31.   President names reformer to financial post.

32.   But Putin is seen as a Yeltsin loyalist, and the elderly president already has named him as a preferred successor.

33.   Credit for the Finnish success story goes to streamlined management, farsighted training programs, innovative designs and a president named Jorma Ollila, analysts say.

34.   If the government fails in the confidence vote, the president names a new premier to form a cabinet.

35.   However, under the Slovak constitution, only the president can name new ministers or dissolve parliament.

36.   In addition to the chairman, the president also named three other men and one woman to the committee, and said two more may be named later.

37.   In Bulgaria, the president names ambassadors and the heads of the security services after receiving proposals from the government.

38.   Irish president named U.N. human rights chief.

39.   Last week, the president named new health, planning and budget, and trade and industry ministers.

40.   President names American-educated economist as new prime minister.