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121 president
n (тж President)1) президент2) председатель•to be sworn in as acting president — быть приведенным к присяге в качестве исполняющего обязанности президента
to block confirmation of smb as president — мешать утверждению кого-л. в качестве президента
to confirm smb as president — утверждать кого-л. в должности президента
to entrust the president (with) — возлагать на президента (напр. решение каких-л. вопросов)
to install smb as president — вводить кого-л. в должность президента
- activist presidentto re-elect smb (as) president — переизбирать кого-л. на пост президента
- actual president
- adviser to the president
- bread-and-butter president
- caretaker president
- ceremonial president
- contender for president
- current president
- democratically elected president
- Deputy President
- executive president
- former president
- heir to the president
- honorary president
- illegitimate president
- inauguration of the president
- incumbent president
- interim president
- lame-duck president
- life president
- minority president
- nominal president
- outgoing president
- party president
- past president
- president designate
- president elect
- president emeritus
- president for life
- President of the Senate
- president pro tempore
- pro-reform president
- regional presidents
- replacement of the president
- Senate President
- serving president
- sitting president
- state president
- swearing-in of a new president
- temporary president
- The President of the General Assembly
- The President of the UN General Assembly
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122 presidential transition
Период между избранием президента США [ president elect; sitting President] и его инаугурацией [ inauguration]. До принятия Двадцатой поправки [ Twentieth Amendment; Lame Duck Amendment] этот период заканчивался 4 марта следующего за выборами года, ныне инаугурация происходит 20 января. Если на новый срок не переизбран находящийся на своем посту президент, этот период обычно характеризуется усилением трений между существующей администрацией и сотрудниками нового президентаEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > presidential transition
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