Presidency (disambiguation)
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Presidency
refers to the executive branch of a nation's government under a President
Presidency may also refer to:
Presidency
The word presidency is often used to describe the administration or the executive, the collective administrative and governmental entity that exists around an office of president of a state or nation...
refers to the executive branch of a nation's government under a President
Presidency may also refer to:
- Presidency of the Council of the European UnionPresidency of the Council of the European UnionThe Presidency of the Council of the European Union is the responsibility for the functioning of the Council of the European Union that rotates between the member states of the European Union every six months. The presidency is not a single president but rather the task is undertaken by a national...
- Lay presidencyLay presidencyLay presidency is a form of celebrating the Lord's Supper whereby the person presiding over the sacrament is not an ordained minister of religion...
at the Eucharist - Presidency (theology), a religious, organizational concept loosely based on The Trinity
- Presidency (Pakistan)Aiwan-e-SadrThe Aiwan-e-Sadr or Presidency is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of Pakistan.The first President who used it was Ghulam Ishaq Khan, in 1988...
, is the official residence and the principal workplace of the President of Pakistan - Presidencies of British India; one of the following three former provinces:
- Bengal PresidencyBengal PresidencyThe Bengal Presidency originally comprising east and west Bengal, was a colonial region of the British Empire in South-Asia and beyond it. It comprised areas which are now within Bangladesh, and the present day Indian States of West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Orissa and Tripura.Penang and...
(Presidency of Fort William) - Bombay PresidencyBombay PresidencyThe Bombay Presidency was a province of British India. It was established in the 17th century as a trading post for the English East India Company, but later grew to encompass much of western and central India, as well as parts of post-partition Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.At its greatest...
- Madras PresidencyMadras PresidencyThe Madras Presidency , officially the Presidency of Fort St. George and also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of British India...
(Presidency of Fort St. George)
- Bengal Presidency
- Presidency College; one of the following colleges in India (named for the Presidencies they were instituted in):
- Presidency College, ChennaiPresidency College, ChennaiPresidency College is an arts, law and science college in the city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. Established as the Madras Preparatory School on October 15, 1840 and later, upgraded to a high school and then, graduate college, the Presidency College is one of the oldest government arts colleges...
- Presidency College, KolkataPresidency College, KolkataPresidency University, Kolkata, formerly Hindu College and Presidency College, is a unitary, state aided university, located in Kolkata, West Bengal. and one of the premier institutes of learning of liberal arts and sciences in India. In 2002 it was ranked number one by the weekly news magazine...
- Presidency College, Chennai
- Presidency UniversityPresidency UniversityPresidency University is a private university located in Gulshan and Banani , Dhaka, Bangladesh. Presidency University has three schools containing four departments with a strong emphasis on research-based education. It is a new university, established in 2003, and currently more than 1,500...
, in Bangladesh - Presidency SchoolPresidency SchoolPresidency School is managed by Abdul Hameed Memorial Educational Trust, Bangalore, which was founded by late Mr. Abdul Hameed who belonged to a well known family of Indian revolutionaries and educationists. The present chairman of the trust is Mr...
, in Bangalore