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government-in-exile

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a temporary government moved to or formed in a foreign land by exiles who hope to rule when their country is liberated

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Examples

  • Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader, and Lobsang Sangay, the recently elected prime minister of the government-in-exile, which is in Dharamsala, India.

    NYT > Home Page By RICK GLADSTONE 2011

  • The current Dalai Lama, however, renounced his political role in March in a bid to democratize the government-in-exile and thwart efforts to hijack the succession process by China, which claims the right to appoint his reincarnation.

    Tibetan Exiles Swear In New Leader Jeremy Page 2011

  • Karski, a devout Catholic, risked his life with the Polish underground and was involved in high-level secret missions to the Polish government-in-exile in London.

    Earliest eyewitness account of the Holocaust finally to be published in UK 2011

  • In a defiant move, Tibetan Youth Congress, the largest pro-Tibet NGO, earlier this week vowed to retain the government-in-exile name.

    After the Dalai Lama Amy Yee 2011

  • Harish Tyagi/European Pressphoto Agency Mr. Sangay, a Harvard educated legal scholar who lived in the U.S. for the past 16 years, becomes Kalon Tripa, the prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

    Tibet's New PM-in-Exile Sworn-In 2011

  • A Tibetan born in India, who's the son of a guerrilla fighter, was sworn in as head of Tibet's government-in-exile, taking over the Dalai Lama's political duties.

    What's News— 2011

  • BEIJING—A 43-year-old Harvard law scholar and son of a guerrilla fighter was sworn in as head of Tibet's government-in-exile, taking charge of the Tibetan freedom movement from the Dalai Lama, who announced his retirement from his political role in March.

    Tibetan Exiles Swear In New Leader Jeremy Page 2011

  • Lobsang Sangay—a Tibetan born in India—warned China on Monday that the freedom movement was "here to stay" after taking his oath of office in a ceremony in the north Indian town of Dharamsala, where the Dalai Lama set up his government-in-exile after fleeing his homeland in 1959.

    Tibetan Exiles Swear In New Leader Jeremy Page 2011

  • Harish Tyagi/European Pressphoto Agency Newly elected prime minister of Tibet's government-in-exile Lobsang Sangay, left, and the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, center, with outgoing prime minister Samdhong Rinpoche arrive for the oath taking ceremony at the central courtyard of the Tsuglagkhang temple in Dharamsala, India on Monday.

    Tibetan Exiles Swear In New Leader Jeremy Page 2011

  • Lobsang Sangay was sworn in as the new prime minister of Tibet's government-in-exile at a ceremony in Dharamsala, India.

    Tibet's New PM-in-Exile Sworn-In 2011

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