The phrase "appointed few" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a select group of individuals who have been designated or chosen for a specific purpose or role.
Example: "The committee was formed by an appointed few who were trusted to make important decisions for the organization."
Alternatives: "chosen few" or "selected few".
Obama, in contrast to his Republican predecessors and successor, appointed few law professors to judgeships — though he did nominate one, Elena Kagan, to the Supreme Court.
Ashton has said she is committed to prioritising international development as a key part of the EU's development policy, yet to date she has appointed few senior figures with any significant development experience.
At the time, the Board of Education appointed fewer than a dozen teachers to help smooth the transition.
But Mr. Obama has appointed fewer federal judges to district courts, where trials are held, than Mr. Bush or Mr. Clinton in their first terms, partly because of Republican opposition and partly because of the administration's own slowness to make nominations.
He passes strong legislation on women while appointing few to top positions.
The Republicans are angry with the mayor for leaving the party, raising taxes and appointing few of their own to his administration.
Arbenz had also appointed a few communists to lower-level jobs in his administration.
In line with the government's new guidelines, for instance, Samsung has appointed a few independent directors to its boards.
British universities have appointed very few new plant pathologists since 1990, and many of the number still at UK universities were appointed more than three decades ago.
These rules are applied inconsistently by the administration, and tend to change when a new superintendent is appointed every few years.
Recently, though, he appointed a few emissaries, including Peggy Bonfield, a newly minted hypnotherapist whose family owned the city's first plus-size ladies' boutique.
