There is, however, no " post " that the winning candidate must pass in order to win, as the winning candidate is required only to have received the highest number of votes in his or her favour.

This may even lead to an institutional variability, as in North Korea, where, after the presidency of party leader Kim Il-Sung, the office was vacant for years, the late president being granted the posthumous title ( akin to some ancient Far Eastern traditions to give posthumous names and titles to royalty ) of " Eternal President " ( while all substantive power, as party leader, itself not formally created for four years, was inherited by his son Kim Jong Il, initially without any formal office ) until it was formally replaced on 5 September 1998, for ceremonial purposes, by the office of Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, while the party leader's post as Chairman of the National Defense Commission was simultaneously declared " the highest post of the state ", not unlike Deng Xiaoping earlier in the People's Republic of China.

:" The Taliban say: " Come and accept the post of prime minister and be with us ", and they would keep the highest office in the country, the presidentship.

Former Prime Minister John Turner, who as a child knew Bennett while he was prime minister, praised Bennett's promotion of Turner's economist mother to the highest civil service post held by a Canadian woman to that time.

Following the Darfur Peace Agreement, the office of senior Presidential advisor was allocated to Minni Minnawi, a Zaghawa of the Sudanese Liberation Army ( SLA ), and this thus became the fourth highest constitutional post.

In The Sum of All Fears, Ryan reaches his highest post at the CIA ; Deputy Director of Central Intelligence.

.. At any rate, the king had to get on with the highest statesmen appointed by his predecessor, though possibly disliked by him, until death made a post vacant that he could fill with a relation or a favourite, not, however, without having a certain regard to the wishes of the aristocracy.

In 1946 Togliatti became the national secretary ( the highest political role ) of the Party, and called Berlinguer to Rome, where his talents let him enter the national leadership only two years after ( at the age of 26, one of the youngest members ever admitted ); in 1949 he was named national secretary of the FGCI, a post he held until 1956.

Although this service to the state was regarded by him as only an apprenticeship to the service of science, he fulfilled its duties with such conspicuous ability that not only did he rise rapidly to the highest post in his department, but he was also entrusted with several important diplomatic missions.

Under the first past the post ( FPTP ) single member voting system the highest polling candidate is elected as opposed to a candidate that has an absolute majority of votes.

Argic's postings soon numbered in the tens of thousands, and averaged over 100 posts per day, the highest post count of any single Usenet entity at the time.

In 1998, his Defence Commission chairmanship was declared to be " the highest post of the state ", so Kim may be regarded as North Korea's head of state from that date.

In 1883 Yamagata was appointed to the post of Lord Chancellor, the highest bureaucratic position in the government system before the Meiji Constitution of 1889.

In the Third Test, his 102 helped India post 4 / 406 to set a world record for the highest winning fourth innings score.

Sanetomo also achieved the third highest post of the imperial court, Udaijin ( Minister of the Right or " vice-premier ") in 1218.

In 1907, Mori was promoted to Army Surgeon-General, the highest post within the Japanese medical corps.

Earlier the Norwegian Postal Authority had a small post office here — being the highest in Northern Europe.

Limbert was then selected to serve the highest post in all of the YMCA movement.

John Adams ( portrait by Charles Willson Peale ) was opposed to Hutchinson's ascent to the highest judicial post in the province.

The highest ranking Civil Servant position is the Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, currently Chris Martin ; the most senior Special Adviser post is the Downing Street Chief of Staff, currently held by Edward Llewellyn.

Cambridge United's first two seasons in this league saw them post the 4th highest average attendance figures in both years ( 2, 607 in 2005 – 06 and 2, 815 in 2006 – 07 ).

UL's highest QS ranking of 394 was achieved in 2008 ; however, most Irish universities have also seen recent drops in the rankings due to the post 2008 economic difficulties.

His tenure of the highest post in the armed forces would not appear to have been a particularly happy period and his departure came in June 1929.

Jainism views every soul as worthy of respect because it has the potential to become Siddha ( Param-atma – " highest soul ").

Mont Blanc spans the French – Italian border, and at is the highest mountain in the Alps.

* 1855 – The first ascent of Monte Rosa, the second highest summit in the Alps.

* 1811 – First ascent of Jungfrau, third highest summit in the Bernese Alps by brothers Johann Rudolf and Hieronymus Meyer.

* 1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at, setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.

* 2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at, at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.

* 1861 – First ascent of Weisshorn, fifth highest summit in the Alps.

* 1942 – World War II: The flag of Nazi Germany is installed atop the Mount Elbrus, the highest peak of the Caucasus mountain range.

* 1938 – English cricketer Len Hutton sets a world record for the highest individual Test innings of 364, during a Test match against Australia.

After arriving at the Tines homeworld and allying with Woodcarver to defeat Steel, Pham initiates the Countermeasure, which extends the " Slow Zone " – the inner region of the galaxy where the highest technologies, such as artificial intelligence and superluminal travel, are impossible – by thousands of light-years to enclose the Blight.

* 2003 – The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom – in Kent, England.

According to The Football Money League published by consultants Deloitte, in the season 2010 – 11, Roma was the 15th highest earning football club in the world with an estimated revenue of € 143. 5 million.

The Duke welcomed the French commander – " I am very sorry that such a cruel misfortune should have fallen upon a soldier for whom I have the highest regard.

Lara scored 688 runs ( 42 % of team output, a record for a series of three or more Tests, and the second highest aggregate runs in history for a three-Test series ) in the 2001 – 02 tour of Sri Lanka.

Budweiser () is a 5 % abv American-style lager produced by the Belgian-Brazilian beer conglomerate Anheuser – Busch InBev, introduced in 1876 by Adolphus Busch and one of the highest selling beers in the United States.

In 2005 – 2007, sales of homes began to slow, but average home prices, as of 2010, remain among the highest in the nation.

* Chief Executive Officer or CEO / Executive Director for the nonprofit sector ( United States ), Chief Executive or Managing director ( United Kingdom, Commonwealth and some other English speaking countries ) – The CEO of a corporation is the highest ranking management officer of a corporation and has final decisions over human, financial, environmental and technical operations of the corporation.

* President – legally recognized highest " titled " corporate officer, and usually a member of the Board of Directors.

Upon graduation, Caltech alumni have the highest median starting salary among graduates of other colleges or universities in 2010 – 2011, of $ 69, 900, according to PayScale.

Approximately 35 % of echinoderm genera became extinct at the K – T boundary, although taxa that thrived in low-latitude, shallow-water environments during late Cretaceous had the highest extinction rate.

* Truncated mean – the arithmetic mean of data values after a certain number or proportion of the highest and lowest data values have been discarded.

In 1975, the team posted an 11 – 3 record, giving them what is to this day the highest winning percentage (. 786 ) in franchise history.

Despite the move away from the Valley, Charlton were promoted to the First Division as Second Division runners-up at the end of 1985 – 86, and remained at this level for four years ( achieving a highest league finish of 14th ) often with late escapes, most notably against Leeds in 1987, where the Addicks triumphed in extra-time of the play-off final replay to secure their top flight place.