Pakistan's presidency is a largely ceremonial position.
On October 2, 2003, the Dominican parliament appointed Liverpool president of the country, a largely ceremonial position.
NEW DELHI — Ordinarily, Pranab Mukherjee might be considered a shoo-in for the largely ceremonial position of president of India.
Denied any active role in government, he contented himself with the ceremonial position of king, still revered by many peasants.
India's presidency is a largely ceremonial position, but will have a crucial role in the event of a hung parliament.
One possibility, former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, now seems content to pursue the largely ceremonial position of president.
He succeeds the veteran Israeli politician Shimon Peres, 90, who will step down from the largely ceremonial position next month.
Sure enough, Bart Giamatti, the man White succeeded, became commissioner, while White filled a ceremonial position that was eventually eliminated.
The candidate has up to six weeks to get the job done.The presidency in Israel is a largely ceremonial position, circumscribed by law and convention.
He surrendered the main power of his own office — the ability to dismiss Parliament — and turned it into a ceremonial position.
"Ordinarily, Pranab Mukherjee might be considered a shoo-in for the largely ceremonial position of president of India," Jim Yardley wrote in The New York Times.
