Its ten civilian ministries employed with 90,000 full time government workers.

Most of Iraq's civilian ministries are still only minimally functional, damaged by bombing during the war and emptied by looters afterward.

He renamed Government House "the Command Post", placed military tribunals over civil courts, appointed military commanders to head civilian ministries and parastatals, and informed civilian cabinet ministers that they were subject to military law.

For much of the day the impression was of a government in a state of advanced meltdown, at least in its civilian ministries.

Many public goods now administered by civilian ministries were historically provided by quasi-governmental organizations.

The purpose of this exercise was to provide a forum to the Georgian military and civilian ministries to work together toward a common solution.

The much larger sums spent on arms production and research are scattered through such ostensibly civilian ministries.

More fish would be caught and fewer would rot if the Soviet fishing fleet, operating under 'civilian' ministries, did not circumnavigate to perform intelligence gathering for the Soviet Navy.

In addition, he has seeded the government's civilian ministries this year with loyal army and intelligence officers who now control key functions, from food security to tax collection.

Army officers run two traditionally civilian ministries - Administration and Agriculture.