Sentence examples for was still appointed from inspiring English sources

Labour's candidate, Dr Gordon Adam, has been a European parliament member since 1979 and was a mayor of North Tyneside when the post was still appointed by councillors.

The Chancellor, now the equivalent of a commandery Administrator, was retained, although he was still appointed by the central government.

For instance, the qadi ("chief justice") of Damascus was still appointed by the Abbasids during Ayyubid rule.

The Imperial Counselors and Nine Ministers (excluding the Minister Coachman) of every kingdom were abolished, although the Chancellor was still appointed by the central government.

After 30 AD, all Commandants who were not located in distant frontier commanderies were abolished, yet if the commandery was located along borders where raids and armed incursions by hostile nomadic groups were frequent, he was still appointed.

Too many of them are still appointed for narrow political reasons, regardless of their past record.

Officially, the bey remained an absolute monarch: Tunisian ministers were still appointed, the government structure was preserved, and Tunisians continued to be subjects of the bey.

And though its 15-member board is still appointed by the county executive, the hospital is free of official government oversight.

Members of the Shura Council, the body that serves as a Parliament, are still appointed by the king, despite repeated calls to elect them.

Despite publicity about village council elections, local party officials wield the real power, and they are still appointed from above rather than elected from below.

In 1993, when governors were still appointed by Moscow, he was sacked by President Boris Yeltsin only to storm back into office as Russia's first directly elected governor when the rules changed, in 1995.