President of the United Federation of Planets

The president of the United Federation of Planets, commonly referred to simply as the Federation president, is the executive head of state and head of government of the United Federation of Planets (and later the Coalition of Federation Planets). The Federation president leads the Federation Executive Council and appoints the commander-in-chief of Starfleet.

Since the founding of the Federation in 2161, there have been 39 Federation presidents (30 during the First Federation, 3 during the Second Federation, and 6 during the Coalition). Over time, the presidency has seen a battle of executive power, with certain eras seeing the Federation Executive Council hold significant influence. The presidency's direct management of Starfleet has always kept it reserved a significant amount of authority. Unlike many executive offices, the Federation president cannot veto legislation of the Federation Council but, given his position on the council, can often exercise his personal influence to sway the results of certain votes.

The Federation president is elected indirectly through the Federation Council to a two-year term (cut down from a 4 year term during the First and Second Federations). During the era of the First Federation, the position of Federation vice president existed. However, with the Second Federation, the role of vice president was simply held by the most senior non-presidential member of the Federation Council.

List of Federation presidents

The First Federation (2161 until 2340)

The First Federation (2161 - 2340)
No.	Presidency	President	Political party	Election(s)	Homeworld
1	2161 until 2173	Mol Paric	Non-partisan	[1]	Vulcan
				2162
				2166
				2170
2	2173 until 2175	Thomas E. Dix	Federalist	[2]	Earth
2	2173 until 2175	Thomas E. Dix	Federalist	2174	Earth
3	2175 until 2178	Donald Roosevelt	Federalist	[2]	Earth
4	2178 until 2190	Thomas Eddie	Democratic	2178	Earth
				2182
				2186
5	2190 until 2198	Francis U. James	Democratic	2190	Earth
5	2190 until 2198	Francis U. James	Democratic	2194	Earth
6	2198	Leroy A. Baxter	Democratic	[2]	Earth
7	2198 until 2206	T'pak Florek	Logician	2198	Vulcan
7	2198 until 2206	T'pak Florek	Logician	2202	Vulcan
8	2206 until 2213	Bredah	Democratic	2206	Alpha Centuri
8	2206 until 2213	Bredah	Democratic	2210	Alpha Centuri
9	2213 until 2218	Dayl'ah	Logician	[3]	Vulcan
9	2213 until 2218	Dayl'ah	Logician	2214	Vulcan
10	2218 until 2222	Lucy Marie	Logician	2218	Earth
11	2222 until 2230	Richard Wayne	Logician	2222	Earth
12	2230 until 2232	Phillip Coulson	Democratic	2230	Earth
13	2232 until 2238	Grand M. Tarkin	Democratic	[2]	Earth
				2234
				2238
14	2238 until 2242	Martin Steinbauer	Logician	[2]	Earth
15	2242	Samuel Bowser	Democratic	[3]	Earth
16	2242 until 2246	Elizabeth Tarkin	Democratic	2242	Earth
17	2246 until 2250	Steh'por	Democratic	2246	Andoria
18	2250 until 2266	Prinnarc jav Hurkeg	Logician	2250	Tellar
				2254
				2258
				2262
19	2266 until 2271	Geor Troi	Democratic	2266	Betazed
19	2266 until 2271	Geor Troi	Democratic	2270	Betazed
20	2271 until 2278	Julian Wang	Democratic	[2]	Earth
20	2271 until 2278	Julian Wang	Democratic	2274	Earth
21	2278 until 2286	Dar'well	Logician	2278	Andoria
21	2278 until 2286	Dar'well	Logician	2282	Andoria
22	2286 until 2294	Feb'erath	Logician	2286	Andoria
22	2286 until 2294	Feb'erath	Logician	2290	Andoria
23	2294 until 2298	Lib'erak	Logician	2294	Andoria
24	2298 until 2306	Hikaru Sulu	Democratic	2298	Earth
24	2298 until 2306	Hikaru Sulu	Democratic	2302	Earth
25	2306 until 2314	Andrew Kurtz	Logician	2306	Earth
25	2306 until 2314	Andrew Kurtz	Logician	2310	Earth
26	2314 until 2318	Zachary Hudson	Democratic	2314	Lunar
27	2318 until 2326	Tyrell Biggs	Logician	2318	Mars
27	2318 until 2326	Tyrell Biggs	Logician	2322	Mars
28	2326 until 2333	Nanietta Bacco	Democratic	2326	Cestus III
28	2326 until 2333	Nanietta Bacco	Democratic	2330	Cestus III
29	2333 until 2334	Chadwick Secarus	Democratic	[2]	Earth
30	2334 until 2340	Robbert W. Teck	Logician	[4]	Neptune
				2334
				2338

The Second Federation (2985 until 2998)

The Second Federation (2985 until 2998)
No.	Presidency	President	Political party	Election(s)	Homeworld
31	2985 until 2989	Aennik Okeg	Republican	[1]	Vulcan
31	2985 until 2989	Aennik Okeg	Republican	2285	Vulcan
32	2989 until 2993	Grand M. Tarkin	Democratic	2289	Earth
32	2989 until 2993	Grand M. Tarkin	Democratic	2293	Earth
33	2293 until 2998	Jaresh Inyo	Republican	[3]	Graziella

The Third Federation (3001 until present)

The Third Federation (3001 until present)
No.	Presidency	President	Society affiliation	Election(s)	Homeworld
34	3001 until 3005	Airiam Etor	Humanist	3001	Betazed
34	3001 until 3005	Airiam Etor	Humanist	3003	Betazed
35	3005 until 3011	Qasr	Logician	3005	Vulcan
				3007
				3009
36	3011 until 3012	Zhaban Adami	Logician	3011	Bajor
37	3012 until 3017	Rebi "Jet" Rees	Humanist	3012 [5]	Tellar
				3013
				3015
38	3017 until 3019	Saavik	Logician	3017	Vulcan
39	3019 until present	Ceris Olwen	Humanist	3019	Cestus III
				3021
				3023