Prior to the election, more than fifty of Doe's opponents were murdered.

Prior to June 2005, the Maldivian political system was based on the election of individuals, rather than the more common system of election according to party platform.

Prior to the election of the Polish cardinal Karol Wojtyla as Pope John Paul II in 1978, the last non-Italian was Pope Adrian VI of the Netherlands, elected in 1522.

Prior to the 2000 election the media typically alternated which color represented which party each presidential election cycle.

Prior to his election, Stephen had been the cardinal-priest of St Anastasia in Rome.

Prior to his election as FIFA President, Blatter was a senior FIFA official for 23 years.

Meanwhile, a delegation from the African Union Commission praised the election for taking place with " calm and serenity " Prior to the 2009 election, Tunisia amended its constitution to allow more candidates to run for president, allowing the top official from each political party to compete for the presidency regardless of whether they held seats in parliament.

Prior to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin had been elected President of Russia in June 1991 in the first direct presidential election in Russian history.

Prior to Prince's election black clergy made political endorsements and served as appointees to the Richmond School Board and other boards throughout the city.

Prior to the 2002 election Queen Anne's County was run by three Commissioners.

Prior to his election as president in 1948, Chiang Kai-shek had insisted that he be premier under the new Constitution, while allowing the president ( to which Chiang nominated Hu Shih ) be a mere figurehead.

Prior to Aristide's election in 1990, there were just 34 secondary schools nationwide.

Prior to the election of Aristide, health care services had been primarily concentrated in the capital of Port-au-Prince.

Following the election of Prior Ernulf in 1096, Lanfranc's inadequate east end was demolished, and replaced with an eastern arm 198 feet long, doubling the length of the cathedral.

Prior to the start of the 2011 – 12 season, Athletic Club's socios ( full members ) held their latest presidential election, which saw incumbent Fernando García Macua defeated by former long-serving player Josu Urrutia.

Prior to the 2006 general election, the county was a dry county, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Prior to Democratic Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry's selection of Senator John Edwards, Vilsack was thought to be high on the list of potential running mates for Kerry in the 2004 presidential election.

Prior to the 2004 election, Buchanan announced he once again identified himself as a Republican, declared that he had no interest in ever running for president again, and reluctantly endorsed Bush's 2004 re-election, writing:

Prior to his election as President, Köhler had a distinguished career in politics and the civil service and as a banking executive.

Prior to the 2006 election the party's Central Committee relinquished control of selecting the Knesset list to the ' rank and file ' members at Netanyahu's behest.

Prior to his call for an election, Charest revealed his platform which included income tax cuts of about $ 250 million dollars.

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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 1950, universities could elect and return representatives to the UK parliament.

Prior to the decision of the House of Lords in Re B ( A Child ) UKHL 35 http :// www. publications. parliament. uk / pa / ld200708 / ldjudgmt / jd080611 / child-1. htm there had been some confusion-even at the Court of Appeal-as to whether there was some intermediate standard, described as the ' heightened standard '.

Prior to the Act of Union 1800 which abolished the Irish parliament, the Lord Lieutenant formally delivered the Speech from the Throne outlining his Government's policies.

Prior to the establishment of parliament, the monarch ruled absolutely by the issuing of his personal written orders, open or closed.

Prior to his election to parliament Lepper worked as a secondary school English and Media Studies teacher at Westlain Grammar School and Falmer High School, both in Brighton.

Prior to the scheduled Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank in August 2005, Eldad was the only member of parliament to call for non-violent civil disobedience as a tactic in the struggle against the government.

Prior to his creation as a viscount in 1696 John had succeeded his grandfather, another Sir John Lowther ( 1605 – 1675 ), as a baronet, and was twice member of parliament for Westmorland between 1677 and 1696.

Prior to his election to the federal parliament, Windsor was an independent member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 2001, representing the electoral district of Tamworth.

Prior to her election to state parliament she was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004, representing the Division of Bass.

Prior to becoming the parliament of Serbia, it served as the seat of parliament for Yugoslavia and the State Union.

Prior to 29 July 1977, it was an established convention, but not a constitutional requirement, that the state parliament choose ( or the governor appoint ) a replacement from the same political party as their predecessor.

Prior to its use for the Parliament of Serbia and Montenegro, it served as the seat of parliament for Yugoslavia.

Prior to this, Depretis " was a journalist-politician who had allied himself in parliament with the Left.

Prior to that, Marashi represented Kerman in the Iranian parliament.

Prior to entering parliament, Copeland worked for fourteen years in the oil industry, becoming the Chief Financial Officer of BP in New Zealand.

Prior to assuming this post she was already a member of parliament from the Iringa Mjini Constituency and a board member of the Parastatal Pensions Fund.

Prior to 2007, Bhutan had a unicameral national parliament known as the Tshogdu.

Prior to entering parliament, Martin served as a high school teacher with the New South Wales Department of Education, a lecturer at the University of Wollongong, and a Town Planner with the NSW Department of Environment and Planning serving as Regional Manager for the Macarthur Region.

Prior to that, Mr. Clarence Louis was appointed by Mr. Edward Oliver LeBlanc to serve as a nominated member of parliament.

Prior to his early death in November 1992, he was one of their MP's in the federal parliament.

Prior to the 2009 election, Hareide announced that he would leave national politics if he failed to win a parliament seat.