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The President's Roles The President has eight major roles and they are (1) chief of state, (2) chief executive , (3) chief administrator, (4) chief diplomat, (5) commander in chief, (6) chief legislator, (7) party chief, and (8) chief citizen. 1. To begin, the President is chief of state. It means that he is the ceremonial head of the government of the U.S., the symbol of all the people of the nation. 2. The President is the nation's chief executive; he is vested by the Constituion whit "the executive Power" of the U.S. That power is immensely broad in both domestic and foreign affairs. But remember, the President is not all powerful and he has limits on what he can and cannot do. 3. The President is also the chief administrator, the director of the huge executive branch of the Federal Government. 4. The President is also the nation's chief diplomat, the main architect of American foreign policy and the nation's chief spokesperson. 5. In close concert whit the President's role in foreign affairs, the Constitution also makes the Presient the commander in chief of the nation's armed forces the 1.4 million man & women. 6. The president is also the nation's chief legislator, the main architect of its public policies. 7. The President acts as the chief of party, the acknowledged leder of the political party that controls the executive branch. 8. The office also automatically makes its occupant the nation's chief citizen.
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