Sentence examples for appointed a son from inspiring English sources

Mr Museveni has appointed a son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, to command an army unit with specific responsibility for guarding the oil wells.

He appointed a "son of the gulf" spill czar and a new guard dog at M.M.S. and tried to restore a sense of confident leadership — "The one approach I will not accept is inaction" — and compassion, reporting on the shrimpers and fishermen and their "wrenching anxiety that their way of life may be lost".

In all these cases the tutelary judge appointed a relative: a son or a daughter, 63.6% (35/55); the spouse, 27.3% (15/55); others relatives (two nephews, one sister, one son-in-law, one sister-in-law), 9.1% (5/55).

This self-praise is particularly noteworthy, since Giuliani also appointed a second Harding son, Russell, to lead the New York City Housing Development Corporation.

Now that Kim Jong-il has been re-elected and his son appointed a four-star general, it seems clear that Kim Jong-un will be filling his father's weird and secretive shoes in the future.

To insure that the best interests of the child would be represented in the case, the court appointed a lawyer for the Sweeneys' son.

It has emerged that Professor David Held, co-director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance which benefited from the donation, and an informal mentor to Mr Gaddafi's son, was appointed a trustee of GICDF in June 2009 – before the LSE formally accepted the £1.5m donation in July 2009.

Congress passed an anti-nepotism law in 1967 that prohibits the president from appointing a family member – including a son-in-law – to work in the office or agency they oversee.

Kamprad passed over his three sons, appointing a former vice president for Europe, Anders Dahlvig.

Jonas appointed his son Samuel, a 29-year-old Rutgers and Ramapo College dropout, as chief operating officer.

The union also claims that a director of a laboratory has appointed his son and daughter-in-law as scientists in his own institute.