Their long-standing leader, Evo Morales, was elected to Congress in 1997, but has not thereby won any more influence on the government.
Christian Democratic leaders, struggling to relaunch themselves after the finance scandal that has devastated their party and disgraced Helmut Kohl, their former long-standing leader, were aghast.
Their happiness is more important than any political office and that is the reason for me standing down as leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
As an incumbent of long standing and the leader of Yemen's largest and best-organised party, Mr Saleh was always going to be difficult to unseat.
He spearheaded its success at the 2009 European elections and raised UKIP's profile, but then surprised his own party conference in September 2009 by standing down as leader.
There were also 13 UKUP candidates - who include the party leader standing in six different constituencies - 13 Green Party, nine Conservative and six Workers Party candidates.
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Is his long-standing alliance with opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) no longer stable?
Ieuan Wyn Jones announced he would be standing down as Plaid leader after a poor showing by the party at the assembly election.
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Boehner risks his standing as a party leader if he continues conceding on measures that become law without majority support from House Republicans, which also would fuel continuing unrest by conservatives who traditionally comprise the GOP base.
Jocelyn Davies AM, standing in for the absent leader, attacked the first minister for not outlining his government's programme for the new assembly term.
History shows that imprisonment can often increase a rebel leader's standing.
Ms Andreasen said she believed Mr Farage - who was re-elected as leader in 2010 after standing down a year earlier to contest a Westminster seat - "did not like women".
For his part, the Yugoslav leader - a long-standing Serb nationalist - is pressing for the establishment of closer links between his country and the Bosnian Serb republic, the entity that the Dayton accords created within Bosnia along with the Muslim-Croat federation.
The Lib Dem leader confirmed that he would be standing for re-election in Sheffield Hallam at the 2015 general election.
John, I would not be a bit surprised if we walk out these doors today, every chicken on this island will be standing out there in the street waiting for their leader.
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If these senators had their standing enhanced, what can one say about Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist?
Current leader Ieuan Wyn Jones announced he would be standing down from the helm after a poor showing for Plaid at this year's assembly elections.
Having made his case the Tory leader left the packed room to his second standing ovation, and it was only conference's first day.
Another worry for Mr Mellor is that Sir James Goldsmith, the financier and leader of the Referendum Party, is also standing against him.
The initial plan was to bar Mr Livingstone, a former leader of the Greater London Council, from standing in the party's primary on the ground of disloyalty.
After speculation that he might run, UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage said he would not be standing because he would be "leading from the front" on UKIP's campaign for the local elections in May.
To date, 13 Conservatives - including former leader Michael Howard - have signalled they will be standing down.
However UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said he will not be standing.
No other parties have yet announced who their candidates will be, although UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said he will not be standing.
He has got a mandate and it is very important that Conservatives in Wales know that they have got a leader who sits in the Assembly, who is standing up for the Conservative Party in Wales and I am very happy for that.
At the pro forma session, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), presumably standing alone, will call for unanimous consent to pass the bill.
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There are pictures of the Lib Dem leader - now the Deputy Prime Minister - Nick Clegg standing beside his party's posters denouncing any such increase.
The former leader of Cornwall Council Alec Robertson has said he would consider standing for election again if he was asked.
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