Kufuor was involved in a car crash during his presidency on 14 November 2007, in which another car collided with his and caused it to roll over several times.

He strengthened the power of the presidency, which he saw as spokesman for the entire population, as opposed to Congressmen from a specific small district.

Subsequent protest led to the 2000 Ecuadorean coup d ' état which saw Mahuad's removal from office and the elevation of Vice President Gustavo Noboa to the presidency.

A self-described progressive and reformer, Hoover saw the presidency as a vehicle for improving the conditions of all Americans by encouraging public-private cooperation — what he termed " volunterism ".

After a turbulent year in office in which he saw his approval ratings plummet to the single digits, Prime Minister Mori agreed to hold early elections for the LDP presidency in order to improve his party's chances in crucial July 2001 Upper House elections.

President Roosevelt died on 12 April 1945, and Vice-President Harry Truman assumed the presidency ; his succession saw VE Day ( Victory in Europe ) within a month and VJ Day ( Victory in Japan ) on the horizon.

In 1973, the enaction of an emergency law saw his presidency extended by four years.

Anastasio had a large hand in the government during this time and saw to it that the presidency was held by politicians loyal to his family from 1963 to 1967.

His presidency saw institutional advancements on the promotion of human rights, starting with the creation of a national secretariat and a new government programme, discussed with the civil society, to address the issue.

The first half of the year saw Haughey in a leading role as European statesman when Ireland held the presidency of the European Community, which rotates semi-annually between the member states of the European Union.

In 1980, dismayed by what he saw as the abject failure of the Jimmy Carter presidency ( later he would say, " he was the worst president we ever had " ), he appeared in a campaign ad for Libertarian candidate Ed Clark, and also wrote the introduction to Clark's campaign book.

Loubet's presidency saw an acute stage of the clerical question, which was attacked by Waldeck-Rousseau and in still more drastic fashion by the Combes ministry.

Arias's presidency saw the transformation of Costa Rica's economy from one based on the traditional cash crops ( coffee and bananas ) to one more focused on non-traditional agriculture ( e. g., of exotic flowers and fruits ) and tourism.

Il Risorgimento (" The Resurgence " in English ) was a liberal, nationalist newspaper founded in Turin 15 December 1847 by Count Camillo Benso di Cavour and Cesare Balbo, who was a backbone of the " neo-Guelph " party that saw in future a rejuvenated Italy under a republican government with a papal presidency — ideas with which Cavour did not agree.

Harry T. Hardwick's presidency from 1968 to 1975 saw to the construction of the R. G.

October 1962 saw Rogers defeat Kowalski in a match promoted by Doc Karl Sarpolis, the NWA member promoter in Amarillo, Texas, and Sarpolis rose to the NWA presidency as a result.

Indeed, Jimmy Byrnes was one of the first people whom Truman saw on the first day of his presidency.

On 27 November 2005 Maduro presided over a new set of presidential and general elections which saw the official party lose the presidency to the Liberal Party of Honduras ( PLH ) and its candidate Manuel Zelaya.

The Spanish presidency unsuccessfully tried to challenge the European Council President's prominent post during the first rotating presidency of 2010, while the second half of the year saw a Belgian rotating presidency marked by a weakened caretaker government which did not challenge Herman van Rompuy, himself a Belgian politician.

His presidency saw the passage of welfare reform in Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act which ended Aid to Families with Dependent Children and reduced the number of welfare programs.

The Clinton presidency also saw the passage and signing of the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 which was a bipartisan measure expressing support for regime change in Iraq.

Sadat's presidency saw many changes in Egypt's direction, reversing some of the economic and political principles of Nasserism by breaking with Soviet Union to make Egypt an ally of the United States, initiated the peace process with Israel, re-instituting the multi-party system and abandoning socialism by launching the Infitah economic policy.

In spite of Obregón's moderate approach, his presidency saw the beginnings of clashes between Catholics and supporters of the Mexican Revolution.

