Sentences with phrase «as party president»

Even if Zuma was to develop the authoritarian impulses of a Mugabe, he would be checked — not least by his own party, which set a continental precedent by ousting Thabo Mbeki in 2007, after it felt he had outstayed his welcome by seeking a third term as party president.

Following Baroness Ros Scott's decision not to seek a second term as Party President, the race is on to become the Liberal Democrats» first new President under the Coalition government — a role that is increasingly significant given the Party's participation in said Coalition.

His four years as party president obliged him to tour the country, cheering up the coalition - beleaguered activists.

Not exact matches

It's anyone's guess who Clinton would choose to run as vice president, and a bit early to come to any conclusions when the Democratic Party hasn't even made its nomination.

On March 15, one of the contenders to become China's president for the next decade, Bo Xilai, was sacked as the Communist Party boss for Chongqing, an inland megalopolis with a population roughly equal to Canada's.

But while history may also be on the Democrats» side — the party in power often loses Congressional seats after a President's first two years in office, even when that President is not as controversial as the current occupant — they actually face a very difficult Senate map.

Bloomberg considered running for president as a third - party candidate earlier this year, but ultimately decided against it.

said members of the Democratic Women's Working Group were encouraging lawmakers of all parties and genders to participate, but the protest is likely to be seen as a direct critique of President Trump, who has been accused of sexual misconduct.

China claims Taiwan as its sacred territory, and its hostility towards the island has grown since the 2016 election as president of Tsai Ing - wen from the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party.

The decision may be a blow to the Republican Party's fundraising as it gears up for midterm elections in November with an unpopular president as its standard - bearer.

Perry, who also ran for president in the 2012, making much of his five years in the U.S. Air Force, was first elected to the Texas House of Representatives as a Democrat 1984, but he switched party affiliations in 1990.

Melania Trump, right, looks on as her husband President - elect Donald Trump talks to reporters during a New Year's Eve party at Mar - a-Lago, Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo / Evan Vucci)

Harris has been seen as a rising star in the party for some time, her fans including President Obama, who once praised her in imprudent terms.

The charges against Gates and Manafort stem from their financial dealings and their work as political consultants for Ukraine's pro-Russia Party of Regions and former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

When everyone's under one roof, it's easier to bring everyone together for ice - cream socials and parties honoring the company's local ties, as well as for cofounders Dan Behm (president) and Jim VanderMey (chief innovation officer) to attend the events.

President Cristina Fernandez's Peronist party is facing a tough battle to elect her successor as 30 percent inflation, a restriction on dollar purchases and a stubborn refusal to settle with creditors from its 2001 default erode support.

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who was president from 2007 to 2015 (Macri defeated a candidate from her coalition), has emerged as a leading candidate with a new party, Unidad Ciudadana.

The idea of abolishing or reducing the power of the EPA isn't entirely new to Republican Party politics — even though it would have been unimaginable under Republican presidents from Richard Nixon, who oversaw the agency's founding, to George W. Bush, whose EPA head has opposed Trump's EPA administrator pick as «disdainful» of the agency's mission.

When Mark Wallace joined Medgate as president and CEO, he decided he would host a company party in his backyard every summer.

«This is a sham lawsuit about a bogus Russian collusion claim filed by a desperate, dysfunctional, and nearly insolvent Democratic Party,» said Brad Parscale, Campaign Manager of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. «With the Democrats» conspiracy theories against the President's campaign evaporating as quickly as the failing DNC's fundraising, they've sunk to a new low to raise money, especially among small donors who have abandoned them.

Here's something that might alarm financial markets as much as President Trump's trade war threats: his reshaped Republican Party doesn't much mind them.

Bill Stepien, the White House's political director, said relations between the party and the president are as good now as they were in the mid-2000s, when he worked at the RNC while George W. Bush was president.

According to recent polls, the party led by the outspoken Marine Le Pen is set to capture victories in as many as three regions out of 13 «super regions» created by French President Francois Hollande.

During that incident and throughout her interviews in general, Le Pen and her entourage — much as US President Donald Trump has — constantly accuse the media of misrepresenting her party, herself, and her family.

BEIJING — A one - time candidate to succeed Chinese President Xi Jinping pleaded guilty to bribery charges on Thursday following a speedy process that is seen as a message to fellow members of the country's Communist Party.

He succeeded Hu Jintao as leader of the Communist Party and was elected president in March 2013.

