He was a popular minister and got support from other parties to become minister of industry and privatization.
Between 1940 and 1945 Winston Churchill was probably the most popular British prime minister of all time.
In 1847 he joined the independents, and continued a popular minister among them through life.
He also enraged the black community when he accused a popular black minister of making a living by fostering racism.
Mr Li is not a popular prime minister.
He was probably the best and certainly the most popular minister of agriculture in Canadian history.
He has chosen the popular foreign minister, Tzipi Livni, as his deputy.
At the zenith of his career he was probably the most popular and influential Baptist minister in the United States.
He became one of the most popular and successful ministers of his denomination.
By the time of his resignation in 2005, he was the least popular minister in the Latvian government.