nominee

noun

1. a person nominated, as to run for elective office or fill a particular post.
2. a person in whose name title to real estate or ownership of stock is held but who is not the actual proprietor or holder.

noun

1. a person who is nominated to an office or as a candidate
2. 1. a person or organization named to act on behalf of someone else, esp to conceal the identity of the nominator
   2. (as modifier)nominee shareholder

n.1660s, “person named for something; see nominate + -ee. Sense of “person named as a candidate” is attested from 1680s.