presidium
noun
, prē-, -ˈzi-
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, prē- , prī- \
, prē- , -ˈzi- , prī- \
or presidiums
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Ryu also held various jobs, including as a member of the presidium of the North’s rubber-stamp parliament. — Choe Sang-hun, BostonGlobe.com, "South Korean defects to the North, following in his parents’ footsteps," 8 July 2019 In this photo distributed by the North Korean government, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un holds a meeting of the ruling party's presidium. — Anna Fifield, Washington Post, "For Kim Jong Un, nuclear weapons are a security blanket. And he wants to keep it.," 5 Sep. 2017 Mr. Kim leads the presidium, which has two other members: Kim Yong-nam, the head of Parliament, and Hwang Pyong-so, the chief political officer of the military. — Choe Sang-hun, New York Times, "North Korea, Always Quotable: 9 Memorable Statements From Kim Jong-un’s Reign," 9 May 2016 The congress also elevated two of Mr. Kim’s closest aides — the party secretary, Choe Ryong-hae, and Pak Pong-ju, the prime minister and chief economic official — to join the presidium of the party’s Politburo. — Choe Sang-hun, New York Times, "North Korea, Always Quotable: 9 Memorable Statements From Kim Jong-un’s Reign," 9 May 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'presidium.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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