President of the United States

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head of government head of state political position public office

The President of the United States is the head of state and government of the country, serving as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and the chief executive responsible for implementing and enforcing federal laws.

Aliases (11)

United States President ×12
U.S. President ×3
the President of the United States ×3
President of the United States in Congress Assembled ×2
Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces (constitutional presidency) ×1
Commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces ×1
POTUS ×1
President of the United States (in some cases) ×1
President of the United States as primary authority to declare major disasters and emergencies ×1
The President of the United States ×1
office of the President of the United States ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of government → head of state → political position → public office →
alsoKnownAs	POTUS → President of the USA →
appointedBy	Electoral College →
constitutingInstrument	Article II of the United States Constitution →
country	United States of America →
deputy	Vice President of the United States →
electedBy	Electoral College →
electionMethod	indirect popular vote via Electoral College →
eligibleCandidateRequirement	at least 35 years old → natural-born citizen of the United States → resident of the United States for at least 14 years →
firstHolder	George Washington →
flag	Flag of the President of the United States →
formationDate	1789-04-30 →
hasPower	appoint Cabinet members → appoint federal judges → conduct foreign policy → issue executive orders → negotiate treaties → sign bills into law → veto legislation →
inaugurationDay	January 20 (since 1937) →
insignia	Seal of the President of the United States →
isCommanderInChiefOf	United States Armed Forces →
leaderOf	United States federal government → executive branch of the United States government →
memberOf	National Security Council of the United States →
oathAdministeredBy	Chief Justice of the United States →
officeCreatedBy	United States Constitution →
officeHolderOf	executive branch of the United States government →
positionIn	United States federal government →
predecessorOffice	President of the Continental Congress →
reportsTo	people of the United States →
requiresConsentOf	United States Senate for major appointments → United States Senate for treaty ratification →
residence	White House →
residenceType	official residence →
roleIn	federal government of the United States →
seat	Washington, D.C. →
style	Madam President → Mr. President → The Honorable →
successionDefinedBy	Presidential Succession Act →
termLength	4 years →
termLimit	two elected terms →
termLimitDefinedBy	Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution →
workLocation	White House →

Referenced by (showing first 500 of 879)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Cabinet-level) → Administrator of the Small Business Administration → Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development → Administrator of the Works Progress Administration → Architect of the Capitol → Archivist of the United States → Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights → Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division → Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division → Assistant Attorneys General of the United States → Assistant Secretaries of Transportation → Assistant Secretaries of the Air Force → Assistant Secretaries of the Navy (subject-matter portfolios) → Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy → Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information → Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs → Assistant Secretary of Energy → Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs → Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs → Assistant Secretary of War → Assistant Secretary of the Army → Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) → Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) → Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) → Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition → Assistant Secretary of the Treasury → Assistant United States Attorney General for the Civil Division → Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy → Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs → Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service → Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts → Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (Cabinet-level) → Chair of the Federal Reserve → Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff → Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. Department of Labor → Chief Intelligence Officer of the Department of Homeland Security → Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces → Chief Justice of the United States → Chief Usher → Chief of Army Reserve → Chief of Naval Operations → Chief of Naval Personnel → Chief of Navy Reserve → Chief of Space Operations → Chief of Staff of the Air Force → Chief of Staff of the Air Force → Chief of the National Guard Bureau → Chief of the U.S. Liaison Office in China → Collector of the Port of New York → Commandant of the Coast Guard → Commandant of the Marine Corps → Commandant of the Marine Corps → Commander, U.S. Strategic Command → Commander, United Nations Command → Commander, United States European Command → Commanding General of the United States Army → Commissioner of Internal Revenue → Comptroller General of the United States → Comptroller of the Treasury → Council of Economic Advisers → Deputy Director for National Security → Deputy Director for Science and Society → Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency → Deputy Secretary of Transportation → Deputy Surgeon General of the United States → Director of Central Intelligence → Director of National Intelligence → Director of National Intelligence → Director of the Central Intelligence Agency → Director of the Central Intelligence Agency → Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency → Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Cabinet-level) → FRB → Federal Communications Commission → Federal Radio Commission → Federal Reserve Board governors → Federal Trade Commission → General Counsel of the Army → General Counsel of the Department of the Treasury → General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board → General Counsel of the Navy → Government Accountability Office → Governor-General of the Philippines → IP Czar → IPEC → Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Labor → Librarian of Congress → Merit Systems Protection Board → NASA Deputy Administrator → National Cancer Institute director → National Credit Union Administration → National Endowment for the Humanities → Office of Production Management → Office of the United States Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator → President's Science Advisory Committee → President’s Cancer Panel → President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology → Press Secretary → Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence → SECVA → SecAg → SecDOT → SecEnergy → Secretary of Commerce of the United States → Secretary of War → Secretary of the Air Force → Secretary of the Army → Secretary of the Navy → Secretary of the Treasury → Surface Transportation Board → Surgeon General of the United States → Surveyor of the Port of Salem → Treasurer of the United States → U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines → U.S. Office of Government Ethics → U.S. ambassadors → Under Secretary for Domestic Finance → Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere → Under Secretary of Commerce of the United States → Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security → Under Secretary of Energy → Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs → Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights → Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs → Under Secretary of the Air Force → Under Secretary of the Army → Under Secretary of the Navy → Under Secretary of the Navy → United States Agency for International Development → United States Ambassador to Austria → United States Ambassador to Belgium → United States Ambassador to France → United States Ambassador to Hungary → United States Ambassador to Ireland → United States Ambassador to Japan → United States Ambassador to Mexico → United States Ambassador to NATO → United States Ambassador to New Zealand → United States Ambassador to Samoa → United States Ambassador to South Vietnam → United States Ambassador to West Germany → United States Ambassador to Yugoslavia → United States Ambassador to the European Union → United States Ambassador to the Netherlands → United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union → United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom → United States Ambassador to the United Nations (Cabinet-level) → United States Associate Attorney General → United States Attorney → United States Attorney General → United States Attorney for the Central District of California → United States Attorney for the District of Alaska → United States Attorney for the District of Arizona → United States Attorney for the District of Colorado → United States Attorney for the District of Columbia → United States Attorney for the District of Guam → United States Attorney for the District of Hawaii → United States Attorney for the District of Maryland → United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts → United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota → United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey → United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico → United States Attorney for the District of Oregon → United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico → United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina → United States Attorney for the District of Utah → United States Attorney for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands → United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands → United States Attorney for the Eastern District of California → United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York → United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania → United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia → United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin → United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida → United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama → United States Attorney for the Northern District of California → United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia → United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois → United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio → United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas → United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama → United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida → United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York → United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio → United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas → United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina → United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee → United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas → United States Commission on Civil Rights → United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit → United States Deputy Attorney General → United States Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense → United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development → United States Food Administrator → United States High Commissioner for Germany → United States Holocaust Memorial Council → United States Marshals Service → United States Minister to Russia → United States Minister to Spain → United States National Security Advisor → United States Representative for UN Management and Reform ("United States President") → United States Representative to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights → United States Representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council → United States Representative to the United Nations General Assembly → United States Secretary of Agriculture → United States Secretary of Defense → United States Secretary of Education → United States Secretary of Energy → United States Secretary of Health and Human Services → United States Secretary of Homeland Security → United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development → United States Secretary of Labor → United States Secretary of State → United States Secretary of Transportation → United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs → United States Secretary of the Interior → United States Trade Representative → United States federal judges → Vice Chair for Supervision → Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff → Vice Chief of Naval Operations → War Industries Board → War Manpower Commission → War Production Board → White House Counsel → White House executive chef → White House social secretary →	appointedBy
