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PRESIDENTS ARE FAKE LIKE BARACK OBAMA, I AM THE PRESIDENT , PRESIDENT NO ONE SHOUD BE YOU PAY SO MUCH TO TRY  AND WHEN YOU DO BECOME PRESIDENTS YOU ONLY GET PAYED 400,000 DOLLARS, UNFAIR DEAL RIGHT, LETS TAKE A REBELLION, NO PRESIDENTS, NO GONVERMENT, AND NO CRIME. VIVA USA, TRUMP IS AS STUPID AS HIS MOM

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-{{Executive}}
-A '''President''' is the [[leader]] of a [[country]] or a division or part of a country, typically a [[republic]], a [[democracy]], or a [[dictatorship]]. The title "[[president (corporate title)|president]]" is sometimes used by extension for leaders of other groups, including [[corporation|corporate entities]] and social groups.
-[[Etymology|Etymologically]], a ''[[wiktionary:president|president]]'' is one who [[Wiktionary:Preside|presides]] (from [[Latin]] ''prae-'' "before" + ''sedere'' "to sit"; giving the term ''[[praeses]]''). Originally, the term referred to the presiding officer of a ceremony or meeting (i.e., [[chairman]]), but today it most commonly refers to an executive official. Among other things, "President" today is a common title for the [[head of state|heads of state]] of most republics, whether [[presidential republics]], [[semi-presidential system|semi-presidential republics]] or [[parliamentary republics]].
-== Title ==
-The title ''President'' is derived from the [[Latin]] ''prae-'' "before" + ''sedere'' "to sit." As such, it originally designated the officer who presides over or "sits before" a gathering and ensures that debate is
-conducted according to the [[rules of order]] (''see also'' [[chairman]] and [[Speaker (politics)|speaker]]).  Early examples are from the universities of [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] (from 1464) and the founding [[President of the Royal Society]] [[William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker|William Brouncker]] in 1660. This usage survives today in the title of such offices as "[[President of the Board of Trade]]" and "[[Lord President of the Council]]" in the [[United Kingdom]], as well as "President of the Senate" (one of the roles constitutionally assigned to the [[Vice-President of the United States]]).  The officiating priest at certain [[Anglican Communion|Anglican]] religious services, too, is sometimes called the "President" in this sense. However the most common modern usage is as the title of a [[head of state]] in a [[republic]].
-In pre-revolutionary [[France]], the president of a ''[[Parlement]]'' evolved into a powerful [[magistrate]], a member of the so-called ''[[noblesse de robe]]'' ("[[nobility]] of the gown"), with considerable judicial as well as administrative authority.  The name referred to his primary role of presiding over trials and other hearings.  In the 17th and 18th centuries, seats in the ''Parlements,'' including presidencies, became effectively hereditary, since the holder of the office could ensure that it would pass to an heir by paying the crown a special tax known as the ''[[paulette (tax)|paulette]]''.  The post of "first president" (''premier président''), however, could only be held by the [[King of France|King]]'s nominees.  The ''Parlements'' were abolished by the [[French Revolution]].  In modern France the chief judge of a court is known as its president (''président de la cour'').
-The first usage of the word 'president' to denote the highest official in a government was during the [[Commonwealth of England]]. After the abolition of the monarchy the English [[Council of State]], whose members were elected by the House of Commons, became the [[executive (government)|executive]] government of the Commonwealth. The Council of State was the successor of the [[Privy Council]], which had previously been headed by the [[Lord President of the Council|Lord President]]; its successor the Council of State was also headed by a Lord President, the first of which was [[John Bradshaw (judge)|John Bradshaw]]. However, the Lord President alone was not head of state, because that office was vested in the council as a whole.
