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 becoming Emperor, Titus gained renown as a military commander, serving under his father in Judaea during the First Jewish-Roman War.

Prior to serving as Governor, Davis served as Chief of Staff to Governor Jerry Brown ( 1975 – 1981 ), a California State Assemblyman ( 1983 – 1987 ), California State Controller ( 1987 – 1995 ) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California ( 1995 – 1999 ).

Prior to 1996, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Volunteer Fire Department served the town, with Fort Lauderdale Fire-Rescue serving until 2001, with Broward Sheriff's Office Department of Fire Rescue & Emergency services providing fire suppression services to the town from 2001 until 2008.

Prior Lake is governed by a mayor and four council-members serving at large.

Prior to serving on the Enterprise-D, she serves on the USS Repulse under Captain Taggart, who was sorry to lose her.

Prior to his appointment as LSU's eighth chancellor, Dr. Martin had established a distinguished career in higher education, serving most recently as president of New Mexico State University.

Prior to serving in the White House as press secretary to Clinton, McCurry served as spokesman for the Department of State from 1993 to 1995, as well as chief spokesman for Warren Christopher.

Prior to the closure of passenger traffic the airport was serving 12 million passengers per year.

Prior to the 1980s, counsel serving in the government legal service wore wigs.

Prior to the debilitating labor strike in 1998 which caused PAL to temporarily cease operation, Legazpi Airport served as the airline's hub in Bicol, serving Manila, Cebu, Masbate, Virac, even Catarman, Samar.

The House version of the legislation included a separate open-source office, at the suggestion of Larry Prior, a Marine Reservist familiar with the MCIC experience and then serving on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence staff.

Prior to serving as governor, Ehrlich represented Maryland's 2nd Congressional district in the U. S. House of Representatives and was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates.

Prior to serving as Governor, Weld was a federal prosecutor in the United States Justice Department from 1981 to 1988.

Prior to serving in that position, he served as:

Prior to his selection as an astronaut candidate he was serving as the Assistant Operations Officer of Marine Aircraft Group 12 at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan.

Prior to 1914 there had been 61 British regiments serving in India.

Prior to attaining the presidency, Gibson had had a long career in government including serving as Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of State.

Prior to entering federal politics he was a provincial politician serving in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1995 to 2005 and a cabinet minister in the Progressive Conservative governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves serving as the Minister for Children, Community and Social Services, Energy and Francophone Affairs in addition to being the Government's Chief Whip.

Prior to serving as interim president, Dr. Silvestri served as the college ’ s vice president for administration since 1984.

Prior to the deployment, the Secretary of State for War Col. John Seely had told Paget that, regarding all army officers serving in Ireland -

Prior to serving as governor, he was a state senator from 1880 to 1892.

Prior and subsequent to serving as mayor, he was a lawyer.

Prior to Bica, the mayor of Ravenna was Kevin Poland.

Prior to becoming the governor, he served as the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and then as the 47th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana.

Prior to becoming mayor, Hosaka was also well-known his staunch opposition of the death penalty and his defense of Japan's Otaku culture.

Prior to his term as mayor, Hahn served in several other capacities for the city of Los Angeles, including Deputy City Attorney ( 1975 – 1979 ), City Controller ( 1981 – 1985 ) and City Attorney ( 1985 – 2001 ).

Prior to her gubernatorial administration, Lingle served as Maui County mayor, council member, and chair of the Hawaii Republican Party.

Prior to joining Congress, Capuano served as mayor and alderman of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Prior to running for mayor, he was an FBI agent and state's attorney for Baltimore city.

Prior to becoming mayor, Peterson served three years as a member of Thunder Bay City Council, and had nearly 20 years of community service.

Prior to his provincial political career, Prevost served as mayor of the city of Beauport ( now part of Quebec City ) from 1948 to 1952 and was worked for the Beauport School Board for nearly 20 years at high-class various positions.

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 becoming the borough ’ s first mayor he had been chairman of the town board.

Prior to his cabinet position, Cisneros served four terms as the second Hispanic mayor of a major U. S. city, ( the first being Alfonso Cervantes of St. Louis, Missouri 1965 – 1973 ) his hometown of San Antonio, Texas.

Prior to being mayor, Atchison was first elected to Saskatoon's city council as a councillor for Ward 10 in 1994, and was re-elected in 1997 and 2000.

Prior to serving as mayor, Herenton was the superintendent of Memphis City Schools for twelve years.

Prior to becoming mayor, Hiltz was Chairman of the Toronto Board of Education.

Prior to becoming the mayor of Chicago, Gurnee was the primary partner of Gurnee & Matteson, a sadlery and leather firm.

Prior to serving as mayor of Chicago, Swift served two terms as an alderman.

Prior to that, he was the mayor of Tampa from 1979 to 1986.

Prior to the 2010 reorganisation Wanli elected its own mayor, but now as a district of New Taipei City the District Chief is appointed by the mayor of New Taipei City.

Prior to his election to the State Senate, he was mayor of West Hartford and served on the Town Council for five years.

Prior to Webb's tenure as mayor, he served as Denver City Auditor from 1987 to 1991, and as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agenices in the Cabinet of Governor Richard Lamm from 1981 to 1987.