What is President?
[[File:TRUMAN 58-766-06 (cropped).jpg|thumb|[[Harry S. Truman]], 33rd U.S. president from 1945 to 1953]] A '''president''' is the [[leader]] of a [[country]] which is a [[republic]]. A president is usually [[Election|elected]] directly through a [[vote]] by the [[Citizen|citizens]] or indirectly by [[Legislature|legislatures]] ([[Parliament|parliaments]]) who were voted by the citizens and which represents them. Some presidents are both the head of state and [[head of government]], such as the President of the [[United States]]. In other countries, such as the [[Republic of Ireland]], the President has a ceremonial role while the [[Prime Minister]] is the leader of the government. In [[France]], the President and Prime Minister both share executive powers. A president could also be the title of the head of a large [[business]], [[company]] or [[organization]]. == Electing a President == Many republics have [[direct election]]s by citizens to [[election|elect]] a president. But some other republics do not. The [[President of the United States]] is elected by the [[electoral college]]. Some other republics choose a president this way. In some other republics, the parliament elects a president. Countries that have a [[monarch]] as leader, are called [[monarchy|monarchies]]. Some countries have neither a president or a monarch as leader, such as the [[Vatican City]] which is ruled by a [[religion|religious]] leader called a [[Pope]]. [[Company|Companies]] also have presidents. They are elected by the [[wikt:people|people]] who own part of the [[company]]. In some companies, the people who are [[worker]]s for the company elect (vote for) their company president. == Power of a President == The president of a country is not the same thing as a [[prime minister]]. A prime minister is part of a [[parliament]], but a president is not. In some countries, (such as the [[United States]] or [[France]]), the president has more power and [[:wikt:responsibility|responsibility]] than anyone else. Such a president is ofte