But on Wednesday, Mr. Fico said at a news conference that he had gone to Mr. Kiska, along with the leaders of the smaller parties in his coalition, "and offered to solve the political crisis by resigning my post as prime minister". He delivered the resignation on Thursday.
Mr. Sokol's assistant delivered the resignation letter late Monday.
Nazarbayev delivered his resignation speech, notably, both in Kazakh and in Russian.
Joey DeFrancesco, a 23-year-old room service worker at a hotel in Rhode Island, delivered his resignation letter in 2011 – along with his very own marching band.
Editor's note: The article was updated to clarify that the Nazarbayev delivered his resignation speech in both Kazakh and Russian.
Richard Nixon had stubbornly refused to resign in the wake of Watergate but he struck just that note when he finally delivered his resignation address: "I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so.
Mr. Sessions delivered his resignation letter to the White House at the request of the president, who tapped Matthew G. Whitaker, Mr. Sessions's chief of staff, as acting attorney general, raising questions about the future of the inquiry led by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III.
When David Cameron delivered his resignation speech outside No 10 on Friday, he said he would leave the task of triggering article 50 of the Lisbon treaty – the untested procedure governing how an EU member state leaves the bloc – to his successor.
"Martelly will pass, but Haiti will remain," Martelly said in the third person as he delivered his resignation address.
"Martelly will pass, but Haiti will remain," the president said in the third person as he delivered his resignation address on Sunday afternoon.
As a courier prepared to deliver his resignation letter to the White House, Ruckelshaus left his office.
