Wikipedia:Incumbent series

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Biographies of incumbents (monarchs, popes, presidents, prime ministers) are often linked together by boxes, including the predecessor and successor. For other series of articles, see Wikipedia:Article series.

A sample from Moritz Leuenberger, as discussed on Talk:List of members of the Swiss Federal Council:

Preceded by 'Preceded by': Otto Stich

Member of the Swiss Federal Council 1995-

Succeeded by 'Succeeded by': n.a. (still in office)

Source:

{{incumbent series
| '''Preceded by''':<br>[[Otto Stich]]
| [[Member of the Swiss Federal Council]]<br>1995-
| '''Succeeded by''':<br>''n.a. (still in office)''}}

This structure can also work for any long chain of items:

Preceded by 20th Amendment

'Amendments' United States Constitution

Succeeded by 22nd Amendment

Source:

{{incumbent series
| [[Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution|20th Amendment]]
| '''Amendments'''<br>[[United States Constitution]]
| [[Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution|22nd Amendment]]}}