It was, in effect, the permanent rule of an occupying military elite.

He would sit at the table for the military elite, I with the royal family.

There were royal musicians, military elite and indeed, queens.

Maduro maintains the backing of Russia, China and Turkey, and the support of the Venezuelan military elite.

Revenues from those reserves are tightly held among the ruling military elite whose cronies dominate other businesses.

Widodo, a former furniture salesman, is Indonesia's first president to come from outside the political and military elite.

He is set to become Indonesia's first leader not to have emerged from the political or military elite.

Widodo, the country's first leader from outside the political and military elite, had pledged to pick experts in various fields.

Actor George Clooney has accused South Sudan's political and military elite of being involved in "massive criminal behaviour".

What the growing economic pressure could do instead, however, is supercharge existing power struggles within the political, clerical and military elite.

The former furniture salesman and small town mayor is the first Indonesian president from outside the country's political and military elite.

The longer his father lives to ensure his gradual acceptance within the ranks of the political and military elite, the better.

The yellow shirt activists are drawn broadly from the ranks of the urban middle class and support the traditional royalist- military elite.

Meles comes from the Tigryan ethnic group, who make up only 6 percent of the population but dominate the political and military elite.

Should Morsy prevail, he may be frustrated by an uncooperative military elite, for all the generals' pledges to cede power by July 1.

Prime Minister Meles is from the Tigrayan ethnic group, who make up 6 percent of the population and dominate the political and military elite.