Example sentences of "had been vice-president " in BNC.
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1 | Gardner Heidrick , like Sydney Boyden , originally came from Booz , Allen & Hamilton , having joined them in 1951 ; John Struggles , also like Boyden , had been Vice-president of the mail-order house Montgomery Ward . |
2 | A delegation of the International Federation of the Rights of Man ( FIDH ) of which Marianella had been Vice-President , was immediately sent to El Salvador to investigate the case . |
3 | Kibaki was widely regarded as one of the most powerful government members ; he had been in the Cabinet for over 20 years and had been Vice-President until 1988 . |
4 | De Benedetti had been vice-president and a major shareholder of the Banco Ambrosiano from November 1981 to January 1982 , before ceding control to Roberto Calvi , who was found hanged in London in April 1982 [ see p. 32083 ] . |
5 | In an open letter on Sept. 7 to the Uzbek Supreme Soviet , Shakurulla Mirsaidov , who had formerly served as Uzbek Prime Minister and had been Vice-President until November 1991 , announced his resignation as Deputy Chair of the Uzbek Supreme Soviet and as a people 's deputy , because of " the replacement of democracy and openness by an authoritarian regime " ; increased repression of the opposition had been noted in Uzbekistan in preceding months [ see p. 39010 ] . |
6 | The Federal Assembly ( Bundesversammlung ) on Dec. 9 elected Adolf Ogi and Otto Stich as President and Vice-President for 1993 respectively ( Ogi had been Vice-President for 1992 ) . |