Sentence examples for was elected governing from inspiring English sources

He was vice-president of the Bundestag (deputy speaker) for two years until 1981, when he was elected governing mayor of West Berlin, a post he held until chosen as federal president by the electoral college of federal and state parliamentary deputies.

An ex-president should go some nice quiet little place, not be second-guessing national politics, letting whoever was elected govern the country, make mistakes and get things right but let them govern the country, and after a time think about what to do with his life.

Market values, exemplified by the use of money as a key measure and medium of political efficacy, have gained increasing impact on how campaigns are run and on how those who are elected govern.

Hamas was elected to govern Gaza.

In 2002 he was elected to govern Massachusetts, normally a Democratic stronghold.

But he was elected to govern, not to play for time.

As an interim measure, Godfrey was elected to govern and took the modest title of Defender of the Holy Sepulchre.

Almost from the moment it was elected to govern in 1994 after decades of fighting to end apartheid, the A.N.C. has struggled with allegations of graft.

On Tuesday, he displayed his inadequacies yet again by sympathizing with white supremacists, refusing to identify the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer as a terrorist attack, and failing to express complete intolerance for such acts of hate in a country he was elected to govern.

If an opposing party was elected, the new governing party would bring in its own employees.

A quick-witted speaker with impressive rhetorical and political skills, Wang was elected to the governing board of the Chinese Writers Associationn.