<P> With no monarch , most modern republics use the title president for the head of state . Originally used to refer to the presiding officer of a committee or governing body in Great Britain the usage was also applied to political leaders , including the leaders of some of the Thirteen Colonies ( originally Virginia in 1608 ) ; in full , the `` President of the Council . '' The first republic to adopt the title was the United States of America . Keeping its usage as the head of a committee the President of the Continental Congress was the leader of the original congress . When the new constitution was written the title of President of the United States was conferred on the head of the new executive branch . </P>
<P> With no monarch , most modern republics use the title president for the head of state . Originally used to refer to the presiding officer of a committee or governing body in Great Britain the usage was also applied to political leaders , including the leaders of some of the Thirteen Colonies ( originally Virginia in 1608 ) ; in full , the `` President of the Council . '' The first republic to adopt the title was the United States of America . Keeping its usage as the head of a committee the President of the Continental Congress was the leader of the original congress . When the new constitution was written the title of President of the United States was conferred on the head of the new executive branch . </P>
who is in charge of a republic government
who is in charge of a republic government
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president