Sentence examples for was formally elected from inspiring English sources

De Klerk was formally elected president by South Africa's tricameral Parliament on September 14.

By March 1968, he was formally elected president by the tame provisional parliament.

Mr. Hu was formally elected to the top spot this morning at a pro-forma meeting of the newly appointed Central Committee.

One of the bigger outlays: FILA bankrolled the flights and hotel stays of representatives from 132 countries who traveled to Moscow in May for what was called an Extraordinary Congress, where Mr. Lalovic was formally elected.

Fine Gael subsequently formed a coalition with Labour, and Kenny was formally elected taoiseach (prime minister) in March 2011 by the greatest margin in the history of the Dáil.

Mr. Boehner's rise to speaker was a foregone conclusion, but he was formally elected on a vote of a 241 votes for him to 173 for Ms. Pelosi as all lawmakers were called on by name to announce their choice.

"Even during Stalin's time, even during Soviet times, all deputies were formally elected.

Dos Santos has led Angola for 36 years, despite having never been formally elected.

Mr. Racicot is scheduled to be formally elected at the party's meeting in Austin, Tex., next week.

To be formally elected next month, Mr. Silver must get a majority of those members who vote for a candidate.

It will also name a new president, who will be formally elected at the annual shareholders' meeting in June.