president-elect

[ prez-i-duh nt-i-lekt ]

/ ˈprɛz ɪ dənt ɪˈlɛkt /

a president after election but before induction into office.

Origin of president-elect

An Americanism dating back to 1815–25

President-elect Poroshenko has vowed to crush the insurgency in a matter of hours, not months.

War and Murder in Eastern Ukraine |Anna Nemtsova |May 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
I was asked by then President-elect Obama to deliver the invocation at the opening inaugural event.

How to Pray in the Public Square |Gene Robinson |May 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Here is a video from then President-elect Barack Obama in December 2008.

This Week in Pop Culture History: Days of Our Lives, Arrested Development, and 24 Premiere |Chancellor Agard |November 3, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Well, of course Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't think Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rowhani, is a "moderate."

Netanyahu Sticks By Rowhani Misquote To Build Hawkish Case Against Iran |Ali Gharib |August 2, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Supreme Leader Khamenei and president-elect Rowhani understand what they have to do to obtain relief from sanctions.

Rowhani's Empty Victory |Andrew Apostolou |June 19, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The President-elect replied that he had no picture which was satisfactory, but would gladly sit for one.

McClure's Magazine December, 1895 |Edited by Ida M. Tarbell
Above the music swelled a continuous roar for the President-elect, "Grayson!"

The Candidate |Joseph Alexander Altsheler
As he was the President-elect, to go to him uninvited would have been infringement of his dignity as well as of my pride.

The Plum Tree |David Graham Phillips
Mr. Taft became acquainted with him a short time before his inauguration when the President-elect was playing golf at Augusta.

News Writing |M. Lyle Spencer
The President-elect was living in a very small house in Willet Street, what we should call a bijou residence.

Fragments of an Autobiography |Felix Moscheles

president-elect

a person who has been elected president but has not yet entered office