Example sentences of "was [verb] president " in BNC.

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1 Conference delegates were severely critical of Denis Sassou-Nguesso , who was to remain President , but with greatly reduced executive powers , during the transitional period .
2 Following the Communist victory over the pro-American regime in 1975 , Phat was named president of the short-lived Republic of South Vietnam .
3 Phat became NLF secretary-general in 1964 , and after the defeat in 1975 of the US-backed South Vietnam regime , Phat was named President of the short-lived South Vietnamese Provisional Revolutionary Government .
4 The agreement initially had the support of the leader of the Comité de forces vives , Albert Zafy , who was named president of the High Authority .
5 When Ngo Dinh Diem was proclaimed President of the ‘ Republic of Vietnam ’ in October 1955 compromise seemed impossible as he began to suppress all opposition , whether political or religious .
6 In the face of huge popular demonstrations in favour of Aquino and a growing mutiny within the armed forces , Marcos fled the country on Feb. 25 and Aquino was declared President [ see pp. 34297-302 ] .
7 After a protracted procedural wrangle it was agreed to hold a second ballot on June 25 , but shortly before the vote Jones withdrew from the contest and Loosley was declared president .
8 In the face of huge popular demonstrations in favour of Aquino and a growing mutiny within the armed forces , Marcos fled the country on Feb. 25 and Aquino was declared President .
9 You remember , he was appointed President of the Reichsmusikkammer in 1933 at the time when he was working on Die schweigsame Frau with Stefan Zweig .
10 Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe was appointed president of the new committee which is made up of three members from each of the former rival groups .
11 In 1916 , H. A. L. Fisher , the Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University , was appointed President of the Board of Education , with the promise that ‘ money would be found for ambitious educational measures ’ .
12 In this year , he was appointed President of the English Circle of Books Across the Sea , and also became a member of the Apollo Society which was dedicated to reviving " the neglected art of reading poetry and to show that poetry and music can be regarded as complementary " .
13 Robert Wilson was appointed President and will administer federation business from Hong Kong .
14 Rigby returned to Bombay in April 1854 and soon afterwards was appointed president of the examination committee for native languages — his latest recreation being the study of Turkish .
15 Andrés Bianchi ( deputy executive secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America — ECLA ) was appointed president of the board for a two-year term .
16 Florakis was appointed president of the KKE 's central committee and remained president of Synaspismos .
17 Also in March Joao Aurigema Cruz Pinto was appointed President of the Supreme Court with the rank of minister , replacing Rui dos Merces Barreto , who was named as an ambassador .
18 On his release in 1977 Shekhar was appointed president of the newly created Janata Party .
19 Jorge Pereyra de Olazabal was appointed President of the National Development Bank .
20 In July 1990 Maria Schaumayer , a former ÖVP member of the Viennese provincial parliament , was appointed president of Österreichische Nationalbank , the Austrian central bank .
21 De Franco was appointed president of the Central Bank of Nicaragua replacing Raúl A. Lacayo Solórzano who had been criticized for his credit policies .
22 He was elected President of the Congregation in 1934 , the year of Leonard 's birth , which helped to cement even further that deep family loyalty to the institution .
23 This was the year in which Leonard was elected president of McGill 's Debating Society .
24 Two days later , when Rezso Nyers was elected president , he received Mr Gorbachev 's personal greetings .
25 He was a friend of Richard Nixon , however , and when Nixon was elected president in 1968 , he returned to the White House as the president 's physician .
26 He was elected president of French PEN in 1979 and immediately set about organising the world congress in Lyon .
27 • David Naish was elected president of the NFU this year .
28 In November 1945 , Tito was elected President of Yugoslavia .
29 General Charles de Gaulle was elected President of France , in 1958 , a position he held for eleven years .
30 Sir Robert Hermon-Hodge , later Lord Wyfold of Wyfold Court ( now Borocourt ) , was elected President .
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