(n.) The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.
Example Sentences:
(1) His senior role in the Popalzai tribe and his chairmanship since 2005 of Kandahar provincial council bolstered his reputation as an Asian version of a mafia don.
(2) I believe in wealth creation and company profits, and for the government to play its part, and we have been working closely with business to shape that agenda.” Specifically, Miliband pointed out David Cameron, during his chairmanship of the G8 in 2013, had promised to make a crackdown on tax evasion one of his central goals.
(3) His resignation comes weeks before an influential Commons committee is expected to heavily criticise his chairmanship of Kids Company.
(4) It is widely believed that the government was trying to convince Davies to take the chairmanship of the deeply troubled Royal Bank of Scotland, in which the taxpayer now has a 58% stake.
(5) This year the UK completed its six-month, rotating chairmanship of the Council of Europe, the body that oversees the ECHR.
(6) It will be followed by a G8 summit under British chairmanship in June.
(7) Yeo was elected to the select committee chairmanship and it is not clear if a fresh election will be held, or a temporary substitute will be appointed.
(8) A last minute change to the job description for the chairmanship of the BBC Trust has prompted Labour complaints that the change has been made to ensure that the government’s preferred candidate, Conservative peer Lord Coe, can apply.
(9) This pointed her in the direction of the chairmanship of standing committees, a key instrument in the scrutiny of government activity.
(10) The first was delivered by Tim Hands , the headmaster of Magdalen College school since 2008, and given to mark Hands's elevation to chairmanship of the Headmasters and Mistresses Conference , which represents the prosperous elite of Britain's independent schools, including Eton and Roedean.
(11) One particular line from his letter to Major, quoted in Brown's book, gives a clue to what attitude he might take if given the chairmanship of ITV.
(12) His resignation last night from the honorary chairmanship of the Christian Democrats is highly significant for a country he reunited by the sheer power of his personality.
(13) Osborne hailed the agreement as "a significant step forward" in the fight against tax evasion and illicit finance, one of the chief themes of the UK's chairmanship of the forthcoming G8 meeting, which is being held in Northern Ireland in June.
(14) In a speech in Davos in January, Cameron promised to make tax transparency his number one goal for his G8 chairmanship.
(15) On Friday, Trinity Mirror accelerated the handover of power from Sir Ian Gibson, who has held the chairmanship since 2006, to former Reuters and Emap senior executive Grigson.
(16) M&S said that Rose will continue as a part-time chairman of M&S after Bolland is installed to ensure "a smooth transition", adding that he will step down from the chairmanship by the summer of 2011.
(17) Matt Ridley inherited (along with his estate, his opencast coal mines and his vast wealth) the chairmanship of Northern Rock, whose collapse under his reckless and incompetent oversight was the catalyst for the British financial crisis, which impoverished so many.
(18) We must do what is necessary to eliminate Isis, protect the innocent, and keep Americans safe,” said Representative Mike Pompeo, a Kansas Republican on the intelligence committee rumored to seek the chairmanship, an influential foreign-policy position.
(19) The justice secretary did however spell out to MPs the government's priorities for reform of the European court of human rights at Strasbourg, when Britain takes over the chairmanship of the Council of Europe shortly.
(20) Gave up chairmanship of a committee to be a whip, worked hard and was widely acknowledged ... to be a good whip.
Presidency
Definition:
(n.) The function or condition of one who presides; superintendence; control and care.
(n.) The office of president; as, Washington was elected to the presidency.
(n.) The term during which a president holds his office; as, during the presidency of Madison.
(n.) One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.
Example Sentences:
(1) In early 2000, during the first months of Vladimir Putin’s presidency, Babitsky was kidnapped by Russian forces and disappeared for many weeks.
(2) All former US presidents set up a library in their name to house their papers and honour their legacy.
(3) In platform shoes to emulate Johnson's height, and with the aid of prosthetic earlobes, Cranston becomes the 36th president: he bullies and cajoles, flatters and snarls and barks, tells dirty jokes or glows with idealism as required, and delivers the famous "Johnson treatment" to everyone from Martin Luther King to the racist Alabama governor George Wallace.
(4) He was very touched that President Nicolas Sarkozy came out to the airport to meet us, even after Madiba retired.
(5) In fact, you might read it as a signal … that the president might well lose on this,” she said.
(6) To become president of Afghanistan , Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai changed his wardrobe and modified his name, gave up coffee, embraced a man he once denounced as a “known killer” and even toyed with anger management classes to tame a notorious temper.
(7) They have actively intervened with governments, and particularly so in Africa.” José Luis Castro, president and chief executive officer of Vital Strategies, an organisation that promotes public health in developing countries, said: “The danger of tobacco is not an old story; it is the present.
(8) Both former presidents Bush have said they will sit out the 2016 campaign, as has former presidential candidate Jeb Bush.
(9) Cas reduced it further to four, but the decision effectively ends Platini’s career as a football administrator because – as he pointedly noted – it rules him out of standing for the Fifa presidency in 2019.
(10) Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council president chairing the summit, hoped to finesse an overall agreement on the banking supervisor.
(11) "For a better world, not only for the Iranian people but for the next generation across the globe, I earnestly hope that President Rouhani will receive a warm welcome and meaningful responses during his visit to the UN."
(12) Western diplomats acknowledge that the capture of Qusair is likely to have emboldened President Bashar al-Assad , making him less likely to consider concessions – let alone stepping down.
(13) Companies had made investments in certain energy sources, the president said, so change could be “uncomfortable and difficult”.
(14) I am rooting hard for you.” Ronald Reagan simply told his former vice-president Bush: “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.” By 10.30am Michelle Obama and Melania Trump will join the outgoing and incoming presidents in a presidential limousine to drive to the Capitol.
(15) One might expect that a similar news spike and rebounding of support for stricter gun control can happen, given President Obama's new push.
(16) To safeguard its long-time regional ally, Iran gave full political, economic and military backing to the embattled Syrian president.
(17) The lies Trump told this week: from murder rates to climate change Read more “President Obama has commuted the sentences of record numbers of high-level drug traffickers.
(18) But to treat a mistake as an automatic disqualification for advancement – even as heinous a mistake as presiding over a botched operation that resulted in the killing of an innocent man – could be depriving organisations, and the country, of leaders who have been tested and will not make the same mistake again.
(19) It certainly isn’t a good time for the association but we as a team are insisting on this being cleared up transparently and Wolfgang Niersbach, as president, is part of that.
(20) Bob Farnsworth, president of Nashville, Tennessee-based Hummingbird Productions, told trade publication Variety that the film was set for release in 2015 and would star Karolyn Grimes, who played George Bailey's daughter in the original film.