Sentence examples for Resign from the position from inspiring English sources

A sex scandal in Detroit has forced out its chief of police, the second person in two years to resign from the position after being accused of inappropriate relations with a female officer.

He said: "Following on from Alex Rowley's decision to resign from the position of deputy leader of the Scottish Labour party, I have asked Lesley Laird to assume the position on an interim basis.

"Since I have no intention of remaining as prime minister without a general election being held, and in order to not hamper the president in any way, I will resign from the position of prime minister and make way for the president to form a new government," Rajapaksa said.

"Since I have no intention of remaining as prime minister without a general election being held, and in order to not hamper the president in any way, I will resign from the position of prime minister and make way for the president to form a new government," Mr Rajapaksa said in his resignation statement.

In February 2013, the pope prior to Francis, Benedict XVI (a.k.a. Joseph Ratzinger), was the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to resign from the position, perhaps, it's been alleged, because of his role in covering up abuse scandals.

"The honorable Mayor James Knowles III, resign from the position of mayor... we cannot describe how disgusted we are with you," one resident read aloud during the public speaking portion of the meeting.

Haley is resigning from the position at the end of the year.

Instead of facing re-election in 2015, he resigned from the position in June, forcing an early election this September.

In a statement yesterday Napier said it was "with great regret" that he was resigning from the position.

Musharraf's career could not be resuscitated, and by the end of 2008, he had resigned from the position of the presidency and from the military (Wright and Kessler 2007; Sehbai 2011).

He became the eighth president of Columbia College in 1842, and even after he resigned from the position in 1849, he continued to serve as a Trustee until 1851.