def account_representative(self, account):
        """
        Returns the representative for **account**

        :param account: Account to get representative for
        :type account: str

        :raises: :py:exc:`nano.rpc.RPCException`

        >>> rpc.account_representative(
        ...     account="xrb_39a73oy5ungrhxy5z5oao1xso4zo7dmgpjd4u74xcrx3r1w6rtazuouw6qfi"
        )
        "xrb_16u1uufyoig8777y6r8iqjtrw8sg8maqrm36zzcm95jmbd9i9aj5i8abr8u5"

        """

        account = self._process_value(account, 'account')

        payload = {"account": account}

        resp = self.call('account_representative', payload)

        return resp['representative']