Sentence examples for outgoing officials from inspiring English sources

Under the leadership of Christopher Patten, outgoing officials hastily drew up the Hong Kong Basic Law in 1990 and the Bill of Rights Ordinance in 1991.

Though he was careful not to criticize outgoing officials directly, he said he believed Mr. Ivanishvili's government would create jobs, luring back Georgians who have moved overseas to work.

Citing weeks of strike action by fuel distributors that crippled the economy, the APC accused outgoing officials of creating an "atmosphere of contrived chaos" to sully 72-year-old Buhari's moment of political triumph.

The outgoing officials were Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh; the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Kenneth Minimah; the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Adesola Amosu, a presidential spokesman said.

Jonathan's People's Democratic Party PDPP) disputed the accusations from the APC that they were hindering the transfer of power, saying their political foes were being too demanding – especially given that the constitution says outgoing officials need not hand over anything other than simple notes.

Outgoing officials President Jiang Zemin, NPC Chair Li Peng, and Premier Zhu Rongji will leave their state offices, having already left their Party offices in the fall, and will cease to have any direct role in politics.

Ursell Arends, a friendly and outgoing official with the league we met later, said the league's popularity is growing.

"I can't think of any time at which an outgoing official suggested he ought to stay on because he's indispensable," Mr. Foner said.

The traditional avenues of employment for outgoing government officials -- corporations, nonprofit foundations or think tanks -- are clogged because of hiring freezes.

An outgoing UN official said that security is "at its lowest point" in Afghanistan since 2001.

Still, approaching an outgoing government official with a job offer can be dicey.