Starting with founder Hugues de Payens in 1118 – 1119, the Order's highest office was that of Grand Master, a position which was held for life, though considering the martial nature of the Order, this could mean a very short tenure.

The professors on the tenure track have the highest degree in their field.

He attained the highest public office as one of the Prytaneis ( presidents, having a six months tenure ) of Rhodes.

Place into the hands of farmers the largest number and highest quality tools possible ( tools is used here to refer to improved production techniques, improved seeds, secure land tenure, accurate weather forecasts, etc.

Such tenure constituted the holder a feudal baron, and was the highest degree of tenure.

Once it was established that succession to the church presidency derived from longest tenure in an office held for life, the hierarchy aged markedly, and with the growth of the church the age at which officials were named to the highest bodies continued to rise.

" By the end of Vasquez's tenure, 16 percent of the 7, 810 volunteers were minorities — the highest percentage since the agency began collecting data on volunteer diversity.

During his tenure, said the Chicago Tribune, Rigovsky developed the school into " one of the highest scoring and most scholastically respected high schools in the Chicago area.

" Hynek wrote that during Air Force Major Hector Quintanilla's tenure as Blue Book's director, “ the flag of the utter nonsense school was flying at its highest on the mast .” Hynek reported that Sergeant David Moody, one of Quintanilla ’ s subordinates, “ epitomized the conviction-before-trial method.

Cardozo served on the Supreme Court only six years, from 1932 until his death in 1938, and many of his landmark decisions were delivered during his eighteen-year tenure on the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court of that state.

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate, among the ten highest in the nation when he was elected, was among the ten lowest when he left office as 50, 000 new businesses and 500, 000 new private sector jobs were created during his tenure.

In 1982, during Mojo's tenure at WGPR, the station scored its highest ratings, landing in the Top 10 on several occasions.

During his tenure as President, the College of Engineering's ranking climbed from 14th to 9th in the country, the institution was transformed from a specialized institution to a top-30 national university, SAT scores of Fall entering freshmen for 1992, 1993, and 1994 rose to become the highest of any public research university in the U. S., graduation rates increased by nearly 12 percent, student facilities and housing ( including those under construction ) were doubled from those of the previous 102 years of the institution ’ s existence, and sponsored research awards more than doubled.

Taihō outperformed Kashiwado very quickly, and during his tenure in sumo's highest rank he was dominant, especially in the early part of his career.

While the program was not implemented until 1917, early in his tenure Benchoff described the goal of a military program as " to train the boys with a discipline that is valuable and give them that easy and graceful carriage which is an accomplishment in any gentleman's claim to culture " In 1930 after receiving an application and inspecting the existing program, the U. S. War Department formally made the school a JrROTC unit " placing it on a par with the highest rated military schools in the country "

But Monty viewed the “ rape ” as a choreographed " seduction .” Under Monty's tenure, General Hospital rose to the top spot in the ratings, with Luke and Laura's 1981 wedding being the highest rated episode in daytime history ( about 30 million viewers and 13 million households ).

During this period, the Imperial government was under assault by protesting students and striking workers who demanded investigation of corruption in the highest levels of government, reforms in land tenure, and political reforms as well.

His tenure has witnessed the most successful period in the club's history, with three promotions, three Wembley play-off finals and four FA Cup victories over top division opponents, and their highest league finish of 11th in the Championship.

Six of the ten highest grossing Paramount films were released during her tenure which included three Academy Awards for Best Picture.

The 1985 team posted a 10 – 1 – 1 record, defeated Nebraska in the 1986 Fiesta Bowl, and finished with a # 2 ranking in the final polls, the highest finish for Michigan during Schembechler's tenure as head coach.

Throughout her tenure in the government, Liao consistently achieved one of the highest approval rates in public opinion polls.

During his tenure, murders in the island went from its highest peak in recent years ( 995 in 1994 ) to its lowest ( 690 in 2000 ).

During her tenure as president, Thomas ' primary concern was upholding the highest standards of admissions and academic rigor.

He is not one to remain more comfortably and unquestioningly within a body of social, cultural, or literary traditions than he was within the traditions -- or possibly the regulations -- governing his tenure in the post office at Oxford, Mississippi, thirty-five years ago.

General Krulak attracted some attention during his tenure as commandant by his custom of delivering Christmas cookies to each marine duty post in the Washington area.

* 2005 – Tung Chee Hwa resigns from his post as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure.

The long tenure of the wartime Prime Minister Pitt the Younger ( 1783 – 1801 ), combined with the mental illness of George III, consolidated the power of the post.

In September, he was appointed Minister of Economics in the first cabinet of Konrad Adenauer, and kept the post for all 14 years of Adenauer's tenure.

His tenure is normally dated from 1721 when he obtained the post of First Lord of the Treasury ; others date it from 1730 when, with the retirement of Lord Townshend, he became the sole and undisputed leader of the Cabinet.

Haig continued in this position until 1973, when he was appointed to be Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, a post he held until the last few months of President Nixon's tenure, during which he served as White House Chief of Staff.

Bashō's own references to this time are vague ; he recalled that " at one time I coveted an official post with a tenure of land ", and that " there was a time when I was fascinated with the ways of homosexual love ", but there is no indication whether he was referring to real obsessions or even fictional ones.

After a brief tenure at Matthew Boulton ’ s Birmingham ( Soho ) Mint, Droz returned to France and in 1799 was appointed Keeper of the Coins and Medals at the Paris Mint, which post he held throughout the Napoleonic era.

After Groves ' fourteen years ' tenure as principal conductor, each of his three successors remained in post for much shorter periods ; Walter Weller from 1977 to 1980, David Atherton from 1980 to 1983 and Marek Janowski from 1983 to 1987.

In August 2007 Fabio Luisi began his tenure as chief conductor, having been named to the post in January 2004.

His successor as principal conductor was André Previn, who held the post for 11 years – at 2012 the longest tenure of the post to date.

After eighteen years ' tenure he resigned his post, and lived in retirement at IJsselstein and Vianen.

Although the most prominent musician to have held the post of Director, Goossens ' tenure was not without controversy.

Construction of the state hospital was commenced during his tenure and the post of Commissioner of Insurance and Revenue was created.

After an interval in opposition from 1874 to 1880, Lord Kimberley returned to the Colonial Office in Gladstone's next ministry ; but at the end of 1882 he exchanged this office first for that of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and then for the secretaryship of state for India, a post he retained during the remainder of Gladstone's tenure of power ( 1882 – 1885, 1886, 1892 – 1894 ), though in 1892-1894 he combined with it that of the lord presidency of the council.

After Thomas Sandby died in 1798, George Dance, Soane's old teacher was appointed professor of architecture at the Academy, but during his tenure of the post failed to deliver a single lecture.

Holding the post for 26 years, he became senior lecturer in military history during his tenure.

Also, as public safety commissioner ( a post he held throughout his entire tenure ), he controlled the two departments with the most patronage appointments in the city.

However, his plans for expanding the company's repertory did not come to fruition in the wake of an economic downturn during his tenure, and he stood down from the post in 2003.

Rodríguez later had to resign from this post when he was indicted in his country for alleged acts of corruption during his tenure as president, a situation which called for an extraordinary election for his successor.

Rizzi returned as WNO music director for his second tenure, and served in the post through the end of the 2007 summer season.

The list is presumed to be incomplete due to lack of sources documenting the exact number of persons who held the post, what their names were and what the length of their tenure was.