Template:Infobox officeholder/doc

Usage

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Paste the code for the relevant office and then add the personal data to the bottom. There are no required fields and some fields will not appear when others are in use. For instructions on how to implement multiple terms, see this page.

The parameter |order= is used in conjunction with |office= to state that the officeholder is the nth holder of the office, for example "2nd President of Mauritius". If |order= is not specified, the value of |office= can be wikilinked in the usual way, for example, "[[Ministry of Defence (Singapore)|Minister for Defence]]". However, if |order= is specified together with |office=, the value of |office= is automatically linked to a Wikipedia article of the same name, whether such an article exists or not. Wikilinking cannot be used to redirect the link elsewhere, but a piped link can be created like this: "Ministry of Defence (Singapore){{!}}Minister for Defence" (note that the double square brackets have been omitted).

When both a start and an end term are given, you can instead specify the complete term using using the parameters |term=, |terms2=, etc. This can be helpful with complicated terms that cannot be given as simple starting or ending dates, or if you prefer something other than the default term separator (an en dash, with spaces around it if the start or end is not a simple integer date).

General office

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#General office
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix   = 
|name               = 
|native_name        = 
|native_name_lang   = 
|honorific-suffix   = 
|image              = 
|imagesize          = 
|smallimage         = <!--If this is specified, "image" should not be.-->
|alt                = 
|caption            = 
|order              = 
|office             = 
|term_start         = 
|term_end           = 
|alongside          = <!--For two or more people serving in the same position from the same district.  (e.g. United States Senators.)-->
|vicepresident      = 
|viceprimeminister  = 
|deputy             = 
|lieutenant         = 
|monarch            = 
|president          = 
|primeminister      = 
|taoiseach          = 
|chancellor         = 
|governor           = 
|governor-general   = 
|governor_general   = 
|succeeding         = <!--For President-elect or equivalent-->
|predecessor        = 
|successor          = 
|constituency       = 
|majority           = 
|order2             =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|office2            =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|term_start2        =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|term_end2          =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|alongside2         =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|vicepresident2     =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|viceprimeminister2 =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|deputy2            =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|lieutenant2        =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|monarch2           =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|president2         =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|primeminister2     =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|governor2          =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|succeeding2        =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|predecessor2       =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|successor2         =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|constituency2      =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|majority2          =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->

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Ambassador

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#Ambassador
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = 
|name        = 
|honorific-suffix = 
|image       = 
|alt         = 
|order       =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|ambassador_from =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|country     =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_start  =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_end    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|predecessor =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|successor   =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|president   =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->

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Assembly Member

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#Assembly Member
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = 
|name        = 
|honorific-suffix = 
|image       = 
|alt         = 
|caption     = 
|constituency_AM =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|assembly    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|majority    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_start  =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_end    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|predecessor =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|successor   =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->

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Governor

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#Governor
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = 
|name        = 
|honorific-suffix = 
|image       = 
|alt         = 
|order       =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|office      =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_start  =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_end    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|lieutenant  =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|predecessor =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|successor   =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->

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If Governor was appointed by a President, add:

|president   =  <!--name of president-->

If Governor appointed by other, add:

|appointed   =  <!--name of appointer-->

Judge

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#Judge
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = 
|name        = 
|honorific-suffix = 
|image       = 
|alt         = 
|caption     = 
|office      =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|term_start  =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|term_end    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|nominator   =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|appointer   =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|predecessor =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->
|successor   =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by changing the number-->

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Nominee/Candidate

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#Nominee/Candidate
Do not add this section to pages of people who have held a previous office.
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = 
|name      = 
|honorific-suffix = 
|image     = 
|alt       = 
|caption   = 
|nominee   = 
|party_election = 
|election_date = 
|runningmate = 
|opponent  = 
|incumbent = 

If a candidate, then instead of nominee use:

|candidate =

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Member of Parliament

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#Member of Parliament
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = 
|name        = 
|honorific-suffix = 
|image       = 
|alt         = 
|caption     = 
|constituency_MP =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|parliament  =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|majority    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_start  =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|term_end    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|predecessor =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->
|successor   =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by adding a number-->

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U.S. Representatives

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U.S. Congressman

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#US Congressman
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = 
|name        = 
|honorific-suffix = 
|image       = 
|alt         = 
|state       =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|district    =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_start  =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_end    =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|predecessor =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|successor   =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->

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If Congressman served as Speaker of the House add:

|speaker      =  <!--number of office holder-->
|term_start2  = 
|term_end2    = 
|predecessor2 = 
|successor2   = 

