United States President George W Bush on Tuesday appointed Jerry Bremer, a counter-terrorism expert, as his envoy to Iraq.

Describing Bremer as a man of enormous experience, Bush said, "Bremer… is a person who knows how to get things done; a can-do type of person; who shares the same values as most Americans share, and it is deep desire to have an orderly Iraq that is free and at peace, where an average citizen has a chance to achieve his or her dreams."

According to analysts, Bremer is expected to bring order into the Iraqi civilian administration. Though he will be called presidential envoy, he will gradually take charge of Iraq until there is a government there.