-The modern usage of the term 'president' to designate a single person who is the [[head of state]] of a [[republic]] can be traced directly to the [[United States Constitution]] of 1787, which created the office of [[President of the United States]]. Previous American governments had included "presidents" (such as the [[president of the Continental Congress]] or the president of the [[Massachusetts Provincial Congress]]), but these were presiding officers in the older sense, with no executive authority.  It has been suggested that the executive use of the term was borrowed from early American colleges and universities, which were usually headed by a ''president.''  British universities were headed by an official called the "[[Chancellor (education)|Chancellor]]" (typically a ceremonial position) while the chief administrator held the title of "[[Vice-Chancellor]]".  But America's first institutions of higher learning (such as [[Harvard University]] and [[Yale University]]) didn't resemble a full-sized university so much as one of its constituent colleges. A number of colleges at [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] featured an official called the "President". The head, for instance, of [[Magdalene College, Cambridge]] was called the ''master'' and his second the ''president.'' The first president of Harvard, [[Henry Dunster]], had been educated at Magdalene.  Some have speculated that he borrowed the term out of a sense of humility, considering himself only a temporary place-holder. The presiding official of Yale College, originally a "Rector" (after the usage of continental European universities), became "President" in 1745.
-A common style of address for presidents, "[[Mr. President (title)|Mr/Mrs. President]]," is borrowed from British Parliamentary tradition, in which the presiding Speaker of the [[British House of Commons|House of Commons]] is referred to as "Mr/Mrs. Speaker."  Coincidentally, this usage resembles the older French custom of referring to the president of a ''parlement'' as "''Monsieur/Madame le Président''", a form of address that in modern France applies to both the [[President of the French Republic|President of the Republic]] and to chief judges.  Similarly, the Speaker of the [[Canadian House of Commons]] is addressed by [[francophone]] parliamentarians as "''Monsieur/Madame Président(e)''".  In [[Pierre Choderlos de Laclos]]'s novel ''[[Les Liaisons Dangereuses]]'' of 1782, the character identified as ''Madame la Présidente de Tourvel'' ("Madam President of Tourvel") is the wife of a magistrate in a ''parlement''.  The fictional name Tourvel refers not to the ''parlement'' in which the magistrate sits, but rather, in imitation of an aristocratic title, to his private estate.
-Once the United States adopted the title of "President" for its republican Head of State, many other nations followed suit.  [[Haiti]] became the first presidential republic in [[Latin America]] when [[Henri Christophe]] assumed the title in 1807.  Almost all of the American nations that became independent from [[Spain]] in the early 1810s and 1820s chose a US-style president as their chief executive.  The first European president was the President of the [[Italian Republic (Napoleonic)|Italian Republic of 1802]], a [[Sister Republic|client state]] of revolutionary France, in the person of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]].  The first [[Africa]]n President was the [[President of Liberia]] (1848), while the first [[Asia]]n president was the [[President of the Republic of China]] (1912).{{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}
-In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, the powers of presidencies have varied from country to country. The spectrum of power has included presidents-for-life and hereditary presidencies to ceremonial heads of state.
-Presidents in the countries with a democratic or representative form of [[government]] are usually elected for a specified period of time and in some cases may be re-elected by the same process by which they are appointed, i.e. in many nations, periodic popular elections. The powers vested in such presidents vary considerably. Some presidencies, such as that of [[President of Ireland|Ireland]], are largely ceremonial, whereas other systems vest the President with substantive powers such as the appointment and dismissal of [[prime minister]]s or [[Cabinet (government)|cabinets]], the power to declare [[war]], and powers of [[veto]] on legislation. In many nations the President is also the [[Commander-in-Chief]] of the nation's armed forces, though once again this can range from a ceremonial role to one with considerable authority.
-===Presidential systems===
-{{main article|President of the Republic}}
-In states with a [[presidential system]] of government, the president exercises the functions of [[head of state]] and [[head of government]], i.e. the president directs the executive branch of government.
-Presidents in this system are either ''directly'' elected by popular vote or ''indirectly'' elected by an electoral college or some other democratically elected body.
