The First Minister is an extremely adept politician.

Jaffe was neither a good administrator nor an adept politician - he was a scientist.

The ball is in his court - which makes it fortunate indeed that the admiral is both an adept politician and an able diplomat.

We might also look at how the most adept politicians manage to parlay their negatives into positives.

A18 The House's officers are also adept politicians.

The most adept politicians can turn apology not only into self-defence, but into outright self-promotion.

She's a savvy woman and an extremely adept politician.

Bush had been a very adept politician in 2000, building a coalition with moderate rhetoric and quite conservative-specific proposals.

Mr. Miyazawa is more than an adept politician.

But as one of the country's most adept politicians, he is likely to be a considerable irritant to a President for whom he displays little respect.