11.   Chang said the amendment of the constitution may be aimed at abolishing the post of president.

12.   He announced he had abolished the posts of regional deputy ministers of agriculture, drawing prolonged applause from both the government and opposition sides.

13.   In a major reshuffling of the Conservative Party hierarchy, leader William Hague on Tuesday abolished the post of deputy leader and introduced four new faces to his cabinet.

14.   Last week, President Aslan Maskhadov tried to pre-empt his opponents by depriving the secular parliament of its legislative functions and abolishing the post of vice president.

15.   Kocharian also dismissed Minister for Pressing Issues Shagen Karamanukian, and abolished the post.

16.   Maskhadov recently stripped the parliament of power and abolished the post of vice president, and then created his own Islamic council, which would be largely advisory.

17.   Mitchell abolished the post of deputy prime minister, leaving Duncan with the single position of health minister after she and her constituents boycotted a party convention last month.

18.   On Friday, Maskhadov abolished the post of vice president in the breakaway republic, further caving in to opposition leaders who want Chechnya to become an Islamic state.

19.   One proposition calls for abolishing the post of president in this former Soviet republic.

20.   Skele accepted Cevers resignation and abolished his post.