Talk:List of resignations from government

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Feel free to boldly use another name, such as those WikiDonn suggested, as a new page location. Regards, Arbitrarily0 ^(talk) 11:48, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

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List of resignations → List of resignations of notable government figures — As it is, the title is ridiculously vague and implies that the list is indiscriminate. However, I think a move to a more appropriate title might be better than deletion, as this article does at first glance appear to only be about notable government figures. I'm open to other titles as well. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 19:44, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

I really do not like this list, maybe it should be deleted? It currently lists Gordon Brown for example; while he technically did offer his resignation to the Queen, that was only after losing a general election, and the same applies to every other single UK Prime Minister as well. The only other options I can think of is moving this article to is List of notable government figures in exceptional circumstance, or moving this article to the title you suggest but making it clear in the lead what precise are the parameters for inclusion. 84.92.117.93 (talk) 21:00, 10 June 2010 (UTC)

Previously, this list was a part of Resignation, and I split it because it was so long. List of notable resignations may be a better title. Hellno2 (talk) 01:04, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

I agree that it's rather the circumstances of a resignation making it notable. The list is full of politicians who resign from one office to take a higher one (mostly President of the USA), I doubt that counts as a notable resignation. Also politicians who retire: if those are included, many more would have to be on the list (most who aren't either defeated in election or reached a term limit). List of resignations of notable government figures is a bit unwieldy though, I'd rather go with List of notable resignations - maybe add in politics to the title if it shall only include politicians (doesn't now); government figures might be a bit too precise. --Completefailure (talk) 13:08, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Agree- The current title is a little vague. I'd also accept List of notable government resignations or List of notable resignations in government or List of resignations of government figures if the current suggestion is "too long" for some people. --WikiDonn (talk) 22:25, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

New move

Sorry, but I really don't like this title. It is too long, 'figures' is jargon, and we don't need 'notable' since we shouldn't be adding non-notable people. In order to restrict the list, it would be better to add inclusion criteria to the lead, which it needs in any case. I should like to move this to List of resignations from government. Any views, please? Bridgeplayer (talk) 18:00, 18 June 2010 (UTC)

Westminister System

We should be including (for example) Canadian & British prime ministers, who've resigned per retirement or following the loss of a general election. GoodDay (talk) 00:39, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Additional Resignations 2017

There were many U.S. Govt resignations in [the first half of] 2017. I added a few notable resignations. Below is an article outlining others I don't yet have the time to find sources for (or decide to lump them together in one line since I believe they all belong to the state department). https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-01-25/senior-diplomat-kennedy-who-served-dems-gop-stepping-down

Resignations 2018

I think David Davis resigned just before midnight so presumably should be noted as happening on June 8? Can anyone confirm? In that case, he should be listed before Johnson.Zeno27 (talk) 22:44, 9 July 2018 (UTC)

Non-government Figure

Should Jeremy Corbyn be listed here since he wasn't in a Government position when he resigned as Labour Leader — Preceding unsigned comment added by DontForgetJeff (talk • contribs) 21:24, 21 January 2022 (UTC)