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So in episode 642 there is a call between navy HQ and the new guy (sorry
forgot his rank/name) and Saka says the following![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Jmylr.jpg)

Who exactly are the five elders, and how much power do they hold? As they
managed to fool navy HQ.


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Who are the five elders, and how much power do they hold


The new guy is Fujitora or [Issho](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Issho) and
is an admiral.

The 5 elders appear to be the
[gorosei](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gorosei) who are the heads of the
world government. They pretty much are the world government and pick the
admirals, warlords, and everyone at navy HQ. That is why they could deceive
them as needed. They probably only did that, however, by orders of the
celestial dragons who are (essentially) the royal/noble class of the world
government.


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The five elders are the Gorosei, Japanese for "five elder stars" (go means
five) who form the council that run the world government. Below them is the
commander-in-chief of the world government, and below him is the fleet admiral
of the marines. They have pretty much unlimited power over the world
government.

Very little information has been given, but many speculate (based on nothing)
that they are five of the direct descendants of the 20 kings who formed the
world government (making them celestial dragons). If they are just normal
citizens, they may in theory have to answer to the celestial dragons, if they
are celestial dragons themselves then they answer to no-one.

It isn't really that they fooled Marine HQ, it's more that they withheld
information, as Marine HQ follows their orders anyway. If Sakazuki had found
out, he probably wouldn't have had a choice but to go along with them anyway,
as when Sengoku wanted to get the wanted posters out for the escaped Impel
Down prisoners as soon as possible, but was overruled and told that it was
being kept secret. All he could do was resign, they can overrule literally
anyone in the world government whenever they want.

Update:

At the time of this answer, the above was true. Since then, we've now seen Im,
the man who sits on the Empty Throne in Mary Geoise and who stands above the
five elders.

It seems that they are the second highest authority in the world government.


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