Recently she has been elected a member of the ACM Europe Council and joined the ACM Women Europe Executive Committee.
This "dictator", the country's president Rafael Correa, has been elected twice with overwhelming majorities, most recently notching up 52% in 2009, more than 20% ahead of his nearest rival.
Junot Diaz has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize board.
Labour's Ros Jones has been elected.
Since 1973, only four girls have been elected, most recently in 2003.
Though candidates on the right as well as the left say they are concerned about advancing Indian interests and rights, no Indian has ever held a cabinet post, they complained, and until very recently few had been elected to Congress.
There are hints of change: women in top national leadership positions — president or prime minister — have more than quadrupled between 1950 and 2004, from four to 18. Recently, women have been elected in every corner of the globe, including, Chile, Germany, Liberia, and South Korea.
Recently, Cricket (not her real name) had been elected an officer of the pool committee, my mother reported.
He recently passed the 100 day landmark as Leader of the Opposition, having been elected by a landslide in September.
"I've been elected by the people.
"So many Republicans have been elected.
