accordance with a recent party proposal providing for an income and wealth ceiling for those holding leadership posts.

16.   The Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania held no post, as it had stipulated as a condition the creation of a Ministry for National Minorities.

17.   He also holds the posts of Prime Minister and Defence Minister.

18.   His replacement was Education Minister Jos Goldemberg, who was to hold the post on an interim basis.

19.   They had previously held the posts of Minister of Mines and Minister of Transport and Labour respectively.

20.   Vitaly Larionov, first deputy commander, who would hold the post until an agreement on joint command had been signed between Ukraine and Russia.