81. Rao had resisted resigning after he led the party to its worst electoral defeat in the general elections earlier this year. 82. Siegerist, a German-born Latvian, shocked observers last month by leading his party to second place in the parliamentary elections. 83. Sharansky leads a party made up mostly of immigrants from the former Soviet Union. 84. Shas legislator and deputy health minister Shlomo Ben-Izri said Deri would continue to lead the party, even if sent to jail. 85. Skalicky will lead his party in the talks on solving the government crisis. 86. Some say he was simply lucky to lead the party during the boom years. 87. Such divisiveness has helped lead the party to two crushing electoral defeats and has shown no sign of abating during the current leadership fight. 88. Taipei mayor and likely presidential candidate Chen Shui-bian appeared poised to lead his party after the incumbent chairman announced Sunday he would not seek another term. 89. That party is led by former prime minister Patrick Manning. 90. The authorities sent troops into Yerevan to suppress the crowds, arrested several opposition leaders and closed the offices of leading opposition parties. |