Prior to entering politics in 1974 and serving in the Bavarian parliament, he was a lawyer and worked at the University of Regensburg.

Prior to entering politics, Johnson was a professional basketball player in the NBA, playing point guard for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Phoenix Suns.

Prior to the United States formally entering the war, the U. S. Army leased land near Albuquerque, New Mexico airport known as Oxnard Field, to service transient Army and U. S. Navy aircraft.

Prior to entering monastichood, she was a medical student and researcher.

Prior to entering provincial politics, Klein considered himself a Liberal Party supporter, although he did support the federal Progressive Conservative Party of Brian Mulroney in the 1988 federal election .< ref >

Prior to entering politics, Pryor worked as a private practice attorney.

Prior to entering the Foreign Service, Ambassador Battle worked in Uganda for 10 years, as well as in Pakistan and Libya.

Prior to entering politics in 1980, Chiarelli was a lawyer and businessman in the Ottawa area.

Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations ( which qualify automatically ) compete in a qualifying process.

Prior to entering the NBA, he played college basketball at the University of Miami.

Prior to entering the gubernatorial race, he was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Brown University's Watson Institute for International Studies.

Prior to entering the pageants, she worked as a weathergirl.

Prior to the introduction of the IBM PC there was no unique accepted standard for entering, displaying, printing, or storing the £ sign in the UK computer industry.

Prior to entering broadcasting, he was associate editor of America, a weekly opinion journal published by American Jesuits.

Prior to entering Parliament she was educational adviser to Arsenal Football Club from 1985 to 1989.

Prior to entering politics, Perez worked as a community activist.

Prior to entering politics, Bélanger held various positions in the public and private sectors.

Prior to December 31, 2001, the polluted water was being deposited directly into Howe Sound by means of Jane Creek and Britannia Creek and as much as 450 kilograms of copper was entering Howe Sound daily.

Prior to entering politics, Fentie was involved in a variety of economic activities in and around Watson Lake.

Prior to entering politics Watson worked in the trade union movement, for the Workers ' Educational Association, the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs ( ASTMS ) and the Manufacturing, Science and Finance union ( MSF ).

Prior to entering politics, he was a human resource manager with the Scottish Office.

Prior to entering the Australian Parliament, Abbott studied for a Bachelor of Economics and a Bachelor of Laws at Sydney University and for a Master of Arts as a Rhodes Scholar at The Queen's College, Oxford University.

Prior to his election to the Senate, Garn served on the Salt Lake City commission for four years and was elected as the mayor in 1971, entering office in 1972.

Prior to entering a feedlot, cattle spend most of their life grazing on rangeland or on immature fields of grain such as green wheat pasture.

Prior to 1976, it was known as the Canadian Radio and Television Commission, which was established in 1968 by the Parliament of Canada to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors.

Prior to the implementation of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 enacted by the British Parliament, Hong Kong represented its interests abroad through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices ( HKETOs ) and via a special office in the British Embassies or High Commissions, but the latter has ceased after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC and became a special administrative region ( SAR ) of the PRC in 1997.

Prior to one month of the beginning of the financial year the President of Turkmenistan submits to the Medjlis of Turkmenistan ( Parliament ) the State budget draft for consideration and adoption

Prior to an Act of Parliament in 1824, Protestant deputies were required when the Earl Marshal was a Roman Catholic.

Prior to 1995, the members of the Flemish Parliament were the members of the Dutch language group of the Federal Parliament of Belgium.

Prior to this there had been no records of appeals to the Lords, and a committee had concluded that there was no precedent to give the Lords jurisdiction over equity matters, except when problems and cases were sent directly to Parliament ( as occasionally had been the case ).

Prior to the creation of the Landsting, he represented Greenland in the Parliament of Denmark from 1973, a position he regained in 2001 and still holds.

* January-Matthew Prior, English poet, enters Parliament as MP for East Grinstead.

Prior to his election to the UK Parliament in 1997, Swinney was employed as Strategic Planning Principal with Scottish Amicable and was a business and economic development consultant for five years.

Prior to 1775, the British had imposed taxes and import duties on the American colonies, to which the colonists objected, since they lacked representation in the British Parliament.

Prior to granting access to information, an individual who has been cleared must sign a Security Screening Certificate and Briefing Form ( TBS / SCT 330-47 ), indicating their willingness to be bound by several Acts of Parliament during and after their appointment finishes.

Prior to the opening of the Gallery these paintings were displayed around Parliament House, in Commonwealth offices, including diplomatic missions overseas, and State Galleries.

Prior to the House of Lords Act 1999, an hereditary peer could not disclaim a peerage after having applied for a writ of summons to Parliament ; now, however, hereditary peers do not have the automatic right to a writ of summons to the House.

Prior to 1746 it was not clear whether a reference to " England " in legislation included Wales, and so in 1746 Parliament passed the Wales and Berwick Act.

Prior to his election, Mwanawasa served as vice president from 1991 to 1994 whilst an elected Member of Parliament for Chifubu Constituency.

Prior to its creation Hallam was a part of the larger Sheffield Borough constituency, which was represented by two Members of Parliament ( MPs ).

Prior to 1988, the Parliament of Australia met in the Provisional Parliament House, which is now known as " Old Parliament House ".

Prior to the Games, the States-General ( national Parliament ) of the Netherlands, as host country, adopted a motion declaring South Africa's participation " undesirable ", due to its policy of apartheid.

Prior to the Act of Union in 1707, Kirkcaldy sent a Member of Parliament to the old Scottish Parliament, which usually met in Edinburgh.

He retired from Parliament in 1987 and was later created a life peer as Baron Prior, of Brampton in the County of Suffolk.