He quit last week from the board of England Rugby Ltd, which runs the professional game in England.
Mr Nasheed, who was succeeded by his deputy, Mohamed Waheed, has said he was forced to quit by threats of violence from rebellious police and soldiers.
He takes over from Portuguese Mariano Barreto, who quit the post to take up a job with Portuguese first division side Maritimo.
Bernard Kouchner, the foreign minister, who comes from the political left, has said that he almost quit over the Romani expulsions, and could now step down.
Mr Maehara blundered during a brief stint as opposition leader five years ago, and he quit as foreign minister in March over a fuss about an illegal donation from a Korean woman.
He quit his fight with the USADA to keep the evidence that testimony from ex-teammates and employees from seeing the light of day.
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Here are some of the quotes from that statement to the Commons when he said Mr Sixsmith had quit - a claim that subsequently turned out to be untrue.
He quit in August over Sharon's decision to withdraw Israeli troops and settlers from Gaza, and Likud members picked him in December to replace Sharon at the party's helm.
He had to quit his regular job to focus on all aspects of Wageuzi -- from 3D modeling and animation to compositing and lighting.
And last month, the city's chief of police was obliged to quit after threats from organized crime to kill a policeman every day that he remained on the job.
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Jay Rayner, restaurant critic for the Observer newspaper in the U.K., said he quit as regional chair because of what he saw as unchecked offers of free meals from restaurants in a bid to boost their rankings.
He caved in to pressure from the army only after a threat by some parties to quit the governing coalition forced him to bring the hawkish Moshe Dayan (pictured above) on board as defence minister.
Mr Walker, who was sacked in 2010 for "gross professional misconduct" over alleged swearing at a meeting, said he was forced to quit after refusing to meet Whitehall targets for non-emergency patients and was gagged from speaking out as part of a settlement deal.
Curbishley is out of work having quit as West Ham manager in 2008, but a legal dispute about the compensation he believes he is owed from the Hammers could affect his chances.
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