Five other rebel leaders were assigned ministerial portfolios.

In the Labor Party, the Ministers are elected by partyroom ballot, with the Leader then assigning ministerial portfolios to each one.

The ALP parliamentary caucus chose the ministers, but Whitlam was allowed to assign portfolios.

The two curators who were not assigned portfolios, Thelma Golden and Elisabeth Sussman, quickly resigned.

The Leader assigns portfolios on which cabinet members make decisions.

The Premier allocates powers and functions to the MECs; conventionally they are assigned portfolios in specific areas of responsibility.

The chief is assisted by selected elders from the village, who are assigned portfolios in the village administration by the chief.

Mr Barroso will soon be assigning portfolios to the new commissioners.

The wethouders are assigned portfolios within the municipal government and, in this capacity, prepare, coordinate, and plan policy and legislation for the council as a whole.

One official said the disputes stem from three Muslim Brotherhood legislators who were assigned portfolios "which they did not accept."