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Cabinet-level) → Administrator of the Small Business Administration → Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development → Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights → Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy → Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information → Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs → Assistant Secretary of Energy → Assistant Secretary of the Treasury → Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (Cabinet-level) → Chief of Naval Operations → Chief of Space Operations → Chief of Staff of the Army → SecDOT → Secretary of the Army → U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines → Under Secretary for International Affairs → Under Secretary of Commerce of the United States → Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment → Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security → Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights → Under Secretary of the Air Force → Under Secretary of the Army → Under Secretary of the Navy → United States Ambassador to Austria → United States Ambassador to Belgium → United States Ambassador to Hungary → United States Ambassador to Ireland → United States Ambassador to Japan → United States Ambassador to Mexico → United States Ambassador to NATO → United States Ambassador to New Zealand → United States Ambassador to Samoa → United States Ambassador to West Germany → United States Ambassador to the European Union → United States Ambassador to the Netherlands → United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union →	nominatedBy
Cabinet of the United States → Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (Cabinet-level) → Chief of Naval Operations → Chief of Staff of the Air Force → Chief of Staff of the Air Force → Chief of the National Guard Bureau → Commandant of the Marine Corps → Commandant of the Marine Corps → Council on Environmental Quality → Domestic Policy Council → Homeland Security Council of the United States → Joint Chiefs of Staff → National Science and Technology Council → National Security Council of the United States → National Telecommunications and Information Administration → Office of Legal Counsel → Office of National AIDS Policy → Office of Science and Technology Policy → President’s Cancer Panel → President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology → United States Department of State → United States Secretary of Defense → United States Secretary of Education → White House Counsel →	advises
Assistant Attorneys General of the United States → Secretary of the Treasury → Under Secretary of Energy → United States Attorney General → United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida → United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio → United States Attorney for the Southern District of Texas → United States Deputy Secretary of Defense → United States Secretary of Education → United States Secretary of Energy → United States Secretary of Homeland Security → United States Secretary of Transportation →	canBeRemovedBy
Electoral College → Madam President → Mr. President → Presidential Succession Act → Seal of the President of the United States → Section 1 of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution → Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution → pardon of Richard Nixon →	appliesToOffice
Article II of the United States Constitution → Chapter 4 – Delegation of Functions → National Emergencies Act → National Emergencies Act → Presidential Records Act → Public Law 94-412 → Title 3 of the United States Code →	appliesTo
Base Realignment and Closure 2005 → National Counterterrorism Strategy of the United States → National Military Strategy → National Security Council Intelligence Directive 9 → National Security Strategy of the United States → Nuclear Posture Review →	approvedBy
Executive One → Keep America Great → Lincoln Bedroom → United States Marine Band →	associatedWithOffice
Defense Distinguished Service Medal → Nuclear Posture Review → United States military commission → killing of Osama bin Laden →	authorizedBy
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal → Defense Distinguished Service Medal → Medal for Merit → Navy Distinguished Service Medal →	awardingAuthority
United States Armed Forces → United States Navy → United States Space Force → government of American Samoa →	commanderInChief
Antiquities Act of 1906 → National Emergencies Act → Section 2 of Article II → Trade Expansion Act of 1962 →	grantsPowerTo
Northern Mariana Islands → United States government → United States politics → government of American Samoa →	headOfState
Executive Order 7037 → Executive Order 8802 → Executive Order 8873 → Executive Order 9981 →	issuedByOffice
Federal Reserve Board of Governors → Inspector General of the Intelligence Community → Inspector General of the U.S. Department of the Interior →	appointmentBy
Red Room → South Grounds → South Lawn of the White House →	associatedWith
Emergency Alert System (United States) → Executive Order 9417 → Reorganization Plan No. 21 of 1950 →	authority
Air Force Reserve → Army Reserve → United States National Guard →	canBeActivatedBy
Basin and Range National Monument → U.S. National Historic Site → U.S. National Monument →	designatedBy
United States Secretary of Defense → United States Secretary of Education → United States Secretary of Homeland Security →	isInLineOfSuccessionFor
National Security Strategy of the United States → National Security Strategy of the United States → Presidential Proclamation →	issuedBy
