- 前職
- ぜんしょく【前職】one's [a] previous job.
●前職の議員 a person who used to be [work as] a 《Diet》 member; 〔現在はその職に無い前任議員〕 a person who was a Diet [an assembly] member until very recently; 〔衆議院解散などによって一時的に議員資格を失っているが再選を目指す(実質的には現職の)候補〕 a candidate seeking reelection whose seat was automatically lost when the Diet was dissolved [whose term expired before the election campaign began] [⇒げんしょく2]; 〔その候補が再選された場合〕 a 《Diet》 member who retains his seat.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.