21.   In the federal government Croats will have six ministers, namely that of defence, finance, trade, health, justice and one without portfolio.

22.   A leading European Parliament member Tuesday criticised Turkey for having a minister with two wives in the government of Islamist Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan.

23.   Another party within the CDR, the National Liberal Party, has five ministers.

24.   But as neither had cabinet ministers among them, the change did not affect the government.

25.   Chernomyrdin told Fischer that the new Russian government, still to be announced, would have a minister responsible for tax collection, ITAR-TASS reported.

26.   Currently the cabinet has eight ministers.

27.   The republic government will have seven ministers including the prime minister and one minister without portfolio.

28.   The two Kurdish factions, which each have seven ministers in the self-proclaimed Iraqi Kurdish government, clashed several times last year in a fierce power struggle.

29.   The PUK and KDP each have seven ministers in the self-proclaimed Iraqi Kurdish government.

30.   The TMC had four ministers in the Deve Gowda government, and held the powerful finance portfolio.