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Apparently in 2009 Obama visited Moscow and managed to meet both president Putin and president Medvedev. Granted, it is sometimes hard to remember who of these

by eps 10y ago

Apparently in 2009 Obama visited Moscow and managed to meet both president Putin and president Medvedev. Granted, it is sometimes hard to remember who of these two is a president at any given moment, but a two-president state is a bit pushing it.

Angostura 10y ago
Perhaps, as with the US you retain the honorific title 'President' even after leaving office.
- jlangenauer 10y ago
  Actually, you don't. Former Presidents are just addressed as "Mr Obama". http://emilypost.com/advice/addressing-a-former-president-of-the-united-states/ http://emilypost.com/advice/addressing-a-former-president-of...
  - ptaipale 10y ago
    However, e.g. whitehouse.gov refers to "President Clinton" in its description (for the act of being born, not for his active role as president). https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/williamjclinton https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/williamjclinton Where I live, Finland, a "President" is the official title for former presidents (there are now three alive) so I should actually address them as such. The current one is formally referred to as "President of the Republic". I can't really check how this is with Russia.
    - prebrov 10y ago
      A friend of mine moved in next door to then President of Singapore. Even got visited on couple of Christmas dinners. Neither of them new protocol for the ex-presidency thing and after President left office, upon mutual agreement neighbour now calls him "Uncle".
  - rconti 10y ago
    I'm not convinced. Multiple other sources say you retain the title for life and also recommend addressing the person as such. Obviously it's a matter of etiquette and not right or wrong, though.
jankotek 10y ago
US has two presidents right now ;-)
- ptaipale 10y ago
  No, I guess the next one is formally addressed as President-Elect.
nl 10y ago
I wonder what a correct-yet-short summary would be? Met with then-President-now-Prime-Minister Medvedev and former-President-then-Prime-Minister-now-President-again Putin?

by eps 10y ago

Angostura 10y ago

Perhaps, as with the US you retain the honorific title 'President' even after leaving office.

jlangenauer 10y ago
Actually, you don't. Former Presidents are just addressed as "Mr Obama". http://emilypost.com/advice/addressing-a-former-president-of-the-united-states/ http://emilypost.com/advice/addressing-a-former-president-of...
- ptaipale 10y ago
  However, e.g. whitehouse.gov refers to "President Clinton" in its description (for the act of being born, not for his active role as president). https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/williamjclinton https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/williamjclinton Where I live, Finland, a "President" is the official title for former presidents (there are now three alive) so I should actually address them as such. The current one is formally referred to as "President of the Republic". I can't really check how this is with Russia.
  - prebrov 10y ago
    A friend of mine moved in next door to then President of Singapore. Even got visited on couple of Christmas dinners. Neither of them new protocol for the ex-presidency thing and after President left office, upon mutual agreement neighbour now calls him "Uncle".
- rconti 10y ago
  I'm not convinced. Multiple other sources say you retain the title for life and also recommend addressing the person as such. Obviously it's a matter of etiquette and not right or wrong, though.

jankotek 10y ago

US has two presidents right now ;-)

ptaipale 10y ago
No, I guess the next one is formally addressed as President-Elect.

nl 10y ago

I wonder what a correct-yet-short summary would be? Met with then-President-now-Prime-Minister Medvedev and former-President-then-Prime-Minister-now-President-again Putin?