President is a common title for the head of state in most republics. The functions exercised by a president vary according to the form of government. In authoritarian regimes, a dictator or leader of a one-party state may also be called a president. The word president is also used in the King James Bible at Daniel 6: 2 to translate the Aramaic term ‘chiefs’
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The president is a common title for the head of state in most republics. The functions exercised by a president vary according to the form of government. In authoritarian regimes, a dictator or leader of a one-party state may also be called a president. The word president is also used in the King James Bible at Daniel 6: 2 to translate the Aramaic term “chiefs” The first usage of the word president to denote the highest official in a government was during the Commonwealth of England in the 17th century. It has been suggested that the executive use of the term was borrowed from early American colleges and universities, which were usually headed by apresident. The first president of Harvard, Henry Dunster, had educated himself at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Some have speculated that he may have borrowed the term out of a sense of humility, considering himself only a temporary place-holder. The official of Yale College, originally a temporaryrector, became president in 1745. A common style of address for the president of France is ‘Madame le Prameés’, a form of address that applies to both modern presidents of France and the modern president of the Republic of France, both of whom are called ‘Mr and Mrs President’ The president of a court is known as its president in modern France, while the chief judge of a French court is called ‘Monsieur de la Parlement’ in French. The president is the highest-ranking official in the British Board of Trade, which is headed by an official called the ‘Lord President of the Council’ in the United Kingdom, as well as the ‘President of the Senate’ of the United States.
The post of ‘president’ was created in 1787 by the U.S. Constitution of 1787, which created the office of President of The United States, with the title ‘President’ as its most common use. The head of a college, for instance, was the master and second-in-command, called ‘the president’ or ‘the head of the college’ in British English. A number of colleges at Cambridge University featured a president called ‘The Master and Second-In-Chief’, or ‘The Head of the College’, which was also called’The Head of The College’ or the ‘Head of The University of Cambridge’ In the UK, the ‘head of the House of Lords’ was called ‘President’, and in the UK ‘The Speaker’ was known as ‘The House of Commons Speaker’ The title’president’ is used to refer to the official who presides over or’sits before’ a gathering and ensures that debate is conducted in accordance with the rules of order. It originally designated the officer who preside over or ensures that debates are conducted in a social organization, but today it most commonly refers to an executive official in any social organization. In pre-revolutionary France, a president evolved into a powerful magistrate, with considerable judicial aswell as administrative authority. The name referred to his primary role of presiding over trials and other hearings.
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