interim president
Stopgap chief executive
An interim president serves temporarily until a permanent one is selected or until regular succession procedures can be completed.
The role appears in governments during political transitions, in universities during leadership searches, and in organizations when a president resigns or dies unexpectedly: The board appointed an interim president while conducting a nationwide search.
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- temporaryLimited in duration
- successionFollowing in order
- transitionChange from one state
- power vacuumAbsence of governing authority
coup · military coup · resignation · overthrow · appointed · sworn in · placeholder · stopgap · emergency · constitutional · junta · power grab · regime change · handover · legitimate · disputed · political crisis · ousted
- temporary rolestemp, temp worker, internship, substitute, substitute teaching
- temporary rulersregent, queen regent
- provisional governmentsprovisional government, caretaker government, government in exile, military junta, junta
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