-In the [[United States]], the [[President of the United States|President]] is ''indirectly'' elected by the [[U.S. Electoral College|Electoral College]] made up of electors chosen by voters in the presidential election. In most United States states, each elector is committed to voting for a specified candidate determined by the popular vote in each state, so that the people, in voting for each elector, are in effect voting for the candidate. However, for various reasons the numbers of electors in favour of each candidate are unlikely to be proportional to the popular vote. Thus, in four close United States elections ([[U.S. presidential election, 1824|1824]], [[U.S. presidential election, 1876|1876]], [[U.S. presidential election, 1888|1888]], and [[U.S. presidential election, 2000|2000]]), the candidate with the most popular votes still lost the election.
-In [[Mexico]], the [[President of Mexico|president]] is ''directly'' elected for a six-year term by popular vote. The candidate who wins the most votes is elected president even without an absolute majority. The president may never get another term. The [[Mexican general election, 2006|2006 Mexican elections]] had a fierce competition, the electoral results showed a minimal difference between the two most voted candidates and such difference was just about the 0.58% of the total vote. The [[Federal Electoral Tribunal]] declared an elected President after a controversial post-electoral process.
-In [[Brazil]], the [[President of Brazil|president]] is ''directly'' elected for a four-year term by popular vote. A candidate has to have more than 50% of the valid votes. If no candidates achieve a majority of the votes, there is a [[runoff election]] between the two candidates with most votes. Again, a candidate needs a majority of the vote to be elected. In Brazil, a president cannot be elected to more than two consecutive terms, but there is no limit on the number of terms a president can serve.
-Many [[South America]]n, [[Central America]]n, and [[Africa]]n nations follow the presidential model.
-===Semi-presidential systems===
-A second system is the [[semi-presidential system]], also known as the [[France|French]] model. In this system, as in the parliamentary system, there are both a president and a prime minister; but unlike the parliamentary system, the president may have significant day-to-day power. For example, in France, when his party controls the majority of seats in the [[National Assembly (France)|National Assembly]], the [[President of France|President]] can operate closely with the parliament and [[Prime Minister of France|Prime Minister]], and work towards a common agenda. When the National Assembly is controlled by his opponents, however, the president can find himself marginalized with the opposition party prime minister exercising most of the power. Though the prime minister remains an appointee of the president, the president must obey the rules of parliament, and select a leader from the house's majority holding party. Thus, sometimes the president and prime minister can be allies, sometimes rivals; the latter situation is known in France as [[cohabitation (government)|cohabitation]]. Variants of the French semi-presidential system, developed at the beginning of the [[French Fifth Republic|Fifth Republic]] by [[Charles de Gaulle]], are used in [[France]], [[Portugal]], [[Romania]], [[Sri Lanka]] and several [[post-colonial]] countries which have emulated the French model.
-===Parliamentary systems===
-{{see also|Parliamentary system|Parliamentary republic}}
-The [[parliamentary republic]], is a parliamentary system in which the presidency is largely ceremonial with either ''[[de facto]]'' or no significant executive authority (such as the [[President of Austria]]) or ''[[de jure]]'' no significant executive power (such as the [[President of Ireland]]), and the executive powers rests with the [[Prime Minister]] who automatically assumes the post as head of a majority party or coalition, but takes oath of office administered by the president. However the President is head of the civil service, commander in chief of the armed forces and can dissolve parliament. Countries using this system include [[Austria]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Germany]], [[Greece]], [[Hungary]], [[Iceland]], [[India]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], [[Israel]], [[Italy]],<ref>But presidential moral suasion is increasingly confirming that the "neutral powers", in this country, often find in the head of state the best defender from Executive interference:  {{cite journal|last1=Buonomo|first1=Giampiero|title = Autorità indipendenti e sistema costituzionale|journal= L'ago e il filo|date=2014| url= https://www.questia.com/projects#!/project/89422474}} {{Subscription required |via=[[Questia]]}}</ref> [[Malta]], [[Pakistan]], [[Poland]], [[Turkey]], [[Singapore]].
