The political directorate increasingly became a tool in the hands of the economic and military elites.

In 1950 he was promoted directly from common soldier to major general and named head of the Interior Ministry's political directorate.

Hashim Thaci, a 30-year-old former military commander and now leader of the political directorate, is expected to attend the talks.

But lately, they appear to have agreed on a six-member political directorate that shows signs of enduring.

Higher administrators are also seen as dominant within the political directorate of the liberal democratic state.

Still a member of the contra political directorate.

The third suggests that the political directorate be directed to gather so-called special information on "potential candidates for president, now and in the future," among others.

The rebels are scheduled to choose a new political directorate later this month in what promises to be a bruising showdown.

Mao was also named as the director of the general political directorate.

The rebels are scheduled to select a new political directorate in three weeks, an event that is likely to increase their internal divisions.