incumbent
incumbente
definition
noun
Voters may look back on an incumbent 's performance in office, and cast a retrospective vote, or may compare what the candidates promise to do if elected to office, and vote prospectively.
the holder of an office or post.
adjective
it is incumbent on all decent people to concentrate on destroying this evil
necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.
the incumbent president had been defeated
(of an official or regime) currently holding office.
translation of 'incumbent'
adjective
apoiado,
inclinado,
incumbente
example
Then as now, a majority of the electorate disapproved of the 'incumbent' 's performance.
‘If we were heads of these localities, we might act in the same way as these 'incumbent' officials did,’ Lee admitted.
Later Prime Ministers were unwilling to challenge those interests; the present 'incumbent' may be unable to do so.
The trainee pastor, on loan to the church because the resident 'incumbent' has gone off his rocker, is so damp behind the ears he doesn't notice when ladies make passes.
A provost is the head of the cathedral chapter in a number of the Church of England's more recently created dioceses in which the cathedral is also a parish church and the provost is the 'incumbent' .
Without question, survival is a basic goal of 'incumbent' regimes of all nation-states; North Korea is no exception.
They were media events, too, staged as much for the international press corps as to put pressure on the 'incumbent' regimes.
Unless an 'incumbent' government takes an active interest in improving the supply of public services, benign neglect will inevitably lead to a gradual deterioration.
And while the official results are still coming in it appears 'incumbent' governments across Europe have suffered at the hands of voters.
The 'incumbent' officials no doubt feel the need to do something to boost their standing in the eyes of union members increasingly disillusioned with the erosion of conditions.
Yet, the 'incumbent' government has been generous to the group by taking lenient measures against its members who are on police's wanted list for their unlawful activities over the past years.
Yet, the reform drive should not concentrate only on ousting old faces allegedly responsible for the corruption and misadministraion of the 'incumbent' government.
Meanwhile, the legislative districts are designed to protect the 'incumbent' .
They are also calling on the city executive to stop transferring workers who are aligned with political opponents of 'incumbent' officials.
Voters may look back on an 'incumbent' 's performance in office, and cast a retrospective vote, or may compare what the candidates promise to do if elected to office, and vote prospectively.
Elections in which an incumbent president is running typically are referenda on the job performance of the 'incumbent' .
A change in anyone's government gets far more attention than an election that returns the 'incumbent' government to office.
And the 'incumbent' governor of Mississippi is a Democrat.
Each year the 'incumbent' officials perform ceremonies to remember the event.
Thus, in mulling over a formula for my ideal PM, I found it helpful to consider separately the office, the 'incumbent' , the candidate.
In a democracy, on the eve of a quadrennial election, the 'incumbent' government plainly has a motive to encourage the media to report positively on its record but also negatively on the rival.
These models essentially confirm that the level of economic pain we are now feeling is not commensurate with voting an 'incumbent' president out of office.
It is a small union and it does not take many votes to defeat an 'incumbent' official.
The GNP is standing at the crossroads, facing a road to a permanent opposition party or being reborn as the main pillar to support national politics as the alternative force of the 'incumbent' regime.
For 12 months cameras will follow the fortunes of the St Mary Magdalene's, which at present is being looked after by a vicar from a neighbouring parish, as the new 'incumbent' tries to make a difference.
He visited the eclectic congregation systematically and, with the support of the 'incumbent' , initiated weekly Bible studies, men's meetings and other teaching activities.
It is also in part the result of the greater importance of the Council Presidency and the fact that the 'incumbent' of this Office will often have an agenda which he or she wishes to see achieved.
Instead of highlighting the brutality sustaining the 'incumbent' regimes in power, these analysts blame the victims.
The present 'incumbent' is I think magnificent at not being rattled by anything.
It is difficult to defeat an 'incumbent' governor.
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