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Though there had been several republican countries in the past, it was the United States of America which popularized the use of the title "President" when the post was created for the new republic's Head of State (and Head of Government) in 1789. As South America became independent from Spanish rule, so too did these new republics adopt the title of "President" for their leaders, creating constitutions ...

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President: Encyclopedia II - President - History

President - History

Though there had been several republican countries in the past, it was the United States of America which popularized the use of the title "President" when the post was created for the new republic's Head of State (and Head of Government) in 1789. As South America became independent from Spanish rule, so too did these new republics adopt the title of "President" for their leaders, creating constitutions purposely similar to that of the US.

The first European president was the President of France, a post created in the Second Republic of 1848. (The First Republic had harkened back to the ancient Roman Republic by appointing several consuls at its head.) The first internationally recognized president was the President of the Republic of China in 1912. The first president of an internationally recognized African state was the President of Liberia in 1848.

Today, the majority of countries have a President as their Head of State.

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