But others have questioned the example the commissioner set by having five white men in Major League Baseball's five highest-ranking positions below his.

The five highest-ranking positions in the commissioner's office, four of them new positions, have also been filled.

Robert Daly, the department's general counsel, said that those being accused include two assistant deputy wardens, the department's highest-ranking position filled through civil-service merit tests.

Union officials also agreed to give the fire commissioner greater control over the post of chief of department, the highest-ranking uniformed position.

From 1988 to 2004 he was the permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, the highest-ranking bureaucratic position.

To date, he holds the highest-ranking position as an African American in the automotive industry.

From 1969 to 1989 he served as the permanent under-secretary of state in the Norwegian Ministry of Industry, the highest-ranking bureaucratic position.

Under the previous political order, the Christians held the majority in the legislature as well as the highest-ranking positions in the executive branch of government.

About 11 percent of the paper's 400 editorial employees are now Hispanic, including a new assistant managing editor, the highest-ranking position occupied by an Hispanic executive.

From 1974 to 1989 he was the permanent under-secretary of state, the highest-ranking bureaucratic position.