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Trump's remarks came as the pontiff embarked on an 11-day trip to Africa, his second major foreign trip since being elected last year.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Not content with mere parliamentary preeminence, de Gaulle quickly fashioned a Fifth Republic with a semimonarchical presidency to which he was elected the following year, an office he would hold for a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

In 2011, at 24, he was elected as an MP, becoming the youngest lawmaker at that time.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

South Africa's second-largest party, the Democratic Alliance, elected Cape Town's mayor Sunday to lead it into the 2029 national polls, stepping up a drive to take votes away from the faltering ANC.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

“The US Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the White House. Did you know that plans for a monument started before Washington was elected president?”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas