Elected king of Poland, but never crowned.

Elected king of the Ostrogoths in 541 after the death of his uncle Ildibad, having engineered the assassination of Ildibad's short-lived successor, his cousin Eraric in 541.

Elected king of Poland in 1632, Władysław was fairly successful in defending the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth against invasion, most notably in the Smolensk War of 1632 – 34, in which he participated personally.

Elected to serve until 9 January 2009, he unilaterally extended his term for another year and continues in office even after that second deadline expired.

Elected County Councillor for the Conservative Party, he immediately starts dreaming of climbing the ladder of success even further and becoming an MP.

Elected to the National Convention in September 1792, he developed moderate, even reactionary views, becoming one of the fiercest opponents of The Mountain-although he never wavered in his support for the French Republic.

Elected officials too were subject to review before holding office and scrutiny after office.

Elected President by popular vote in 1848, he initiated a coup d ' état in 1851, before ascending the throne as Napoleon III on 2 December 1852, the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I's coronation.

These emperors used a variety of titles ( most frequently " Imperator Augustus ") before finally settling on Imperator Romanus Electus (" Elected Roman Emperor ").

Elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1952, he became provincial Liberal leader in 1958 and led his party to victory in 1960, 1963 and 1967 before being defeated by Richard Hatfield's Conservatives in the 1970 election.

Elected to the British House of Commons in the Labour landslide of 1997, Clarke served just over a year on the back benches before joining the government as a junior education minister in July 1998.

Elected by an ample margin, UCR leader Raúl Alfonsín left Frondizi out of the economic policy discussions he held before taking office, and Frigerio succeeded the ailing Frondizi as President of the MID in 1986, though the latter remained influential in the party.

Elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Lewisham in 1971, he became the Mayor of Lewisham in 1977, before quitting the council at the 1990 London Borough elections.

Elected principal of Bellefonte High School at the age of 18, Hastings finally pursued higher education, including at Bellefonte Academy, to further his career and, like many governors before him, studied law.

Elected trustees serve 4-year terms with reelection possible up to a maximum of 12 continuous years, after which an individual must be off the board for at least one year before becoming eligible to return.

Elected to the Perth-Andover village council in 1989, he represented the village on the Grand Falls Regional Economic Development Commission before resigning in 1991, when he moved to Fredericton to work for the Research and Productivity Council.

Elected President of the Republic of Poland in defeating the runner up Donald Tusk, by polling 8, 257, 468 votes, constituting 54. 04 percent of the vote, Kaczyński assumed office on 23 December 2005 by taking an oath before the National Assembly.

Elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1820, Vance served seven terms before losing a bid for an eighth term in 1834.

Elected as a Conservative, he was forced to resign the position of Chief Whip, before being expelled from the party over investigation into his expenses.

Elected to the see of Cordova before the end of the 3rd century, he narrowly escaped martyrdom in the persecution of Maximian ( 303-305 ).

Elected to a fourth term in 1946, he died before taking office.

Elected Manchester's first MP, he did not sit for long before Parliament was again dissolved, leading to the Rule of the Major Generals: effectively martial law.

Elected to the Texas Senate, he served three terms, before retiring from politics in 1849.

Elected a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, in 1840, he worked tutoring and in the library before taking deacon's orders in 1846 and giving up his passion for hunting.

Elected to the State Duma as a member of the Democratic Party of Russia in 1993 where he would first associate with the likes of his then-friend, and later bitter rival, Dmitry Rogozin, he resigned from office before his first four-year term was complete, as he had been named economic security advisor for the Federation Council of Russia and head of the Council's analytical department.

Elected King of the Romans 16 February 1486 in Frankfurt-am-Main at his father's initiative and crowned on 9 April 1486 in Aachen, Maximilian also stood at the head of the Holy Roman Empire upon his father's death in 1493.

Elected to the Knesset in 2003, Omri Sharon closely supported his father's positions on many issues, stepping out in his own direction on only one issue-the environment in Israel-in this arena it appeared that the father supported the son.

Elected shortly after the death of Agatho, Leo was not consecrated for over a year and a half.

Elected Senator on 30 January 1876, he continued to support the government of the republic against the reactionary opposition until his death on 20 January 1880.

Elected to the National Convention by the Pas-de-Calais département, he associated himself with the Girondists, but strongly opposed the death sentence on King Louis XVI.

Elected again in 1832, he served until his death in Philadelphia on May 24, 1833.

Elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1931 representing the Australian Labor Party, Dwyer served as Deputy Premier of Tasmania from August 1958 to May 1959 and remained in office until his death.

Elected hetman upon the death of Khmelnytsky, Vyhovsky sought to find a counterbalance to the pervasive Russian influence present in Ukraine after the 1654 Treaty of Pereyaslav.

* Fady Karam – Elected in 2012, ( won the by-elections in Koura after the death of MP Farid Habib )

Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1965, until his death in Washington, D. C., on March 25, 1988.

* Obituary: " Giorgio Carbone, Elected Prince of Seborga, Dies at 73 ", The New York Times, 12 December 2009 to record the date of death

Elected to the National Convention by the department of Seine-et-Oise, Treilhard was President ( 27 December 1792-10 January 1794 ) of the National Convention, and in this capacity served as first magistrate during a part of the trial of Louis XVI, in which he voted for death without reprieve.

Elected to the city council were Mike Henry, Rick Lipan, Joe Greene, Charlotte Kish, Amanda Langmaid, and Richard Pouliot.

* Bishop Louis Henry Ford 1990-1995-Second Elected Presiding Bishop ( elected twice )

** Henry Cox Jones ( took his seat on 29 April 1861 – Elected to fill vacancy )

Elected as the ninth Vice President in 1992, Narayanan went on to become President in 1997.

Elected to a second term in 2002, he resigned and went into exile in the United States of America in October 2003 after violent protests related to the Bolivian gas conflict in which some 60 protesters, soldiers and policemen died.

Elected as the party leader in January, Bourassa went on to win the April 29, 1970 general election, and his tenure as Premier of Quebec became closely linked to hydroelectric development in general and with the James Bay project in particular.

Elected to the National Convention in September 1792, he was sent to the army of the North, near Nice, to justify the insurrection ; he announced the take of Sospel and went back to Paris in autumn.

Elected to the Supreme Council of Georgia the same year, he was closely associated with Zviad Gamsakhurdia, a Soviet-era dissident who went on to become the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Council and eventually the President of Georgia in 1991.

Elected député by the noblesse of Forex to the Estates-General in 1789, he went over to the Third Estate on the 21st of June and collaborated in the work of the National Constituent Assembly, especially occupying himself with the reorganization of the navy.

Elected that fall, Kidd went to Frankfort and took her seat in Kentucky's General Assembly.

Elected as the youngest director ever to sit on the Board of the Cincinnati, Ohio Chamber of Commerce, D ' Souza went on to draw national attention to the issues of talent retention, diversity and leadership transition in American cities, often in the context of creative class issues a la Richard Florida.