The phrase "attributed to former" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something that is credited or assigned to a previous person or entity, often in the context of quotes, ideas, or actions.
Example: "The innovative policy changes were attributed to former CEO Jane Smith, who implemented them during her tenure."
Alternatives: "credited to a previous" or "ascribed to an earlier".
It is not clear how seriously the government considered the plans, attributed to former energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis and Varoufakis.
The government calculates that as much as 18% of all crime can be attributed to former prisoners, at an estimated cost of £11bn a year.
It is not clear how seriously the government considered the plans, attributed to former energy minister Panagiotis Lafazanis and ex-finance minister Yanis Varoufakis.
A quote widely attributed to former Vodaphone CEO Chris Gent accurately holds that SMS is "the closest thing to pure profit ever invented".
Mattis cited American lessons learned following isolationism before World War II and cited a quote often attributed to former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
An eight-word reply attributed to former BBC1 controller Jay Hunt was described as a "pretty devastating blow" to the corporation today as the Miriam O'Reilly sex and age discrimination employment tribunal came to a close.
It is clearly evident from the creep curves in Figure 9 that the SC superalloy MC-534 has the lowest creep strain or deformation as compared to the other two SC alloys, which is attributed to the former's considerable Re and Ru contents (see Table 2).
While it has sometimes been attributed to Thomas P. O'Neill, former speaker of the House of Representatives, it is believed to have been coined by Jesse M. Unruh, a former speaker of the California Assembly.
For some years, old and new co-existed: an 1804 watercolour attributed to the former convict John Eyre shows Sydney Cove teeming with both ships and canoes.
