predecessor

There were also the divisions in the SNP and the wider independence movement caused by the spectacular fallout Sturgeon had with her predecessor, Alex Salmond, when the Scottish government mishandled harassment complaints against him.

President Marcos also distanced himself from his predecessor's mercurial policies, mending fences with the US, standing up to China in contested seas, and stopping the blood-curdling threats of retribution against drug dealers.

This is what Democrats do: We come in and clean up the messes made by our Republican predecessors.

A brief promo for “Everybody’s Live” shows Mulaney standing outside a studio lot next to an old car running with the door open, indicating that this series will match the randomness of its predecessor.

To Nigel Farage's admirers, he is one of the politicians of his generation without which Reform and its predecessors would be nothing.