The president governs Guinea, assisted by a council of 25 civilian ministers appointed by him.

Last year, the crown prince married the daughter of a civilian minister in the former Argentine military dictatorship.

The king also gave his blessing to the new military governing council, which has promised to install a civilian prime minister next week.

Al-Bazzaz was the first civilian prime minister for Iraq.

Among the other candidates are several with long histories of serving as civilian ministers in military-led Governments.

And when those problems do not improve, it will be the civilian prime minister who gets the blame.

As a result he reluctantly agreed to inaugurate the putschist government on the condition that it be made up largely of civilian ministers.

Mrs. Megawati continued a policy, initiated by her predecessor, of naming a civilian as defense minister.

But opposition leaders have declared their intention to name a civilian minister of defense and to make wholesale changes in military training and service.

The general barred both of the civilian prime ministers from the elections.