In March 2011, he was temporarily appointed as head of the Foreign Ministry.

Agreement could not be reached, so both were temporarily appointed, but further conflict ensued and financial opportunities were lost.

He suggested that, since you have the most experience, it makes sense for you to be temporarily appointed my second-incommand.

Any civilian named to the three-member panel would be temporarily appointed a military officer.

Placeholder (politics), a person appointed to an office temporarily, until a permanent replacement can be chosen.

Samuel Hand had been appointed temporarily to fill the vacancy until the end of the year.

Robert Earl had been appointed temporarily to fill the vacancy until the end of the year.

In politics, a placeholder is an official appointed temporarily to a position, with the understanding that they will not seek office in their own right.

In September he became, in spite of his youth, secretary to the municipal commission temporarily appointed to carry on the town business.

He was temporarily appointed an officer in charge of some native troops, and acted as a correspondent for The Times.