Example sentences of "was appoint chief " in BNC.

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1 After a tour of duty as chief of the submarine service from 1921 to 1923 , Sinclair was appointed chief of the secret service in succession to Sir Mansfield Cumming [ q.v . ] .
2 When the ILO was set up in Geneva , Sophy Sanger was appointed chief of its legislative section , a post she held until 1924 , when she was edged out of the organization by Albert Thomas , the director .
3 On May 7 , 1990 , Ioannis Verivakis , previously Chief of the Army General Staff , was appointed Chief of the National Defence General Staff .
4 Dimitrios Karvellis was appointed Chief of the Army General Staff , while Vice-Adml .
5 Col. Robert Guei , hitherto commanding officer of Korhogo region , was appointed Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces on June 7 , replacing Gen. Félix Ory .
6 Pierre Lacoste , the secret service chief allegedly involved in the Rainbow Warrior bombing [ see pp. 34565-68 ] , was appointed chief of the Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure ( DGSE — the external secret service ) .
7 On Dec. 29 Manfred Grätz was appointed Chief of General Staff .
8 Solomon " Jesus " Hawala , the former head of PLAN security and widely accused of such crimes , was appointed chief of staff of the new Namibian Defence Force , despite the reported opposition of Nujoma and Geingob .
9 Gen. Dao Dinh Luyen , 64 , Deputy Defence Minister , was appointed Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People 's Army , according to a communiqué on the Council of State session held on Sept. 9-10 .
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