As the NRA and gun manufacturers dumped millions into Trump and the Republican Party in 2016, Clinton may have been a boon to the industry as presidenAs the NRA and gun manufacturers dumped millions into Trump and the Republican Party in 2016, Clinton may have been a boon to the industry as presidenas president.

(Most Democrats also favor free trade, as have the last several presidents of both parties.)

Menlo Park, California - based social media behemoth Facebook Inc's co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has rejected allegations against his company in the recently concluded US election where Republican Party's Donald Trump was elected as the country's 45th president.

Sadowsky also serves as President of TD Ameritrade's insurance agency, overseeing the distribution of third party annuity products.

Double - digit inflation is Turkey's most pressing economic problem, and a growing worry for President Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party as they head into elections on June 24.

The Senate voted largely along party lines Wednesday to confirm a former Marylander as President Donald J. Trump's head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

«If the parties agreed to binding arbitration, they have waived their right to file a lawsuit,» said H. Christopher Bartolomucci, a law partner at Kirkland & Ellis in Washington who previously worked in the White House as associate counsel to President George W. Bush.

But in a normally functioning political party, a president — who has to stand for reelection before a national audience — serves as a restraining force for congressional party members, who mostly have safe seats and can afford to indulge in ideological flights of fancy.

Tanaka's predecessors as presidents of the laptops - to - nuclear conglomerate, Vice Chairman Norio Sasaki and adviser Atsutoshi Nishida, will also step down after the third - party report showed they played a part in the overstatement of profits going back to the 2008 financial year.

The president on Thursday morning tweeted that Cohen «received a monthly retainer, not from the campaign and having nothing to do with the campaign, from which he entered into, through reimbursement, a private contract between two parties, known as a non-disclosure agreement, or NDA.»

The general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party — usually referred to in English by his far less important title of «president» — is the heart of a weeklong love fest in Beijing as officials gather to determine the makeup of the leadership for the next five years and more.

The Cuban government on Wednesday selected 57 - year - old First Vice President Miguel Mario Diaz - Canel Bermudez as the sole candidate to succeed President Raul Castro in a transition aimed at ensuring that the country's single - party system outlasts the aging revolutionaries who created it.

Sharon Anderson - Cox is a senior vice president and is responsible for supervising due diligence as well as purchasing properties for Inland - related parties.

President Xi Jinping declared China is entering a «new era» of challenges and opportunities on October 18, as he opened a Communist Party congress expected to enhance his already formidable power.

China's Xi now on par with Mao At the conclusion of a weeklong congress of China's Communist Party, Xi Jinping was elected to a second term as president.

He served as President of the Conservative Party of Canada Wetaskiwin Electoral District Association from 2007 to 2010 and was Communications Director for MP Blaine Calkins during the 2011 federal election.

Calgary MLA Dave Taylor gave Dr. Swann a verbal lashing when he left the Liberal caucus earlier this past year and last week Tony Sansotta resigned as President after co-signing a letter with Dr. Swann appealing for cooperation with other opposition parties.

It is no coincidence that in December 2015, for the first time since 1916, a nonradical or non-Peronist party candidate, Mauricio Macri, was democratically elected as president and sworn into office.

Liberal Party President Erick Ambtman edged out Calgary - Buffalo MLA Kent Hehr in the latest blog poll asking readers of this blog who they thought should replace Calgary - Mountain View MLA David Swann as leader of his pParty President Erick Ambtman edged out Calgary - Buffalo MLA Kent Hehr in the latest blog poll asking readers of this blog who they thought should replace Calgary - Mountain View MLA David Swann as leader of his partyparty.

WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers appeared to secure enough votes on Friday to pass the most sweeping tax overhaul in decades, putting them on the cusp of their first significant legislative victory as leaders geared up to pass a $ 1.5 trillion tax cut along party lines and send it to President Trump by Christmas.

Presidents of both U.S. parties rely on Wall Street for major political campaign contributions, as do heads of the key Senate and Congressional banking and finance committees.

What Clinton was trying to avoid during his first term as president, says Marcus, was discovery, the process by which lawyers seek information from the opposing parties before trial to build their case.

Leaders of both parties appointed Wall Street consultant - lobbyist Alan Greenspan as Federal Reserve Chairman, and promoted New York Federal Reserve President Tim Geithner to Treasury Secretary.

White House aides had been eyeing third - party countries, such as Singapore, for the historic summit, but the president sees a bigger theater in demilitarized zone.