On March 14, Suharto announced that Hasan would become Indonesia's minister for trade and industry, while Tutut would handle the social affairs portfolio.

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For example, although the prime minister is in favour, the trade and industry minister, Leif Pagrotsky, is campaigning for a no vote.

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Lord Sainsbury is to become an unpaid junior minister for the House of Lords in the Department for Trade and Industry.

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If Mr Blair wants new female faces in his cabinet, an obvious choice is Patricia Hewitt , the energetic 52-year-old minister responsible for small business and e-commerce at the Department of Trade and Industry.

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In August Brazil's trade and industry minister Fernando Pimentel unveiled tax breaks, cheap credit and a misconceived government preference for buying local.

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