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces → United States Court of International Trade → United States Court of International Trade →	judgesAppointedBy
Office of the Attorney General → United States courts of appeals →	appointingAuthority
Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction → United States awards and decorations →	awardedBy
Army National Guard of the District of Columbia → Georgia Army National Guard units →	canBeFederalizedBy
National Transportation Safety Board → Securities and Exchange Commission →	chairpersonAppointedBy
VPOTUS → Vice President of the United States →	electedWith
Army National Guard → California National Guard →	federalCommanderInChief
Electoral Count Act of 1887 → Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution →	governsOffice
Emergency Banking Act → Lever Food and Fuel Control Act of 1917 →	grantedPowerTo
United States government → United States of America →	headOfGovernment
Executive Office of the President of the United States → Executive Office of the President of the United States →	headOfGovernmentServed
National Science Board → United States International Trade Commission →	memberAppointmentBy
Cabinet of the United States → Postal Regulatory Commission →	membersAppointedBy
Organized Reserve Corps → USAR →	mobilizationAuthority
Governor of Illinois → Governor of New York →	nextHigherRank
Yellow Oval Room →	accessRestrictedTo
United States federal officials →	accountableTo
Lebanese Ambassador to the United States →	accreditedTo
Individual Ready Reserve →	activationAuthority
Szilard petition →	addressedTo
Annual Report to the President and Congress →	addressee
Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution →	affectsOffice
United States Marine Corps →	allegiance
President of the United States ("POTUS") →	alsoKnownAs
Strategic Defense Initiative →	announcedByTitle
Civil Liberties Act of 1988 →	apologyIssuedBy
Father of His Country →	appliesToOfficeHolder
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau →	appointmentOfDirectorBy
National Security Medal →	approvalAuthority
Congressional Space Medal of Honor →	approvalRequiredFrom
Crimean Conference ("United States President") →	attendeeRole
Public Law 86-209 →	authorityGrantedTo
Operation Neptune Spear →	authorizedByTitle
Wireless Emergency Alerts system ("the President of the United States") →	authorizedSender
Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 →	authorizes
No Religious Test Clause →	bindingOn
Corporation for Public Broadcasting →	boardAppointedBy
National Transportation Safety Board →	boardMembersAppointedBy
Commandant of the Marine Corps →	canBeExtendedBy
Treaties of the United States →	canBeTerminatedBy
United States International Trade Commission →	chairDesignationBy
National Science and Technology Council →	chairedBy
G.I. Joe: Retaliation →	character
Mayaguez incident →	commanderRole
U.S. Army officers →	commissionedBy
Public Law 107-306 →	commissionReportDeliveredTo
Treaties of the United States →	concludedBy
White House press corps →	covers
FEPC →	createdByOffice
Article II →	createsOffice
Four Freedoms →	declaredBy
Article II →	definesDutiesOf
Article II →	definesPowersOf
Communications Satellite Act of 1962 →	designatedRoleFor
Stafford Act ("President of the United States as primary authority to declare major disasters and emergencies") →	designates
President's House (original design) →	designedFor
Federal Housing Finance Agency →	directorAppointedBy
Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army ("Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces (constitutional presidency)") →	distinctFrom
House simple resolution →	doesNotRequireApprovalFrom
1928 United States presidential election →	electedOffice
Electoral College →	elects
United States presidential election →	electsOffice
VPOTUS →	eligibilitySameAs
Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act →	empowered
Executive Order 8757 →	enactedBy
National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States →	establishedBy
United States government →	executiveHead
President of the United States as Commander in Chief of the militia of the several states when called into federal service →	exercisedBy
The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords ("The President of the United States") →	featuresCharacter
California National Guard →	federalActivationAuthority
Illinois National Guard →	federalCommander
Eisenhower's farewell address →	givenBy
1950 State of the Union Address →	givenByOffice
Defense Production Act of 1950 →	grantsAuthorityTo
United States Customs Court →	hadJudgesAppointedBy
Homeland Security Council of the United States →	hasChairperson
Seventy-Two Virgins ("U.S. President") →	hasCharacter
Hay copy →	hasCreatorOccupation
Truman family →	hasMemberRole
Executive Office of the President of the United States →	hasOfficeHolder
First Daughter of the United States →	hasParentRole
Seventy-Two Virgins ("U.S. President") →	hasSubject
executive branch of the United States →	headedBy
Office of Legal Counsel →	headOfGovernmentAdvised
USTR →	headOfGovernmentReportingLine
Congress of the Confederation ("President of the United States in Congress Assembled") →	headOfGovernmentTitle
United States in Congress Assembled ("President of the United States in Congress Assembled") →	headOfStateTitle
Defense Planning Guidance →	higherLevelStrategySource
Mr. President →	honorificPrefixOf
Washington, D.C. →	hostsInstitution
United States federal elections →	includeElectionFor
United States federal officials →	includes
Trump v. Vance →	involvesOffice
Monica Lewinsky scandal →	involvesOfficeHolder
First Lady of the United States →	isDifferentFrom
Vice Chief of Naval Operations →	isInferiorTo
SecDef →	isPrincipalAdvisorTo
United States Secretary of Energy →	isResponsibleTo
First Lady of the United States →	isSpouseOf
Federal Register ("the President of the United States") →	issuingBody
Strategic Petroleum Reserve ("United States President") →	isToolOf
United States district courts →	judgeAppointmentBy
Union →	leaderTitle
Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution →	limitsOffice
National Emergencies Act →	limitsPowerOf
United States Attorney →	mayBeRemovedBy
Board of Directors of the FDIC →	memberAppointedBy
HMX-1 →	VIPCategoryServed