Sentence examples for served resigned from inspiring English sources

Mitri had been working on a comprehensive law to include print, broadcast and online outlets, but took too long to reach the drafting stage and was stumped when the government he served resigned in January 2011.

In January 2009, President Obama appointed Ms. Duckworth as Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs, where she served until resigning last June.

He was elected again in 2000 and served until he resigned in October.

He served five days, resigned to become a Confederate general, and opened the Civil War by directing the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

And then there is Saif's foundation, on whose international board I served until I resigned in protest at the outset of the insurgency.

Unfortunately, like the president he served, Agnew eventually resigned in disgrace after reports indicated that he had evaded taxes, laundered money, and taken bribes.

Bement agreed to serve after Rita Colwell resigned 6 months short of completing her 6-year term (ScienceNOW, 11 February).

Mr. Perry's campaign said he served without pay and resigned after a year.

He was eventually found to have defrauded his investors, resigned and served nearly five years in prison.

In October, after Reinfeldt resigned—having served the longest tenure of any conservative prime minister in Swedish history Stefan Löfven, leader of the Social Democrats, became prime minister at the head of a minority coalition government with the Green Party.

The son of a well-known activist lawyer, he was president of the City Council before replacing Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick after Mr. Kilpatrick resigned and served jail time for lying to cover up an affair he was having with his chief of staff.