Ahmadinejad was not only the Supreme Leader's political choice and "democratically elected" appointee but his voice, his political image and the emanation of his light.
He also vetoed labor-backed legislation which would have made local civil service commissions consist of one-half elected official appointees and one-half public employee union nominees.
Piñera was not associated with the Pinochet dictatorship, but two of his cabinet-elect appointees were.
Who gets to decide what's art and what's "vandalism" — elected officials, cultural appointees, police officers, neighborhood councils?
But kicking it up a notch, our collective livelihood is impacted by the honesty and integrity of our elected officials and appointees.
Poll workers themselves tend to be volunteers, but their bosses -- the people who make all the important decisions -- are themselves elected officials or appointees chosen for their political loyalty.
De Souza, who is at the centre of controversy over three Norfolk schools' early knowledge of their inspections, is one of four non-elected appointees to the eight-person board for the East of England, which will work with the new regional schools commissioner, Tim Coulson.
About 52 percent of the newly elected Central Committee were new appointees.
Seven of its 13 trustees are either political appointees or elected state officials.
Career diplomats and intelligence officials are often left to clean up the mess elected officials and political appointees leave behind.
Fittingly, his third term became a public relations nightmare when some of his important appointees and elected Democrats were involved in municipal scandals.
