He has driven through some controversial reforms using a mix of charm, stubbornness and private sector know-how.

Fascism remained a reactive threat, helped by controversial reforms to the military.

Between 1996 and 2001, the current administration of the museum undertook a vast and controversial reform.

Karapetyan has undertaken other controversial reforms since becoming mayor, including the arrangement of Russian language classes for his staff.

That will be the time to pass controversial but necessary reforms to our tax, regulatory and banking systems and restore the British economy to competitiveness.

Two years later he became Croatian minister of education and performed a controversial educational reform in Croatia.

Thatcher soon introduced controversial and difficult economic reforms after two decades of decline.

Bennett had taken the lead in a series of controversial educational reforms in the state.

Until the succession is completed, Labor members of Parliament will be reluctant to go out on a limb for controversial reforms.

That shows both how complex and controversial reform of the sector is, but it also demonstrates that clouds do sometimes have a silver lining.