taking office
Beginning official duties
Taking office is assuming an official position, especially in government.
The phrase marks the formal moment when authority transfers: The president gave a speech upon taking office.
It applies to elected officials, appointed administrators, and sometimes executives in private organizations.
The opposite is leaving office.
- accessionAttainment of high office
- appointmentScheduled time for something
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- sworn inFormally bound by oath
- inductionFormal admission process
swearing-in · investiture · enthronement · installation · oath · power transfer · handover · takeover · lame duck · transition team · assumption · succession · commencement · first day · executive order · election · speech delivery · coronation
taking officeresignation
Voluntary relinquishment of position
stepping down · resigning · abdication · standing down · removal from office
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