12 sentences with “elected”

The legislature is a body composed of elected representatives responsible for making laws.

To be elected President or Vice President of the nation, it is necessary to be a native Argentine or, if born abroad, to be the child of a native citizen (who was born in the country) and to meet the other requirements to be a senator. That is, to be over thirty years old and to have at least six years of citizenship exercise.

Venice was ruled by a council of merchants headed by an elected official, the Doge.

An assembly, called the Centurian Assembly, was elected by the citizens and made laws.

As noted, they were at that time a monarchy, ruled by (possibly) Etruscan kings, but with powerful Romans acting as advisors in an elected senate.

The Council elected the Medici as the family of Florence for the next generation, and Cosimo was described by a contemporary as a "king in all but name".

In 509 BC. (according to their own legends), the Romans overthrew the last Etruscan king and established a fully republican form of government, with elected senators making all major political decisions.

Also, governance was closely linked to clan membership, as each king was the head of the most powerful clan and not an elected official or even necessarily a hereditary monarchy that transcended clan lines.

Meanwhile, in 1206 the Mongols elected a leader named Temujin (b. 1167) "Khan", which simply means "lord" or "warlord". The election was the culmination of years of battles and struggles between Temujin and various rival clan leaders.

In fact, in the early modern period, the emperor was an elected office. That phenomenon began in 1356 when a pragmatic emperor, Charles IV, issued the Golden Bull, which created a system whereby future emperors would be elected by their most powerful subjects.

The movement elected a new pope, Martin V, and asserted that ecclesiastical councils could and should have ultimate authority over papal appointments - this concept was known as the via consilii, the existence of a great council with binding powers over church leadership.

In 656 Uthman died, the victim of a brief Egyptian rebellion against the Arabs. Ali was elected as the next caliph, apparently ending the dispute over who should lead the Ummah. Unfortunately for Muslim unity, however, a significant number of Arab leaders disagreed with Ali's policies and chose to support a potential rival caliph, a relative of Uthman's named Muawiya, a member of the Umayyad clan that ruled Syria.