Example sentences of "[vb past] been [vb pp] [subord] [adj] minister " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gen. Suchinda , the former army commander and military junta leader , had been appointed as Prime Minister in early April [ see p. 38865 ] following an inconclusive general election in March which had resulted in the formation of a weak , pro-military coalition dominated by Chart Thai and Samakkhi Tham [ see p. 38816 ] . |
| 2 | Members of the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) , whose forces took Addis Ababa in May [ see pp. 38174-75 ] , were appointed to the Defence and Foreign Affairs ministries ( Seyoum Mesfin , who had been named as Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in June 1991 , being confirmed in the latter post ) . |
| 3 | Earlier , the Pakistan Times of March 13 had confirmed that another of his sons , Ghulam Murtaza Khan Jatoi , had been dismissed as federal Minister of Communications , reportedly for contacting the government 's political opponents . |
| 4 | Earlier Costa Alegre had been elected as leader of the ruling Party of Democratic Convergence ( PCD ) , replacing Daniel Lima dos Santos Daio who had been dismissed as Prime Minister in April [ see p. 38854 ] . |
| 5 | Puntsagiyn Jasray , who had been elected as Prime Minister in July [ see p. 39010 ] , appointed a new Cabinet on Aug. 21 . |
| 6 | Siddhi , who had been removed as Foreign Minister and SAP leader in August [ see pp. 37655-56 ] , said that he had resigned because he was tired of politics . |