41.   He headed departments which produced the propulsion systems for the Vostok, Soyuz and Mir spacecraft, as well as for the Mars, Luna and Venera interplanetary missions.

42.   However Baroness Jean Denton, who heads the department being investigated, will not be asked to resign.

43.   An officer was named in this reshuffle to head a department responsible for a military satellite project which the cabinet has so far rejected.

44.   Brown headed a department that had become the target of conservative Republicans, keen to trim the federal budget and turn over more governmental control to the US states.

45.   US President Bill Clinton on Friday completed his cabinet appointments, naming his choices to head the departments of labor, housing, energy and transportation.

46.   Jin, also an under-secretary-general, previously headed the department for development support and management services.

47.   Meneses is currently under investigation over claims that he had sought a bribe when he headed an agricultural department.