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incumbent

current holder of a political office
Intangible position Q42841
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incumbent

Summary

incumbent is a position[1]. incumbent ranks in the top 0.14% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,910 views/month, #5 of 3,525).[2]

Key Facts

  • incumbent's instance of is recorded as position[3].
  • incumbent is the opposite of newly elected[4].
  • incumbent's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • incumbent's main Wikidata property is recorded as P1308[6].

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Definition and Type

incumbent's instance of is recorded as position[3]. incumbent is the opposite of newly elected[4].

Why It Matters

incumbent ranks in the top 0.14% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,910 views/month, #5 of 3,525).[2] incumbent has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7] incumbent is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[8]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). incumbent. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/incumbent
MLA “incumbent.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/incumbent.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_incumbent_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{incumbent}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/incumbent}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14d ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → Q126891513
    Subject lexeme → {'id': 'L337641', 'numeric-id': 337641, 'entity-type': 'lexe
    Main wikidata property → P1308
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q126891513]], using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
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