President
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President is the title given to the heads of state, usually of a republic, or the figure who presides over a governmental or corporate body.
General Santa Anna was the President of Mexico in 1836. (DS9: "Wrongs Darker Than Death or Night")
The United States of America's Executive Branch was governed by a President. Trip Tucker, hearing that Mestral may have lived on Earth from 1957 until well into the 22nd century, reckoned that the Vulcan explorer would have lived through "what - 30 presidents?"; the first of these would have been Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy. (TOS: "The Cage"; DS9: "Little Green Men"; ENT: "Carbon Creek"; TOS: "The Cage")
The head of state of the United Federation of Planets was a president. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home; DS9: "Homefront", "Paradise Lost")
Altair VI elected a new planetary president in 2267. The USS Enterprise, along with two other Federation starships, was scheduled to attend the president's inauguration. The Enterprise, however, diverted to Vulcan when Spock entered pon farr. (TOS: "Amok Time")
A Starfleet court martial, such as the one James T. Kirk endured in 2267, is also overseen by a "president". (TOS: "Court Martial")
[edit] See also
- President of Earth, a Captain Proton holoprogram character
