1.   Before that he was deputy vice premier of the semi-autonomous republic of Tatarstan, and the head of its privatization committee.

2.   Chang was foreign minister until August, when he became vice premier.

3.   China Central Television showed Zhu, flanked by his four vice premiers, addressing the meeting but did not broadcast audio from the meeting.

4.   Chiang was then vice premier and would succeed his father, Chiang Kai-shek, as president eight years later.

5.   Further strengthening his position, Milosevic last week took a former tough critic on board, naming former opposition leader Vuk Draskovic vice premier.

6.   He has been vice premier only since August, and was foreign minister before that.

7.   He appeared on stage with his four vice premiers and deferred to their expertise on some issues.

8.   Media reports say the new cabinet will have few new faces, but Foreign Minister John Chang will be promoted to vice premier.

9.   Nosaka said Japan could not permit the attendance of an official as high as vice premier, the Yomiuri added.

10.   The illegitimate son of the late Nationalist President Chiang Ching-kuo, Chang is a former foreign minister and vice premier.