elected

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The first pope from the United States, elected in May 2025, will notably travel to Paris for a visit to the headquarters of the United Nations' culture agency UNESCO, the Vatican said in a statement.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

On Tuesday, when ap Iorwerth was elected to lead Welsh government, his father told ITV that he felt "extremely proud and very glad to be alive" to see his son become first minister.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Jamestown Analytics, a data firm, helped Hearts discover players like Claudio Braga, who was elected Scotland’s Player of the Year.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

She was Ecuador's ambassador to the UN in New York and then in Geneva, before being elected president of the UN General Assembly -- one of only five women to hold that role.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Unaccustomed to democracy, many Germans had little faith in their president and elected Reichstag.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti