Sentence examples for authoritarian tenure from inspiring English sources

Having whipped what had been regarded as a corrupt and failing state into shape, Mr Saakashvili used his authoritarian tenure to transform Georgia into an economic growth story.

Olsen was fired at Paterson Eastside High in 1986 after playing 39 boys who failed to meet academic eligibility standards and clashing with the principal, Joe Clark, whose authoritarian tenure at the school was the subject of a film, "Lean On Me".

Mr. Rudd had been derided during his tenure for an authoritarian leadership style.

Ms. Gillard, who became Australia's first female prime minister in a 2010 party coup that ousted Kevin Rudd, who was derided during his tenure for an authoritarian leadership style.

Many of the desert state's 15m people seem to believe them.Mr Tandja, aged 71, had been growing ever more authoritarian as the end of his tenure approached last year.

Andros' tenure in New England was authoritarian and turbulent, as his views were decidedly pro-Anglican, a negative quality in a region home to many Puritans.

It remains a subject of numerous conspiracy theories, mostly involving President Robert Kocharyan, whose tenure thereafter was frequently criticized as authoritarian.

During his tenure as prime minister (1984 89), Blaize was criticized for being uncommunicative and authoritarian, and, although he was eventually disavowed by his own party, he refused to step down before his death.

Mr. Streiff, 54, has a reputation for an authoritarian management style and a tendency to outspokenness that was ill-suited to his tenure at Airbus, where the leader's job requires a delicate instinct for political sensibilities.

During his 11-year tenure as the Philharmonic's music director, Mr. Masur was often a stern authoritarian with the players, driven to get results.

For the seven years of Mrs Kumaratunga's tenure so far, Sri Lanka's fate has been in the hands of an increasingly authoritarian president and a reclusive terrorist.