candidature

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“A public candidature and campaigning like the one that we have seen this year is highly unusual,” said Nina Graeger, the director of Peace Research Institute Oslo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

A spokesperson told the BBC that Yeo had been granted a leave of absence from his PhD in 2019 and his candidature had now been terminated.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2020

“The Russian Federation would love to welcome him once his candidature would be officially announced.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2017

It remains in the contest and will submit the third and final candidature file along with rivals Paris and Los Angeles on Feb. 3.

From Reuters • Feb. 3, 2017

Although his candidature for election to the National Assembly of that year was unsuccessful, he felt that “the die was cast,” and deciding for a political career, retired in 1850 from his judicial position.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various