# president (political)

a role that controls a government

- Computed level: L14 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: political  ·  Arena: president

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [people](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-people.social), [government](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-government.administrative), [role](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-role.social), [control](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-control.ability)

**Through:** people select a role that controls a government through collective delegation of control via participation in a governmental structure

**Novel properties:**
- centralized authority
- executive decision power
- symbolic unity of state leadership

## Examples
- Barack Obama led the United States government from 2009 to 2017 after winning the 2008 election. *(institutions)*
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner directed Argentina’s executive branch from 2007 to 2015 amid recurring economic controls. *(politics)*
- The 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol targeted President Biden’s authority over federal government operations. *(events)*

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-president.political.json*  
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