Paul Kolton was named as president of the exchange in 1971, making him the first person to be selected from within the exchange to serve as its leader, succeeding Ralph S. Saul, who announced his resignation in March 1971.

Lucas Rincon announced Hugo Chavez resignation on national TV.

On August 20, 1999, Bob Gebhard, the only general manager in franchise history, announced his resignation.

On November 16, 2007, Prime Minister of Georgia Zurab Noghaideli announced his resignation due to poor health conditions.

Sargent and the party negotiated a coalition government and at the 12 June 2007 membership meeting to approve the agreement, he announced his resignation as leader.

On 4 November 2007, leader of the main opposition party, Ichiro Ozawa announced his resignation from the post of party president, after controversy over an offer to the DPJ to join the ruling coalition in a grand coalition,

Soon afterward, however, Lewis denied that he was leaving the telethon at all, but on August 3, 2011, the MDA announced that Lewis resigned as chairman and telethon host, the circumstances leading to his resignation unknown.

On November 9, 2004, following George W. Bush's re-election, Ashcroft announced his resignation, which took effect on February 3, 2005 when the Senate confirmed White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales as the next attorney general.

In November the President faced yet more protests, as the opposition announced it would march on the capital and demand his resignation.

* Dr. George Marion Harmon ( 1978 – 2000 )-After 22 years of leading Millsaps College, Dr. Harmon announced his resignation in the Spring of 1999.

She announced her resignation in a speech to the Senate, concluding with a " pledge to bring the party back home to the members again ", and referring to her reluctance over colleagues ' attitude towards her.

Kinnock announced his resignation as Labour Party leader on 13 April 1992, ending eight and a half years in the role-making him the longest serving opposition leader in British political history.

When long-serving party leader Vernon Treatt announced his resignation in August 1954, Askin put his name forward to replace him.

With confidence in his leadership demolished, Treatt's Liberal Party descended into factional in-fighting culminating in the resignation of Deputy Leader Walter Howarth on the 22 July 1954, who publicly announced it on 4 July citing that he felt that Treatt doubted his loyalty.

In 1996, Compton announced his resignation as prime minister in favor of his chosen successor Dr. Vaughan Lewis, former director-general of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ).

On December 29, 2008, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed announced before a united parliament in Baidoa his resignation as President of Somalia.

On 29 December 2008, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed announced before a united parliament in Baidoa his resignation as President of Somalia.

Bracks announced his resignation as Premier on 27 July 2007, saying this was in order to spend more time with his family.

Bracks ' deputy John Thwaites announced his resignation on the same day.

In August 2007, following his resignation as Premier, Bracks announced he would provide a short-term pro bono advising role in East Timor working alongside the newly elected Prime Minister Xanana Gusmão.

At a board meeting in fall 2001, Turner's outburst against AOL Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin eventually led to the latter's announced resignation effective in early 2002, being replaced by Richard Parsons.

On 20 September 2008, he announced his resignation after being recalled by the African National Congress's National Executive Committee, following a conclusion by Judge Nicholson of improper interference in the National Prosecuting Authority ( NPA ), including the prosecution of Jacob Zuma for corruption.

It turned out that the Arthur Andersen board passed a resolution saying he had to resign if he didn't get at least an incremental US $ 4 billion ( either through negotiation or via the arbitrator decision ) for the consulting practice to split off, hence his quick resignation once the decision was announced.

On 24 March Prime Minister Juhan Parts announced his resignation following a vote of no confidence in the Riigikogu against Minister of Justice Ken-Marti Vaher, which was held on the 21 March.

Beresford continued his campaign outside of the navy and Fisher ultimately announced his resignation in late 1909, although the bulk of his policies were retained.

Appointment of William S. Pfaff Jr., 41, as promotion manager of The Times-Picayune Publishing Company was announced Saturday by John F. Tims, president of the company.

Gene Marshall, genial manager of the club, has announced that the Garden of the Gods will open to members Thursday, June 1.

Their lowest point came during the 1964 – 65 season when manager Juan Carlos Lorenzo announced that the club could not pay its players and was unlikely to be able to afford to travel to Vicenza to fulfil its next fixture.

New owner Wayne Weaver originally announced that he and team president David Seldin would look for a general manager and a head coach simultaneously.

On 5 January 2010, a senior manager of the Internet Explorer team at Microsoft announced on his official blog that Microsoft had just requested to join the SVG Working Group of the W3C in order to " take part in ensuring future versions of the SVG spec will meet the needs of developers and end users ," although no plans for SVG support in Internet Explorer were mentioned at that time.

On October 2, 2006, the day after the end of the regular season, the Giants announced that they would not renew the contract of manager Felipe Alou, but did extend him an offer to remain with the club in an advisory role to the general manager and to baseball operations.

On October 4, 2005, the Rangers announced that John Hart would step down as general manager and that Jon Daniels was being promoted from assistant general manager to replace him.

At the convention, Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota, the keynote speaker, announced for Willkie and became his official floor manager.

As a result, in December 2011, the State Board announced a Consent Agreement and levied the biggest fine in its history, $ 18, 000, against Stanetsky and SCI, and suspended the license of the Stanetsky general manager for a year.

For the stadium's first game, the announced attendance was 74, 217 ( with another 25, 000 turned away ); however, Yankees business manager Ed Barrow later admitted that this number was likely heavily overestimated.

At the 1940 Republican National Convention itself, keynote speaker Harold Stassen, the Governor of Minnesota, announced his support for Willkie and became his official floor manager.

In May 2007, Van Basten announced the end of his long-running dispute with Real Madrid forward Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had previously declared never to play for a Dutch national squad with Van Basten as its manager.

On 13 February 2012, it was announced that Van Basten would become the manager of Eredivisie club Heerenveen in the 2012 – 13 season.

Villeneuve racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in early 2008. In a subsequent interview with Autosport magazine, Villeneuve's manager Craig Pollock confirmed that Villeneuve's Formula One career was over It was announced on August 24, 2007 that Villeneuve would run the remaining seven races in the Craftsman Truck Series driving a Toyota Tundra for Bill Davis Racing and undertake a full-time Sprint Cup schedule in 2008.

On July 8, 2009 manager Tommy John announced he was stepping down and Willie Upshaw was picked to take his place.

On the day he fired Stirling, Milbury also announced that he would step down as general manager once a successor was found.

On 9 February 2006, it was announced by chairman David Murray that McLeish would be standing down as manager at the end of that season.

However, amid claims of disharmony between the manager and captain Barry Ferguson, it was announced on 4 January 2007 that Le Guen had left Rangers by mutual consent.

Ally McCoist was announced as the new Rangers manager beginning in June 2011.

CEO Alex Martins announced former Oklahoma City assistant general manager Rob Hennigan as the new general manager for the Orlando Magic on June 20, 2012.

Wilco announced via their web site and Twitter page on January 27, 2011 that the new label will be called dBpm Records ( Decibels per Minute ) and will be run out of the offices of their manager, Tony Margherita, in Easthampton, MA.