Incumbent and Minister

Incumbent

Incumbent noun - The official who holds an office.

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Minister and incumbent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Minister" instead a noun "Incumbent".

Nearby Word: incumbency

Minister noun - A person sent on a mission to represent another.

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Incumbent and minister are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Incumbent" instead a noun "Minister".

present	present incumbent	present minister
current	current incumbent	current minister
corrupt	corrupt incumbent	corrupt minister
popular	popular incumbent	popular minister
Other adjectives: former, unpopular.

Jens Stoltenberg, former Prime minister of Norway and incumbent secretary general of NATO, is a gamer.

Source: One Of Us / Political Geeks
In a Swedish election debate in 2014, the state TV channel had Social Democratic leader Stefan Löfven stand on a box, when debating incumbent (and taller) Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.

Source: Scully Box
At the beginning of the 2015 election, the hype from Justin Trudeau's election as Liberal Party leader had worn off, and he was in third place in the polls behind the incumbent Conservatives led by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the social democratic NDP led by Thomas Mulcair.

Source: Dark Horse Victory

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