To speed things up, Mr Karamanlis will head the culture and sports ministry himself.
On September 30th, his self-imposed deadline for finally announcing his Cabinet after four months in office, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari simply said that he would run the oil ministry himself.
Unfortunately, that aligned Latham with the Howard government, against his own party – and, within a year, when Latham ascended to the shadow ministry himself, the experiment was quietly abandoned.
Refusing to form a ministry himself, because he could not command a majority in the Senate, he supported the government of Charles de Freycinet in 1886 and was responsible for the inclusion in the cabinet of Gen. Georges Boulanger as minister of war.
Schulz, who had ruled out playing a role in a Merkel government in the immediate aftermath of last year's elections, is reportedly planning to hand his party leadership to the former labour minister Andrea Nahles and take charge of the foreign ministry himself.
Through not appointed to a ministry himself, Nili's thoughts on the new government's economic platform will likely prove to be a great asset to Rouhani while in office.
In preparation for his move from the Kremlin, Mr Putin gave himself extra powers, including oversight of regional governors; and transferred more mundane tasks to some ministries, giving himself time to concentrate on strategic tasks.According to Mr Peskov, as prime minister Mr Putin will use powers that were underused by his predecessors.
The ailing 84-year-old Mr. Koirala kept more than a dozen ministries for himself, including defense.
Despite the warning, the ÖVP, with considerable reluctance, formed a government with the FPÖ in February 2000, granting the party five cabinet ministries (Haider himself was not given a cabinet post).
