predecessorInOffice

P34201
predicate

Indicates that one officeholder directly held a particular position before another officeholder in an official succession.

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All labels observed (55)

Label Occurrences
predecessorInOffice canonical 31
previousOfficeHolder 27
predecessorAsForeignMinister 2

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: predecessorInOffice
Generated description
Indicates that one officeholder directly held a particular position before another officeholder in an official succession.

Sample triples (115)

Subject Object
William Franklin Josiah Hardy ⓘ
San Francisco mayoral election, 2019 London Breed via predicate surface "predecessorOfficeholder" ⓘ
Duke of Choiseul
linked to: Duke of Choiseul for France
Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (as later major foreign minister; earlier predecessors varied) via predicate surface "predecessorAsForeignMinister" ⓘ
linked to: French foreign minister Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Yury Fedotov via predicate surface "predecessorExecutiveDirector" ⓘ
Lloyd Carr Gary Moeller via predicate surface "predecessorAsMichiganHeadCoach" ⓘ
David Hurley Peter Cosgrove via predicate surface "predecessorAsGovernorGeneral" ⓘ
David Hurley Marie Bashir via predicate surface "predecessorAsGovernorOfNewSouthWales" ⓘ
2010 United States Senate special election in Massachusetts Ted Kennedy via predicate surface "previousOfficeHolder" ⓘ
linked to: Edward M. Kennedy
Kathleen Sebelius Bill Graves via predicate surface "predecessor (Governor of Kansas)" ⓘ
Kathleen Sebelius Ron Todd via predicate surface "predecessor (Insurance Commissioner of Kansas)" ⓘ
New York County District Attorney’s Office Cyrus Vance Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Cyrus R. Vance Jr.
Yusof Ishak Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Singapore ⓘ
linked to: President of Singapore
畑俊六
linked to: 畑 俊六
東條英機 via predicate surface "前任者_陸軍大臣" ⓘ
linked to: 東條 英機
German presidential election, 1925 Friedrich Ebert ⓘ
German presidential election, 1925 died in office in 1925 via predicate surface "predecessorInOfficeStatus" ⓘ
Mick Mulvaney
linked to: Mick
Shaun Donovan via predicate surface "precededInOfficeAsOMBDirector" ⓘ
Simon of Sicily Roger I of Sicily ⓘ
Sevilla FC José María del Nido via predicate surface "predecessorChairman" ⓘ
linked to: José María del Nido Carrasco
Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea Kim Jong Il via predicate surface "previousChairman" ⓘ
North Korean political system Kim Jong Il via predicate surface "previousSupremeLeader" ⓘ
Mike Johanns
linked to: Mike Johanns (as Governor of Nebraska)
Ann Veneman via predicate surface "predecessor (United States Secretary of Agriculture)" ⓘ
Mike Johanns
linked to: Mike Johanns (as Governor of Nebraska)
Chuck Hagel via predicate surface "predecessor (United States Senator from Nebraska)" ⓘ
Mike Johanns
linked to: Mike Johanns (as Governor of Nebraska)
Bill Harris via predicate surface "predecessor (Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska)" ⓘ
King of Tonga George Tupou V ⓘ
linked to: King of Tonga
German Eighth Army under Paul von Hindenburg Maximilian von Prittwitz via predicate surface "predecessorCommander" ⓘ
German Eighth Army Maximilian von Prittwitz via predicate surface "predecessorCommander" ⓘ
Michaëlle Jean Abdou Diouf via predicate surface "predecessorAsSecretaryGeneralOfOIF" ⓘ
Koki Hirota Yoshiyuki Tsurumi via predicate surface "predecessorAsForeignMinister" NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crown Prince of Japan Naruhito ⓘ
Faina Ipatyevna Vakhreva Soong Mei-ling ⓘ
Miguel Primo de Rivera
linked to: Miguel Primo de Rivera was Spanish head of government during the war
Manuel García Prieto ⓘ
linked to: Manuel García
Queen of Canada 6 February 1952 – 8 September 2022 via predicate surface "predecessorOfficeHolderReign" ⓘ
Daniel J. Evans
linked to: Daniel J. Evans (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 1989)
Albert D. Rosellini via predicate surface "predecessorAsGovernor" ⓘ
Maria Cantwell
linked to: Maria Cantwell (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 2001)
John Miller via predicate surface "previousOfficePrecededBy" ⓘ
Maria Cantwell
linked to: Maria Cantwell (as U.S. Senator from Washington, 2001)
Rick White via predicate surface "previousOfficeSucceededBy" ⓘ
菅 義偉 藤村 修 via predicate surface "官房長官としての前任者" ⓘ
菅 義偉 安倍 晋三 via predicate surface "自由民主党総裁としての前任者" ⓘ
linked to: 安倍晋三
Lee Myung-bak Goh Kun via predicate surface "predecessorAsMayorOfSeoul" ⓘ
Anthony Mamo office created via predicate surface "precededByInOfficePresidentOfMalta" ⓘ
Shankar Dayal Sharma Ramaswamy Venkataraman via predicate surface "predecessorAsVicePresident" ⓘ
linked to: R. Venkataraman
Theophilus H. Holmes Earl Van Dorn ⓘ
1932 New York gubernatorial election Lieutenant Governor of New York via predicate surface "Herbert H. Lehman-previousOffice" ⓘ
Abdullahi Umar Ganduje Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso via predicate surface "predecessorAsGovernorOfKanoState" ⓘ
2000 Syrian presidential election Hafez al-Assad ⓘ
Alfonso Oiterong Haruo Remeliik via predicate surface "precededInOfficeAsPresident" ⓘ
Seán Mac Eoin Kevin O'Higgins ⓘ
Paul IV of Constantinople earlier Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople ⓘ
1991 Ukrainian presidential election none via predicate surface "previousOfficeHolder" ⓘ
1959 Chicago mayoral election Richard J. Daley via predicate surface "preElectionOfficeHolder" ⓘ
Victor Ponta Mihai-Răzvan Ungureanu via predicate surface "predecessorInOffice (Prime Minister of Romania)" ⓘ