"Because I'm a committed politician," said Simon, "and I no longer want to involve myself in any commercial activities."

Mr Garot is a committed politician on agricultural matters. He is well informed and takes a positive view of agriculture.

In the process, he appears to have made a deep impression as a committed politician who can win a place in the political struggle that lies ahead here.

As a committed politician she enjoys great recognition among Balkans experts, for Mrs Pack was and still is "in situ" .

Until its dissolution in 1999, Wendland had been a committed politician in the "APPD" (anarchist-pogo-party of Germany).

As for the coalition, Chris Huhne, the energy and climate change secretary, is a talented and committed politician, but one who lacks the popular persuasive skills his policy ambitions need.

Javed Ahmed Khan is a long-standing public servant, social worker and a committed politician of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) party.

Spitzer's rise, as she explains in a cogent introductory chapter, is the tale of an intense, passionately committed politician who helped restore a progressive ideology to the center of Democratic politics.

Speculation is more persistent that if Swapo wins the election, Mr. Nujoma may be eased into a ceremonial role to make way for more dynamic, though no less ideologically committed politicians.

He might, for those reasons, be an attractive compromise candidate for the job of post-1997 chief executive; but his abilities as a manager have yet to be underpinned by the more visceral instincts of a committed politician.

I am sure that he is a very committed politician and I think you can agree that, leaving aside the legal issues - which will be dealt with in an objective and impartial manner because we will treat Hungary exactly like any other Member State - we must also concern ourselves with the political aspects.