Critics of this type of argument have tended to point out that this is just a standard criticism of representative democracy — a democratically elected government will not always act in the direction of greatest current public support — and that, therefore, there is no inconsistency in the leaders ' positions given that these countries are parliamentary democracies.

The current President of Burundi is Pierre Nkurunziza, a former rebel leader of the Hutu National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy who was elected unopposed as the new President of Burundi by the parliament on 19 August 2005.

The current Lord Luke is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom after its 1999 reform.

The popularly-elected National Assembly of 150 seats, formed in 1993 shortly after independence, elected the current president, Isaias Afewerki.

In the current parliament ( elected in 2009 ) there are 24 overhang seats, giving the Bundestag a total of 622 members.

The current board consists of 43 members elected to five-year terms, 25 life members who vote until their 75th birthday, 3 elected officers ( President, Treasurer, and Secretary ), and 4 ex officio members ( the president of the alumni association, the Governor of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Secretary of Education, and the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ).

The current Nepalese Army traces its direct historic roots from the Royal Army of Nepal, renamed in recognition of Nepal's transition from a monarchy to a popularly elected republic in 2006.

The current president of the government elected by the Congress is Harold Martin, from the loyalist ( i. e. anti-independence ) " Future Together " party ( l ' Avenir Ensemble ), which toppled the long-time ruling Rally for Caledonia in the Republic ( RPCR ) in May 2004.

The council boldly deposed the current popes and in 1417 elected Martin V as their successor.

The Prime Minister, in common with all other ministers at Central & state level, either has to be a current member of one of the houses of Parliament, or be elected within six months of being appointed.

The current president is Michael D. Higgins, who was elected on 29 October 2011.

A current example of such a state is Malaysia where the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is elected every five years by the Conference of Rulers composed of the nine hereditary rulers of the Malay states.

Clemente was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973, becoming the first Latin American to be selected and one of only four current Hall of Fame members for whom the mandatory five-year waiting period has been waived.

Prominent politicians of the Sikh Diaspora include the first Asian American to be elected as a Member of United States Congress Dalip Singh Saund, the current UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Parmjit Dhanda MP and the first couple to ever sit together in any parliament in the history of Commonwealth countries Gurmant Grewal and Nina Grewal, who sought apology by the Canadian Government for the historical Komagata Maru incident, and the Canadian Shadow Social Development Minister Ruby Dhalla MP.

A president is elected every five years on the principle of universal suffrage according to the current constitution.

The current president Abdullah Gül was elected by Parliament on 28 August 2007.

The current President of the Socialist Republic, Trương Tấn Sang, was directly elected from the provinces at the 8th Party Congress, held 1996.

New members for each organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Among the current faculty members, 51 have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, 23 to the National Academy of Engineering, 37 to the Institute of Medicine, and 120 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The city's current mayor is Oleksandr Mamay, who was sworn in on November 4, 2010 after being elected with more than 61 percent of the vote.

" By signing a 10-year ( contract ) with the Teamsters ( and with over 30 other unions representing city employees ), the current administration and City Council unduly hamstrung not only the current management of city government, but the next six years of management as well, a period that extends well beyond the elected terms of the incoming administration and City Council ," according to a March 2011 report from the Office of the Inspector General of the City of Chicago.

After a new government was elected in 2003 without the Greens, there is still no indication the current Government will revoke the phase-out law after the incident at Tihange on November 22, 2002 turned public opinion against nuclear power.

The current President of Veneto is Luca Zaia ( Liga Veneta – Lega Nord ), elected in 2010 with 60. 2 % of the vote.

High-ranking politicians and top level government officials that dominate global political scene and foreign affairs, headline major current events, play a pivotal role in domestic and international politics have a tremendous impact in day-to-day media have a strong likelihood to become celebrities.

In support of Iowa Department of Natural Resources efforts to re-establish the trumpeter swans in Iowa, university officials avoided bringing breeding pairs of male and female mute swans to Iowa State which means the current Sir Lancelot and Elaine are both female.

Appeals for Whitacre's full pardon or clemency to the White House are supported by several current and former justice department officials: Dean Paisley, a retired 25-year veteran and former FBI supervisor on the price-fixing case ; two other FBI agents involved with the case ; a former Attorney General of the United States ; one of the former Asst.

Additionally, many current and former U. S. senior military officials such as Robert Gates, Stanley McChrystal, David Petraeus and others claim that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are also involved in helping the Taliban.

This building served county officials until the current court house was constructed in 1957-58.

All current elected officials in Somerset County are Republicans.

Since its launch in Paris in December 2008, Global Zero ( campaign ) has grown to 300 leaders, including current and former heads of state, national security officials and military commanders, and 400, 000 citizens worldwide ; developed a practical step-by-step plan to eliminate nuclear weapons ; launched an international student campaign with 75 campus chapters in eight countries ; and produced an acclaimed documentary film, Countdown to Zero, in partnership with Lawrence Bender and Participant Media.

The current elected officials of Whitley County are ::

Other current government officials include: Sheriff, Stacy Nicholson ; Probate Judge, Anita Mullins ; Magistrate Judge, Roger Kincaid ; Clerk of Court, Glenda Sue Johnson ; Tax Commissioner, Melba Bennett ; Coroner, Jerry Hensley.

Most of the por opción clauses do not confer original status ( except those included in the Historical Memory Law ), thus it can be lost, and, in case one possesses nationality other than those described below as historically related to Spain ( e. g., United States ), renounce their current nationality in front of Spanish consular officials.

The current courthouse has no holding cells and in-custody defendants must be held in the adjacent Sheriff ’ s substation, and it lacks the ideal secure circulation for in-custody defendants, staff, and the public, explained officials from Sundt and the AOC.

A zoning change application has been submitted to Baltimore County officials to allow 16 residential units per acre ( current zoning limits density to two residential units per acre ).

The Mayor and Council members are elected to three-year terms on a concurrent basis in partisan elections, with terms of all current elected officials ending on June 30, 2009.

The current elected officials in Tivoli are:

The current elected officials are as follows:

The current elected officials for the borough ( and the year their current terms expire ) are as follows:

The current officials ( as of January 2010, following the 2009 election ) are:

Recently Ridgefield has received attention for the conduct of the current and former city government officials.

As of November 2009 the current officials of Foristell are:

FAS membership includes numerous prominent American and international scientists, many of whom are current and former government officials.

CAIR officials have met or regularly meet with current and former U. S. Presidents, members of their respective administrations, members of the United States Congress, governors, mayors, members of state legislatures, and county commissioners.

In the eyes of the Canton officials, this added further negative speculations about the Portuguese visitors, because private Chinese overseas trade was banned under the current hai jin laws that stated only the Chinese government could conduct foreign trade.

" It consists of current and former Heads of State, UN bureaucrats, high-level politicians and government officials, diplomats, scientists, economists, and business leaders from around the globe.