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[[Image:Seal pres1.jpg|thumbnail|right|350px|The [[United States]] Presidential Seal]]

[[Image:Seal pres1.jpg|thumbnail|right|350px|The [[United States]] Presidential Seal]]

The '''President of the United States''' --sometimes abbreviated '''POTUS''' -- is the head of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[Executive Branch]] and [[head of  state]] of the [[United States of America]] and one of the most powerful people in the [[world]].  The writers of the [[United States Constitution|constitution]] recognized they were writing a job description which, in [[England]], was and is filled by the the job of the [[Prime Minister]] and position of the [[Monarchy|Monarch]].  At that time, the Monarchy of England did not seem to serve the common [[Homo Sapiens|man]] and the writers wanted to create a [[government]] that did.

The '''President of the United States''' --sometimes abbreviated '''POTUS''' -- is the head of the [[United States of America|U.S.]] [[Executive Branch]] and [[head of  state]] of the [[United States of America]] and one of the most powerful people in the [[world]].  The writers of the [[United States Constitution|constitution]] recognized they were writing a job description which, in [[England]], was and is filled by the job of the [[Prime Minister]] and position of the [[Monarchy|Monarch]].  At that time, the Monarchy of England did not seem to serve the common [[Homo Sapiens|man]] and the writers wanted to create a [[government]] that did.

==Current President==

==Current President==

After [[Franklin Roosevelt]] served a little over twelve years in office, [[Congress]] passed a [[Constitutional Amendment]] restricting future Presidents to two terms.  

After [[Franklin Roosevelt]] served a little over twelve years in office, [[Congress]] passed a [[Constitutional Amendment]] restricting future Presidents to two terms.  

However if the Vice President succeeds to the Presidency, with no more than two years left in the prior President's term, they are allowed to to run for two terms, raising the potential time in office to ten years.  

However if the Vice President succeeds to the Presidency, with no more than two years left in the prior President's term, they are allowed to run for two terms, raising the potential time in office to ten years.  

The first President to whom term limits applied was [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].

The first President to whom term limits applied was [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].