-The [[parliamentary republic]] type of government is a system with an [[executive president]] in which the president is the head of state and the government but unlike a [[presidential system]], is elected by and accountable to a parliament, and referred to as president. Countries using this system include [[Botswana]] and [[South Africa]].
-===Collective presidency===
-Only a tiny minority of modern republics do not have a single head of state.  Some examples of this are:
-*[[Switzerland]], where the headship of state is collectively vested in the seven-member [[Swiss Federal Council]], although there is also a [[President of the Swiss Confederation|President of the Confederation]], who is a member of the Federal Council elected by the [[Federal Assembly of Switzerland|Federal Assembly]] (the Swiss [[Parliament]]) for a year ([[constitutional convention (political custom)|constitutional convention]] mandates that the post rotates every [[New Year's Day]]).
-*The [[Captains Regent]] of [[San Marino]] elected by the [[Grand and General Council]].
-*In the former [[Soviet Union]], while the real power was exercised by the [[General Secretary|general secretary]] of the [[CPSU|Communist Party]], the [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet]] executed powers of collective [[head of state]], and its [[chairman]] was often called "president" in the [[Western World|West]].
-*[[SFRY|Yugoslavia]] after the death of [[Josip Broz Tito]].
-*[[Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
-*[[National Council of Government (Uruguay)]]
-*[[Junta of National Reconstruction]] in [[Nicaragua]]
-===Dictatorships===
-In [[dictatorship]]s, the title is frequently taken by self-appointed or military-backed leaders. Such is the case in many states: [[Idi Amin]] in [[Uganda]], [[Mobutu Sese Seko]] in [[Zaire]], [[Ferdinand Marcos]] in [[Philippines]] and [[Saddam Hussein]] in [[Iraq]] are some examples. Other presidents in authoritarian states have wielded only symbolic or no power such as [[Craveiro Lopes]] in [[Portugal]] and [[Joaquín Balaguer]] under the "Trujillo Era" of the [[Dominican Republic]].
-[[President for Life]] is a title assumed by some [[dictator]]s to try to ensure that their authority or legitimacy is never questioned. Ironically, most leaders who proclaim themselves President for Life do not in fact successfully serve a life term. On the other hand, presidents like [[Alexandre Pétion]], [[Rafael Carrera]], [[Josip Broz Tito]] and [[François Duvalier]] died in office. [[Kim Il-sung]] was named [[Eternal President of the Republic]] after his death.
-[[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]] appointed himself in 82 BC to an entirely new office, ''dictator [[rei publicae]] constituendae causa'', which was functionally identical to the dictatorate ''rei gerendae causa'' except that it lacked any set time limit, although Sulla held this office for over two years before he voluntarily abdicated and retired from public life.
-The second well-known incident of a leader extending his term indefinitely was Roman dictator [[Julius Caesar]], who made himself "[[Roman dictator|Perpetual Dictator]]" (commonly mistranslated as 'Dictator-for-life') in 45 BC. His actions would later be mimicked by the French leader [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] who was appointed "First Consul for life" in 1802.
-Several presidents have ruled until their death, but they have not proclaimed themselves as President for Life. For instance, [[Nicolae Ceauşescu]] of [[Romania]], who ruled until his execution (see [[Romanian Revolution]]).
-=== Presidential symbols ===
-As the country's head of state, in most countries the president is entitled to certain perquisites, and may have a prestigious residence; often a lavish mansion or palace, sometimes more than one (e.g. summer and winter residence, country retreat) – for  symbols of office, such as an official uniform, decorations, a presidential seal, coat of arms, flag and other visible accessories; military honours such as [[gun salute]]s, [[ruffles and flourishes]], and a presidential guard. A common presidential symbol is the [[presidential sash]]es worn by mostly [[Latin America]]n presidents as a symbol of the presidency's continuity, and presenting the sash to the new president.
