And Mr Aso has chosen Shoichi Nakagawa, a potential budget-buster like himself, as finance minister.
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Ishaq Dar, a senator, has been chosen to serve as finance minister in the new administration.
As finance minister for almost four years until May, he enjoyed the best of economic times.
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He was sacked as finance minister as the scandal burgeoned and darkened the Bolkiah family's future.
With demands coming from every quarter, Mr Martin must yearn for his days as finance minister.
With the charismatic Mr Sarkozy as finance minister, reforms have a better chance of succeeding.
Roberto Junguito, Mr Uribe's experienced choice as finance minister, says next year's budget will be austere.
They contrast his period as finance minister with that of his predecessor Charlie McCreevy.
Witte finally fell to bureaucratic and palace intrigue and was cashiered as finance minister in 1903.
It said Mr Sarkozy, as finance minister at the time, opposed the submarines deal.
As finance minister, he has presided over a much-needed and much-delayed liberalisation of the financial sector.
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Azizah reminds them that, as Finance Minister, Anwar approved the funding for the jail that now houses him.
This means that Palaniappan Chidambaram is back as finance minister, and will pilot his sensible budget through parliament.
As finance minister, he wound up a fund that set aside some oil revenue for buying back debt.
At the time, U.S. and European officials had insisted on Fayyad's appointment as finance minister for the Palestinian Authority.
He served as finance minister until sacked by Mr Philip on November 9th.
As finance minister in the late 1990s, he privatised swathes of French companies.
Eurocrats detect a seriousness of purpose about him, not least in appointing a respected economist, Yannis Stournaras, as finance minister.
The financial markets remain nervous and they would be more so if Mr Gyurcsany were to replace Tibor Draskovics as finance minister.
As finance minister in 2004 he fought off European Commission disapproval to use state money to rescue Alstom, an engineering firm.
Mr Kiguel served as finance minister during the 1990s rule of Peronist president Carlos Menem, under former economy minister Roque Fernandez.
The markets are hoping for Kiichi Miyazawa, an old hand who, as finance minister, was more than a match for the ministry.
As finance minister in 1985-88 he tried (without success) to tax the 22 families which, he said, dominated the economy of Pakistan.
As finance minister, she is blamed for rising inflation and trade-union militancy, both triggered by the floating of the Sri Lankan rupee.
Anwar also dismissed the rumor that he would resign as finance minister.
Many observers compare his situation with that of Argentina's President Carlos Menem, who appointed a tough, independent-minded economist, Domingo Cavallo, as finance minister.
Besides, someone of his calibre is needed as finance minister the post he is likely to be offered if the present fiasco is to end.
He is cooler about Vaclav Klaus, who oversaw privatisation as finance minister, was prime minister from 1992 to 1997 and is now president.
The grand liberalisation of the Indian economy Mr Singh ushered in 20 years ago as finance minister has been replaced by creeping, incremental reform.
In the summer, the king's favourite moderniser, Bassam Aawadallah, an ardent liberal economist, was forced out as finance minister, partly for being too abrasive.
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