0 officially having the named position: --
1 to be necessary for someone: --
2 the person who has or had a particular official position: --
3 (referring to the present time) a person who has a particular office or position, esp. an elected one: --
4 necessary: --
[ + to infinitive ] It is incumbent upon (= necessary for) all of us to create a safe community.
5 a person or business that holds a particular position in a company, market, industry, etc. at the present time: --
The incumbent has been awarded the airline's new advertising contract, despite stiff competition from other agencies.
Furthermore, there are no term limits and parties are obliged to nominate incumbents desiring re-election regardless of their conduct in office.
These risks consequently constrain the career choices of incumbents, including those with meaningful electoral capital.
If so, the incumbent remains, and the challenger adapts another new platform.
This article shows that regime type determines the way and extent to which elections enable voters to reward or sanction incumbents.
More than others, they reward incumbents who preside over strong national economies and punish those who do not.
The history of its (non-existent) bishopric was then traced down to the supposed last incumbent in the late eleventh century.
The incumbent operator enjoyed monopoly rents and did not want to give up this special status.
Recall that the logic behind this result is that retrospective, incumbency-oriented voters will punish incumbents for poor economic performances.