-=== Presidential chronologies ===
-{{main article|List of current presidents}}
-[[United Nations]] member countries in columns, other entities at the beginning:
-* [[President of the European Commission|European Commission]]
-* [[List of presidents of European Union institutions]]
-* [[List of heads of state of the Soviet Union|List of Presidents of the Soviet Union]] ([[List of leaders of the Soviet Union|Leaders]])
-== Titles for non-heads of state ==
-=== As head of government ===
-Some countries with parliamentary systems use a term meaning/translating as 'president' (in some languages indistinguishable from chairman) for the head of parliamentary government, often as President of the Government, [[President of the Council of Ministers]] or [[President of the Executive Council (disambiguation)|President of the Executive Council]].
-However, such an official is explicitly not the president of the ''country''. Rather, he/she is called a president in an older sense of the word, to denote the fact that he/she heads the ''[[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]]''. A separate [[head of state]] generally exists in their country that instead serves as the president or monarch of the country.
-Thus, such officials are really [[premier]]s, and to avoid confusion are often described simply as 'prime minister' when being mentioned internationally.
-There are several examples for this kind of presidency:
-* The official title of the [[Prime Minister of Italy|Italian Prime Minister]] is [[President of the Council of Ministers]] (''[[Italian language|Italian]] Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri'')
-* Under the French [[French Third Republic|Third]] and the [[French Fourth Republic|Fourth Republics]], the "[[President of the Council of Ministers|President of the Council]]" (of ministers – or prime minister) was the head of government, with the [[President of the French Republic|President of the Republic]] a largely symbolic figurehead.
-* The [[Prime minister]] of the [[Irish Free State]] from 1922 to 1937 was titled [[President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State]]. At the same time, the Irish Free State was a constitutional monarchy with a reigning monarch, the [[Monarchy in the Irish Free State|King of Ireland]], as well as a resident [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State|Governor-General]] carrying out many head of state functions.
-* Under the [[constitutional monarchy|constitutional monarchies]] of [[Brazil]] and [[Portugal]], the President of the Council of Ministers (''[[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] Presidente do Conselho de Ministros'') was the head of government, with the [[Monarch]] being the head of State. Under the [[Portuguese First Republic|Portuguese First]] and [[New State (Portugal)|Second Republics]], the head of government was the President of the [[Ministry (collective executive)|Ministry]] (''Portuguese Presidente do Ministério'') and then the President of the Council of Ministers, with the [[President of Portugal|President of the Republic]] as the head of State.
-* The [[Prime Minister of Spain]] is officially referred to as the President of the Government of [[Spain]], and informally known as the "president". Spain is also a kingdom with a reigning [[King of Spain|king]].
-* The official title of the [[Prime Minister of Croatia|Croatian prime minister]] is President of the Government of the Republic of Croatia ({{lang-hr|Predsjednik Vlade Republike Hrvatske}}).
-* The official title of the [[Prime Minister of Poland|Polish prime minister]] is [[President of the Council of Ministers]] (''[[Polish language|Polish]] Prezes Rady Ministrów'').
-*In British constitutional practice, the chairman of an [[Executive Council (Commonwealth countries)|Executive Council]], acting in such a capacity, is known as a President of the Executive Council. Usually this person is the [[Governor]] and it always stays like that.
-*Between 1918 and 1934, [[Estonia]] had no separate head of state. Both [[Prime Minister of Estonia|Prime Ministers]] (1918-1920) and [[State Elder]]s (1920-1934) often translated as "Presidents") were elected by the parliament.
