The new prime minister was given responsibility for forming a new government of technocrats, not politicians.
The technocrats in Rome and Athens still rely on the support of elected parties.
In practice, most advisers have turned out to be former ambassadors and technocrats, not ideologues.
Chinese technocrats have been, in various ways, draining money from the economy to rein in inflation.
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With surprising speed, technocrats at Iraq's state-owned national oil companies are taking charge of reconstruction.
Technocrats can tell producers what they can charge, but they cannot prevent the inevitable.
Technocrats in Brussels say they are simply trying to hold the Dutch to their original promises.
My impression is that Japanese academics fancy themselves as technocrats more than as intellectuals.
Mr Jebali's plan to form a cabinet of technocrats has been rejected by his Ennahda party.
Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said he wanted to form a government of technocrats, to ease tensions.
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The prime minister, an Ennahda member, wants to form a new government of non-political technocrats.
As for the "technocratic" government, who does the Obama administration think will control these "technocrats"?
He chose a favorable blend of technocrats and career politicians who could prove to be pro-reform.
It is a strategy that appeals to Suharto, worries the business community and annoys the technocrats.
He made up for this by appointing several capable independent technocrats to his first cabinet.
Mr Avramovic is often touted as the best choice to head an interim government of technocrats.
"The technocrats let the president down, " says James Castle, who heads an economic research group in Jakarta.
But with people loyal to Suharto in the top portfolios, the technocrats are clearly out of favor.
Of those that have been doled out, more have gone to independent technocrats than the parties wanted.
You know, the technocrats of that joyously technocratic government that the EU is supposed to bring us.
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At cabinet yesterday, the prime minister observed that his European counterparts were fast being replaced by technocrats.
During the 2012 election, Obama won technology hub Silicon Valley, continuing a trend of technocrats backing Democrats.
His cabinet contains an odd blend of generals and civilians, opposition politicians and allies, technocrats and hangers-on.
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Moreover, it says, an MDC-led government would include some from the ruling party as well as non-party technocrats.
People are reliant on the whims of leaders and technocrats to determine a fair compensation for their labor.
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More worrying is the allure it has for technocrats, businessmen, architects, and politicians even in the democratic West.
Mr Habibie has been at odds with the technocrats to whom Mr Suharto used to entrust economic policymaking.
Most of Egypt's ministers are lacklustre technocrats, and several have been in power as long as Mr Mubarak.
The king's allies, a coalition of liberal princes and technocrats such as Mr Gosaibi, are weak by comparison.
Rate-setting technocrats cannot permit such a large reduction unless they also drive down deposit rates by a similar amount.
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