If Congressman has been elected but not sworn in:

|succeeding   =  <!--the name of the incumbent congressman-->

State Representative

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#State Representative
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = 
|name         = 
|honorific-suffix = 
|image        = 
|alt          = 
|state_house  =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|district     =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_start   =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_end     =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|predecessor  =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|successor    =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->

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For Representative from states that have an Assembly, instead of state_house use:

|state_assembly =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->

For Representative from states that have a House of Delegates, instead of state_house use:

|state_delegate =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->

For Representative from states that have a Legislature, instead of state_house use:

|state_legislature =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->

If Representative served as Speaker of the State House add:

|speaker      =  <!--number of office holder-->
|state_house  = 
|term_start2  = 
|term_end2    = 
|predecessor2 = 
|successor2   = 

U.S. Senators

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U.S. Senator

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#US Senator
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = 
|name        = 
|honorific-suffix = 
|image       = 
|imagesize   = 
|alt         = 
|state       =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->
|term_start  =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->
|term_end    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->
|predecessor =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->
|successor   =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->

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|alongside   =  <!--the name of fellow senator-->

If Senator has just been elected and is a Senator-Elect:

|succeeding  =  <!--the name of the incumbent senator-->

If Senator served as Senate Majority Leader add:

|majorityleader3 =  <!--number of office holder-->
|term_start3  =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_end3    =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|predecessor3 =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|successor3   =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->

If Senator served as Congressman add:

|state3       =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|district3    =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_start3  =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_end3    =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|predecessor3 =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|successor3   =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->

State Senator

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For examples of this code in use see Template:Infobox officeholder/example#State Senator
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = 
|name         = 
|honorific-suffix = 
|image        = 
|alt          = 
|state_senate =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->
|district     =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->
|term_start   =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->
|term_end     =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->
|predecessor  =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->
|successor    =  <!--Can be repeated up to eight times by appending 2, 3, etc-->

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If State Senator served as Majority Leader of the State Senate add:

|majority_leader3 =  <!--number of office holder-->
|term_start3  =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_end3    =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|predecessor3 =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|successor3   =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->


If State Senator served as Minority Leader of the State Senate add:

|minority_leader3 =  <!--number of office holder-->
|term_start3  =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_end3    =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|predecessor3 =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|successor3   =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->

If State Senator served as Majority Floor Leader of the State Senate add:

|majority_floor_leader3 =  <!--number of office holder-->
|term_start3  =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_end3    =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|predecessor3 =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|successor3   =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->

If State Senator served as Minority Floor Leader of the State Senate add:

|minority_floor_leader3 =  <!--number of office holder-->
|term_start3  =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|term_end3    =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|predecessor3 =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->
|successor3   =  <!--Can be repeated up to seven times by adding a number, start at 3-->

Personal data

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Place this underneath the template

|birth_date         = 
|birth_place        = 
|death_date         = 
|death_place        = 
|restingplace       = 
|restingplacecoordinates = 
|birthname          = 
|citizenship        = 
|nationality        = 
|party              = 
|otherparty         =  <!--For additional political affiliations-->
|spouse             = 
|partner            =  <!--For those with a domestic partner and not married-->
|relations          = 
|children           = 
|residence          = 
|alma_mater         = 
|occupation         = 
|profession         = 
|cabinet            = 
|committees         = 
|portfolio          = 
|religion           = 
|signature          = 
|signature_alt      = 
|website            = 
|footnotes          = 
|blank1             = 
|data1              = 
|blank2             = 
|data2              = 
|blank3             = 
|data3              = 
|blank4             = 
|data4              = 
|blank5             = 
|data5              = 
<!--Military service-->
|nickname           = 
|allegiance         = 
|branch             = 
|serviceyears       = 
|rank               = 
|unit               = 
|commands           = 
|battles            = 
|awards             = 
|military_blank1    = 
|military_data1     = 
|military_blank2    = 
|military_data2     = 
|military_blank3    = 
|military_data3     = 
|military_blank4    = 
|military_data4     = 
|military_blank5    = 
|military_data5     = 
}}

Microformat

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The HTML markup produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the person's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue articles across Wikipedia or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book or database. For more information about the use of w:microformats on Wikimedia projects, please see the microformat project.

Sub-templates

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Date-of-birth ("bday") information will only be included in the microformat if {{Birth date}}, or {{Birth date and age}}, are used in the infobox. (but do not use these if the date is before 1583).

To include a URL, use {{URL}}.

Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.

Classes

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hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • adr
  • agent
  • bday
  • birthplace
  • category
  • country-name
  • deathdate
  • deathplace
  • extended-address
  • family-name
  • fn (required)
  • given-name
  • honorific-prefix
  • honorific-suffix
  • label
  • locality
  • n
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • role
  • url
  • vcard

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.