31.   Under the accord, the MQM will have eight ministers in the provincial government and also get a ministry in the federal cabinet, he added.

32.   It had seven ministers from outside the LDP -- four from the SDP, two from Sakigake and one with no party affiliation.

33.   It has one minister in the seven-member federal cabinet, and shares power with the Socialist, Radical and Christian Democrat parties.

34.   It has four ministers.

35.   Meretz is the junior partner in the government coalition and has three ministers.

36.   Silajdzic pushed for the republic government to have six ministers with full portfolio, but the Croats were against that idea.

37.   The alliance has senior ministers in the federal government -- Palaniappan Chidambaram who holds the key finance portfolio and Murasoli Maran, who is in charge of industry.

38.   The Croats take the posts of defence, finance, trade, health, justice and have one minister without portfolio.

39.   The Basque executive is concerned that it should have a minister present when any future budgetary decisions are taken in Europe.

40.   The Constitutional Union has nine ministers, the Popular Movement eight and the National Democratic Party three.