Twice in the year the superiors of the several coenobia met at the chief monastery, under the presidency of an archimandrite (" the chief of the fold ," from miandra, a sheepfold ), and at the last meeting gave in reports of their administration for the year.

One Pipiolo leader from the south, Ramón Freire, rode in and out of the presidency several times ( 1823 – 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830 ) but could not sustain his authority.

After his election to the presidency, he presided over renewed prosperity for several years.

Although he said he had " deep aversion against capital punishment " and in his 1974 campaign proclaimed his opposition to the death penalty, he did not commute three of the death sentences that he had to decide upon during his presidency ( although he did so in several other occasions ), keeping France as the last country in the European Union to apply the death penalty.

McAlester is known in political circles for having been the home base of several noted American politicians-U. S. Speaker of the House Carl Albert, who was once a heartbeat from the presidency, and longtime Oklahoma State Senator Gene Stipe, whose career ended in a series of legal problems.

In past media interviews, prior to the Queen's visit, President McAleese had stated on several occasions that the highlight of her presidency to date was the opening ceremony of the 2003 Special Olympics World Games which she describes as " a time when Ireland was at its superb best ".

Although used before his presidency, Roosevelt used military muscle several times throughout his two terms.

Under his presidency, the prison La Catedral was built under Pablo Escobar's specifications and Pablo Escobar was imprisoned there, where Escobar continued to control his drug empire, judging and killing inside the prison several crime partners.

Judges were replaced by allies to PRE, PRIAN and PSP political parties with the clear intention of dropping criminal charges against former president Abdalá Bucaram, accused of several acts of corruption during his presidency which led to his exile in Panama from 1997 until April 2005.

Deering Library ( 1933 ) Under Walter Dill Scott's presidency from 1920 to 1939, Northwestern began construction of an integrated campus in Chicago designed by James Gamble Rogers to house the professional schools ; established the Kellogg School of Management ; and built several prominent buildings on the Evanston campus, Dyche Stadium ( now named Ryan Field ) and Deering Library among others.

It was one of several scandals that rocked the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant.

and in 2004, still during Prodi's presidency, the EU was enlarged to admit several more member nations, most formerly part of the Soviet bloc.

It has also been argued that the concept of the imperial presidency neglects several important changes in the context of governance over the last three decades, all of which tend to restrict the actual power of the President.

During his presidency, several opposition leaders in the Armenian Parliament and the Prime Minister of Armenia were killed by gunmen in an episode known as the 1999 Armenian parliament shooting.

In recent years, Bolivarianism's most significant political manifestation is in the government of Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez, who since the beginning of his presidency has called himself a Bolivarian patriot and applied his interpretation of several of Bolívar's ideals to everyday affairs, as part of the Bolivarian Revolution.

The NHA organization itself was not formally dissolved for several years afterwards and Frank Calder held the presidency in both organizations.

She was also one of several astrologers who gave advice to Nancy Reagan during the presidency of Ronald Reagan.

Besides being the last surviving charter member of the Lyceum of Natural History, he held its vice presidency for several years, and was president in 1824-26 and 1838, holding the same office in the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1855, and he was one of the original members of the National Academy of Science of the United States, being named as such by act of the United States Congress in 1863.

In addition to the presidency, Bongo held several ministerial portfolios from 1967 onward, including Minister of Defense ( 1967 – 1981 ), Information ( 1967 – 1980 ), Planning ( 1967 – 1977 ), Prime Minister ( 1967 – 1975 ), the Interior ( 1967 – 1970 ), and many others.

However, others have pointed to the fact that the presidency has always been claimed by indirect vote, stretching back through several predecessor states to the presidency of Tomáš Masaryk.

Harry Truman visited for 175 days on 11 visits during his presidency and visited several times after he left office ( see Truman Annex )

Aflaq called for al-Quwatli's resignation, and wrote several al-Ba ' ath articles criticising his presidency and his prime minister, Jamil Mardam Bey.