11.   He has freely exercised his veto, fought over ministerial posts and even dissolved parliament.

12.   He argued that if the party followed his moderate course, it could hold ministerial posts in eastern state governments by the end of the decade.

13.   He has even promised some ministerial posts to his former rivals, the Contras.

14.   He held various ministerial posts before leaving the government to become a businessman.

15.   In one long-running gag, while impersonating the Colombian president, Garzon would call up ambitious politicians and offer them ministerial posts.

16.   Its parliamentary leader, Arye Deri, is on trial for bribery and is thus barred from resuming his previous ministerial post.

17.   Later, he was appointed to a ministerial post in Guatemala by President Lincoln.

18.   Ministerial posts will be similarly divided.

19.   Several of them were banned after critics of his policies forced him to resign his ministerial post.

20.   Sinn Fein insists that it now has to be given two ministerial posts in the cabinet under the rules of the peace accord.