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incumbent

current holder of a political office
Intangible position Q42841
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Summary

incumbent is a position[1]. incumbent ranks in the top 0.14% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,573 views/month, #5 of 3,525).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: Wikibase reason for preferred rank[3]
  • Opposite of: newly elected[4]
  • Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5]
  • Main Wikidata property: P1308[6]
  • Different from: incumbent before dissolution[7]

Why It Matters

incumbent has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] incumbent is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). incumbent. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/incumbent
MLA “incumbent.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Oct. 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: 2026-10-11}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): incumbent — https://4ort.xyz/entity/incumbent (retrieved 2026-10-11)

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Edit History

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. 6w ago · 東京オリンピック１９６４ · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → position, Wikibase reason for preferred rank
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: Wikibase reason for preferred rank"
  2. 8w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Different from → incumbent before dissolution
    Subject lexeme → L337641
    Main wikidata property → P1308
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Different from: incumbent before dissolution, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
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