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A comment on President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016. Parent comment

Re:President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016 by paublyrne on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:11AM (#13409152)
The convention of referring to an ex president as President is peculiar to United States presidents, AFAIK.
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Re:President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016 by loxs on Monday January 16, 2017 @05:20AM (#13409188)
It can also mean that he met with (then) President Medvedev and (now, as of writing) President Putin
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Re:President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016 by krzyk on Monday January 16, 2017 @10:56AM (#13410640)
No, we have the same in Poland, former presidents are still referenced as president (e.g. president Walesa or as mr president).
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Re:President Obama's International Visits from 2009 to 2016 by guillaume8375 on Monday January 16, 2017 @02:21PM (#13412219)
It’s also done in France.
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