Nevertheless, Özdemir adhered to his candidacy for the party chairmanship.

Toh stepped down from the Cabinet and party chairmanship in 1981.

She would rather discuss the intricacies of capturing the party chairmanship.

He returned to the cabinet in 1987 and gained other top Conservative positions, including a return to the party chairmanship in 1997.

His party chairmanship has also seen considerable controversy.

During the campaign, Daley had promised that if he became mayor, he would give up the party chairmanship rather than trying to perform both jobs.

Despite having resigned the party chairmanship, Ma was the party's nominee in the 2008 presidential election which he won.

The mayor's death was followed by a struggle for succession to his party chairmanship and to the mayor's office.

He is the first professional political consultant to rise to a party chairmanship.

"I hope he understands that these are different things," the Governor said of the tax cut and the party chairmanship.