death in office
Leader dies serving
Death in office is when a person dies while holding an official position, particularly a political leader or high-ranking official.
The phrase appears most often in discussions of presidential succession and constitutional procedures: Four U.S. presidents have died in office from natural causes.
It encompasses both natural death and assassination.
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- successionFollowing in order
- presidencyChief executive's office
- funeralService honoring the dead
- mourningPeriod following loss
oath · swearing-in · widow · legacy · Lincoln · national tragedy · Kennedy · Dealey Plaza · FDR · heart attack · stroke · tragedy · vice president · sworn in · term · tenure · memorial · casket
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
- power shiftsregime change, coup d'etat, overthrow, abdication, inauguration
death in officeresignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
voluntary resignation · stepping down · retirement · impeachment · removal from office
death, deaths, deadly, office, offices, officer, officers, official, officials