-=== Other executive positions ===
-==== Sub-national ====
-President can also be the title of the chief executive at a lower administrative level, such as the [[Parish President|parish president]]s of the [[parish]]es of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]], the presiding member of city council for villages in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Illinois]], or the [[municipal president]]s of [[Mexico]]'s [[municipio (Mexico)|municipalities]]. Perhaps the best known sub-national presidents are the [[borough president]]s of the [[borough (New York City)|Five Boroughs]] of [[New York City]]. In the early years of the United States, some states had "Presidents" as well, instead of "Governors".
-=====Poland=====
-In Poland the ''President of the City'' ({{lang-pl|Prezydent miasta}}) is the executive authority of the municipality elected in direct elections, the equivalent of the [[mayor]].  The Office of the President (Mayor) is also found in Germany and Switzerland .
-=====United Kingdom=====
-The [[Lord President of the Council]] is one of the [[Great Officer of State|Great Officers of State]] in [[England]] who presides over meetings of British [[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]]; the [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] headed by the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] is technically a committee of the Council, and all decisions of the Cabinet are formally approved through [[Order in Council|Orders in Council]]. Although the Lord President is a member of the Cabinet, the position is largely a ceremonial one and is traditionally given to either the [[Leader of the House of Commons]] or the [[Leader of the House of Lords]].
-Historically the [[President of the Board of Trade]] was a cabinet member.
-======Dependencies======
-In [[Alderney]], the elected head of government is called the [[President of the States of Alderney]].
-In the [[Isle of Man]], there is a [[President of Tynwald]].
-=====Spain=====
-In [[Spain]], the executive leaders of the [[autonomous communities]] (regions) are called presidents. In each community, they can be called ''Presidente de la Comunidad'' or ''Presidente del Consejo'' among others. They are elected by their respective regional assemblies and have similar powers to a state president or governor.
-====Deputies====
-Below a President, there can be a number of or "Vice Presidents" (or occasionally "Deputy Presidents") and sometimes several "Assistant Presidents" or "Assistant Vice Presidents", depending on the organisation and its size. These posts do not hold the same power but more of a subordinate position to the president. However, power can be transferred in special circumstances to the Deputy or Vice President.  Normally Vice Presidents hold some power and special responsibilities below that of the President. The difference between Vice/Deputy Presidents and Assistant/Associate Vice Presidents is the former are legally allowed to run an organisation, exercising the same powers (as well as being second in command) whereas the latter are not.
-===Legislatures===
-In some countries the speaker of their unicameral legislatures, or of one or both houses of bicameral legislatures, the speakers have the title of President of "the body".
-====France====
-In [[France|French]] legal terminology, the president of a court consisting of multiple [[judge]]s is the foremost judge; he chairs the meeting of the court and directs the debates (and this thus addressed as "Mrs President", "Madame la Présidente", Mr President", or ''Monsieur le Président''. In general, a court comprises several chambers, each with its own president; thus the most senior of these is called the "first president" (as in: "the First President of the [[Court of Cassation (France)|Court of Cassation]] is the most senior judge in France").  Similarly in English legal practice the most senior judge in each division uses this title (e.g. President of the Family Division, President of the Court of Appeal).
-====United Kingdom====
-In the recently established [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]], the most senior judge is called the [[President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom|President of the Supreme Court]]. The Lady/Lord President of the Court of Session is head of the judiciary in [[Scotland]], and presiding judge (and Senator) of the [[College of Justice]] and [[Court of Session]], as well as being Lady/Lord Justice General of Scotland and head of the [[High Court of Justiciary]], the offices having been combined in 1784.
-== See also ==
-*[[Mr. President (title)]]
-*[[Presidents Day (United States)|Presidents Day]]
-*[[Presidential system]]
-*[[Requirements for becoming a president]]
-*[[Vice president]]
-'''Head of state:'''
-*[[Head of state]]
-*[[Governor-General]]
-*[[Monarch]]
-*[[Supreme Leader]]
-*[[List of state leaders]]
-'''Other head of government:'''
-*[[Prime minister]]
-*[[Minister-President]] (a head of government, not of state)
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