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President of the European Commission
President of the European Commission: head of the EU executive since 1958, proposed by the European Council, elected by Parliament for a renewable five-year term; Ursula von der Leyen has held the post since 2019.
President of the European Council
President of the European Council: full-time chair of the EU leaders' summit body under Article 15 TEU, created by the Lisbon Treaty in 2009. Elected by reinforced qualified majority for a renewable 2.5-year term; current holder António Costa since 1 December 2024.
President of the European Parliament
The President of the European Parliament, also called the EP presidency, chairs plenary sittings, represents the Parliament to other EU institutions, and signs the EU budget and legislative acts; Roberta Metsola holds the office for a two-and-a-half-year term.
President of the European Union
President of the European Union is not a single office; leadership is split among the presidents of the European Council (António Costa), the Commission (Ursula von der Leyen), and the Parliament (Roberta Metsola), plus a rotating Council presidency.
President of the Family Division
President of the Family Division: senior judge of the High Court's Family Division and Head of Family Justice in England and Wales. Current holder Sir Stephen Cobb (23 April 2026), succeeding Sir Andrew McFarlane; appointed by the King on JAC panel recommendation.
President of the International Olympic Committee
President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC president): head of the IOC, elected by secret ballot for eight years renewable once for four years. Ten holders since 1894, from Vikelas and Coubertin to Kirsty Coventry, the first woman and African president, elected in 2025.
President of the Judicial Yuan of Taiwan
The President of the Judicial Yuan heads Taiwan's highest judicial organ and is one of its fifteen grand justices; Ming-Yan Shieh has held the office in an acting capacity since November 2024.
President of the Philippines
President of the Philippines: head of state, head of government, and commander-in-chief under Article VII of the 1987 Constitution; directly elected for a single six-year term, removable only by impeachment, with powers checked by Congress and the courts.
President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
The president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences governs the Academy, appointed by the pope for a renewable four-year term; Joachim von Braun has held the office since 2017.
President of the Republic of China
President of the Republic of China (中華民國總統): head of state and armed-forces supreme commander of Taiwan (ROC). Elected directly by the free area's people for a four-year renewable-once term since the ninth term; first held by Chiang Kai-shek in 1948; incumbent Lai Ching-te since May 2024.
President of the Republic of Texas
President of the Republic of Texas: executive head of the independent republic (1836–1846). Ad interim Burnet, then Houston, Lamar, Houston again, Anson Jones; three-year nonconsecutive terms under the 1836 constitution until annexation February 19, 1846.
President of the Senate
President of the Senate is the title of a senate's presiding officer. In the US it is the Vice President ex officio, with a tie-breaking vote and the electoral count; Australia and the Philippines elect a member; Canada's is appointed.
President of the Senate of Nigeria
President of the Senate of Nigeria: presiding officer of the 109-member Senate, elected by senators under section 50 of the 1999 Constitution; second in presidential succession; currently Godswill Akpabio.
President of the Senate of the Philippines
President of the Senate of the Philippines: presiding officer and majority leader of the 24-seat Philippine Senate, third in presidential succession, first held by Manuel Quezon 1916-1935, currently Sherwin Gatchalian since June 17, 2026.
President of the Soviet Union
President of the Soviet Union: head-of-state office created in 1990, held only by Mikhail Gorbachev, elected by the Congress of People's Deputies; he resigned December 25, 1991, transferring nuclear authority to Yeltsin.
President of the Supreme People's Court of China
The President of the Supreme People's Court of China heads China's highest court and is elected by the National People's Congress; Zhang Jun has held the office since 2023.
President of the Swiss Confederation
President of the Swiss Confederation: annual chair of Switzerland's seven-member Federal Council, primus inter pares but not head of state; 2026 president is Guy Parmelin, elected 10 December 2025.
President of the United States
The President of the United States, or POTUS, is the head of state and head of government, leads the executive branch, and serves as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
President of the World Bank Group
President of the World Bank Group: chief executive and board chair of the five-institution World Bank Group, selected by Executive Directors for five-year terms; since 1946 nominated by the United States. 14th president Ajay Banga took office June 2, 2023.
President of Turkey
President of Turkey (Cumhurbaşkanı): head of state and, since the 2017 constitutional amendments took effect in 2018, sole holder of executive power; directly elected for five-year terms, maximum two; held by Recep Tayyip Erdoğan since 2014.
President of Ukraine
President of Ukraine (Президент України): head of state under Article 102, elected by direct suffrage for five years; created 1991, first president Leonid Kravchuk; incumbent Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a semi-presidential system.
President of Venezuela
President of Venezuela: head of state and government under the 1999 Bolivarian Constitution. Six-year term, unlimited reelection since 2009, birthright-only eligibility. Nicolás Maduro was captured by U.S. forces in January 2026; Delcy Rodríguez became acting president.
President of Vietnam
President of Vietnam (Chủ tịch nước): head of state elected by the National Assembly, commander of the armed forces, largely ceremonial under the four-pillar system; current holder To Lam, elected April 7, 2026.
President of Zimbabwe
President of Zimbabwe: head of state, head of government, and Commander-in-Chief, holding executive authority through the Cabinet. Held by Emmerson Mnangagwa since 2017 after Robert Mugabe; 2026 amendments ended direct election and extended terms to seven years.
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate: constitutionally created presiding officer in the vice president's absence, third in presidential succession, held since the mid-20th century by the majority party's most senior senator, first woman Patty Murray.
President-elect of the United States
The President-elect of the United States is the certified election winner awaiting inauguration; the office carries no constitutional powers until the January 20 oath, but receives GSA transition support under the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 and the 2022 Improvement Act.
President's Choice Financial
President's Choice Financial, also known as PC Financial, is a Canadian financial-services brand offering no-fee banking products paired with the PC Optimum loyalty program, acquired by EQB from Loblaw in 2025.
President's Council on Bioethics
President's Council on Bioethics (PCBE), US federal bioethics advisory body under Executive Order 13237 (2001–2009), chaired by Leon Kass then Edmund Pellegrino; 37 meetings, ten reports including Human Cloning and Human Dignity, dissolved June 2009.
President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) is the United States government's global HIV/AIDS program, launched by President George W. Bush in 2003 and credited with saving 25 million lives.
President's Intelligence Advisory Board
President's Intelligence Advisory Board (PIAB), formerly PFIAB, is a small, secret White House advisory body created by Eisenhower in 1956 to give the President independent outside evaluation of U.S. intelligence effectiveness, renamed in 1961 and 2008, abolished by Carter and restored by Reagan.