Sentence examples for general presidency from inspiring English sources

A hashtag on Twitter was started on the news of Attar and Shahrkhani's participation that translates into "Nawaf offers up Saudi women to the Olympics" in reference to Prince Nawaf bin Faisal, head of the general presidency of youth welfare.

Physical education for girls is banned in the public school system and while there are more than 150 official sports clubs regulated by the sports ministry, general presidency of youth welfare, none of them even allow women on the grounds, never mind to actually play.

In April the head of the General Presidency of Youth Welfare, which regulates sport in Saudi Arabia, said it would not prevent women from competing but they would not have official government endorsement.

Prince Nawaf retains however ultimate power through his position as head of the Saudi Olympic Committee and the government's General Presidency of Youth Welfare that effectively controls the SAFF.

(Reuters) AFRICA IVORY COAST: GENERAL SEEKS PRESIDENCY -- Gen. Robert Guei, who seized power in a coup last year, declared his interest in running as a candidate in the presidential election scheduled for September.

In the tradition of other generals with limited political experience before ascending to the presidency, General Clark, 58, said today that he wanted to be president and told CNN that he believed he was the most qualified person for the job.

Reports of Mr. Olson's candidacy suggested that President Bush, in choosing the third attorney general of his presidency, might defy calls from Democrats and choose another Republican who is considered a staunch partisan to lead the Justice Department.

Some say that you were passed over for attorney general before the presidency.

Terwilliger, who served as deputy attorney general during the presidency of George H.W. Bush, did not respond to telephone messages at his office yesterday.

As director general of the presidency (in the White House he would have been known as chief of staff), he was Mandela's most loyal adviser, a man who knew Mandela as well as Mandela knew himself.

Yet, for all the attacks on neo-liberalism, of the two big opposition parties, the free-market PAN also did well locally and took slightly more of the congressional vote than the PRD.In Bolivia last year, disillusion with free-marketry brought to the presidency General Hugo Banzer, a conservative former dictator.