Example sentences of "who was president of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Backing is being sought from influential colleagues including Sir John Kingman , Vice-Chancellor of Bristol University , who was president of the RSS until earlier this year , and Professor Peter Moore , former principal of the London Business School , the current RSS president . |
| 2 | The stocky man who was President of the United States was informed of the news from Haiti in the Lincoln Suite of the White House , which comprised the living quarters for the President and First Lady . |
| 3 | The 400-member Volkskammer approved this resolution with only six deputies opposing and 18 abstentions , while the Bundestag voted 487 to 15 ( opponents including the CDU deputy who was president of the " association of expellees " ) . |
| 4 | Papandreou , who was president of the main opposition party , the Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( Pasok ) , and had headed a Pasok government in 1981-89 , had consistently refused to appear in the courtroom or to send lawyers to represent him [ see pp. 38157-58 ] . |
| 5 | Pressure on Pérez increased on June 11 , when the main opposition Social-Christian Party ( COPEI ) withdrew Humberto Calderón Berti , the Foreign Affairs Minister , and José Ignacio Moreno León , a Minister of State who was president of the Venezuelan Fund for Investment , from the " national unity " Cabinet which they had both joined on March 10 [ see pp. 38809-10 ] . |
| 6 | who was President of Russia . |