He gave ministerial positions in his government mainly to technocrats and Western-educated economic specialists. The remaining ministerial positions were largely assigned to technocrats new to the Somali political arena. The technocrats who were members of Opus Dei, belonged to different persuasions. Like many other government offices, the Railway Ministry was headed by technocrats. The assembly was renamed as the Parliament of Pakistan and staffed only with technocrats. Ennahda ceded control of key ministries to technocrats, including foreign affairs, defence and the interior. Li has written notably about the rise of "technocrats" in Chinese leadership circles. The influence of the Europe-oriented technocrats was rising within Salazar's cabinet. De Gaulle, however, remained confrontational toward Hallstein and the Brussels "technocrats". The Bene Tleilax try many ham-fisted schemes; the technocrats of Ix are smarter. Saccomanni was one of the technocrats in the Letta cabinet. De la Madrid was also the first of the so-called Technocrats to become President. All this was recorded by the Technocrats on 16-mm 900-foot colour film.