They joined 300 representatives of small and medium-sized Kyrgyz businesses who appealed to interim Finance Minister Temir Sariyev for protection against lawlessness.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

And by then Mr Berlusconi had made himself interim finance minister, although some advisers are still suggesting a new appointment will soon be made.

ECONOMIST: Italian politics

No wonder that the markets turned negative on Friday, just hours after the eurozone's finance ministers agreed on an interim bailout of the banks.

BBC: Spain's euro woes: Crisis deepens

The finance director, Simon Lowth, will replace him on an interim basis.

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