Example sentences of "had been chair " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 18 the Supreme Soviet in Azerbaijan elected Ayaz Niyaz ogly Mutalibov , the Azerbaijan Communist Party first secretary , to the post of President of the Republic , and Elmira Kafarova to the separate post of Chair of the Supreme Soviet ( previously she had been Chair of the Supreme Soviet Presidium ) . |
| 2 | Previously he had been Chair of the Supreme Soviet Presidium . |
| 3 | The Austrian Communist Party ( Kommunistische Partei Österreichs — KPÖ ) at its congress in Vienna on Jan. 20-21 , 1990 , accepted the decision of Franz Muhri , who had been chair for 25 years , not to stand for re-election . |
| 4 | Gamsakhurdia was elected by the Georgian Supreme Soviet on April 14 to the new post of executive President of Georgia ( his previous title had been Chair of the Supreme Soviet ) . |
| 5 | Aspin , 54 , had been chair of the House armed services committee for seven years . |