The public works minister frowned, but I sketched, until I had the piece laid out on paper.

Tuki was public works minister in the outgoing cabinet and also the state Congress party president.

He served in the current administration as public works minister, cooperating closely with private industry.

Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, public works minister, was appointed minister of higher education and scientific research.

The prime minister has dismissed Alfonso Gagliano, the public works minister at the time of the payments, as ambassador to Denmark.

Rodriguez's uncle had been Cuba's public works minister under Fulgencio Batista, and his family fled Castro's 1959 revolution.

The road to Mapou cannot be fixed by then, said Jean-Paul Toussaint, Haiti's public works minister.

But Mr. Harper appointed him to the Senate so he could serve as public works minister.

He removed his defense and public works ministers a week ago after allegations of influence peddling and conflicts of interest.

The public works minister, Reyad Ghareeb, was seriously wounded, news agencies reported.