But even if he formally assumes power in the near future, it will take him considerable time to emerge from the shadow of his father and assert himself as leader.
Ms. Mong, who formally assumes her new duties next week, comes to the museum from the Committee of 100, a Chinese-American leadership group whose founders include I. M. Pei and Yo-Yo Ma.
When Narendra Modi, 63, formally assumes the highest executive office in this simultaneously troubled, joyous, chaotic democracy of 1.25bn people, he will have to reconcile the ideological and the pragmatic.
The orchestra carried out a study last spring which it believes shows how a new 1,900-seat 1,900-seatll, to replace the leading Victorian venue destroyed in the blitz in 1941, could be constructed by the end of 2019, just a year after Rattle formally assumes his new role at the LSO.
Just days before Mitt Romney formally assumes the leadership of his party, he and his Republican colleagues are once again confronting the party's long-standing difficulty attracting the support of women — a demographic reality that could cost Mr. Romney the White House.
Ecuador formally assumes leadership of the influential group on Friday, and one of its top priorities will be the creation of an international body to combat the practice of hiding wealth in countries with low taxes and secretive financial laws.
