Alternate names for republican head of state

[Some Bloke]

How about the Patrician? Ook. :-D

 

[agisXIV]

First Speaker is nice.

 

[ModusViv]

Hindmost?

 

[Zen9]

So from Old English.

Theoden
Ræswa
Leoden

Toga
Then we have
High Reeve

First

I'll dig up few others later

 

[Byzantion]

Instead of "president", what are some other possibilities?

Consul

 

[Jared]

Chief Librarian. (Oook).

 

[Odinson]

Bürgermeister

Bürgermeister Meisterbürger

In all honesty, I think consul is pretty reasonable. Periclesian could be an interesting title for Greco derived republics.

 

[Kaze]

Doge (Venice was a republic)
Consul.
Dictator.
Lord Protector.
Premier
Chairman.
General Secretary.
Franklin or Washington (as a last name tacked on in the style of the Caesars). So it would be like - John Adams Washington, FDR Franklin, Abraham Lincoln Washington.

 

[Monter]

Sei-i Taishōgun

 

[GenericAltHistorian]

Chief of State.
Supreme Leader (as in North Korea and Iran)
Lord Protector (if the English commonwealth survives)
Patriarch/Matriarch.
Statemaster.

 

[Clandango]

Protector?

 

[Schnozzberry]

Nomocrat could be one for a republic heavily focused on rule of law.

 

[MrGreyOwl]

MrGreyOwl's republican title generator!

Use your birth month:
1-Lord
2-High
3-Prime
4-First
5-Master
6-Lead
7-Supreme
8-Head
9-Grand
10-Great
11-Chief
12-Optime

The use your name's first letter:
a-Consul
b-Patrician
c-Citizen
d-Chancellor
e-Director
f-Chairman
g-Protector
h-Regent
i-Marshal
j-General
k-Governor
l-Executor
m-Commander
n-Admiral
o-Captain
p-Patriarch/Matriarch
q-Guide
r-Dictator
s-Guardian
t-Speaker
u-Minister
v-Officer
w-Coordinator
x-Archon
y-Manager
z-Conductor

I got Grand Protector. And you?

 

[Falecius]

"Elder" might work.

 

[Kellan Sullivan]

The Grand Poobah? Or is that too Gilbert & Sullivan?

 

[jyxz7]

A rather unique title for a federation/confederation could use the prefix Common, i.e Common Secretary, Common Minister etc.

 

[1940LaSalle]

In New Jersey, many counties are governed by a Board of Chosen Freeholders. Try "First Freeholder" or "Chief Freeholder".

 

[Mongo]

Wernher von Braun's 1949 novel Project Mars had the leader of Mars be called the "Elon".

 

[Odinson]

MrGreyOwl's republican title generator!

Use your birth month:
1-Lord
2-High
3-Prime
4-First
5-Master
6-Lead
7-Supreme
8-Head
9-Grand
10-Great
11-Chief
12-Optime

The use your name's first letter:
a-Consul
b-Patrician
c-Citizen
d-Chancellor
e-Director
f-Chairman
g-Protector
h-Regent
i-Marshal
j-General
k-Governor
l-Executor
m-Commander
n-Admiral
o-Captain
p-Patriarch/Matriarch
q-Guide
r-Dictator
s-Guardian
t-Speaker
u-Minister
v-Officer
w-Coordinator
x-Archon
y-Manager
z-Conductor

I got Grand Protector. And you?

"Lead Patrician"

 

[AnonymousSauce]

MrGreyOwl's republican title generator!

Use your birth month:
1-Lord
2-High
3-Prime
4-First
5-Master
6-Lead
7-Supreme
8-Head
9-Grand
10-Great
11-Chief
12-Optime

The use your name's first letter:
a-Consul
b-Patrician
c-Citizen
d-Chancellor
e-Director
f-Chairman
g-Protector
h-Regent
i-Marshal
j-General
k-Governor
l-Executor
m-Commander
n-Admiral
o-Captain
p-Patriarch/Matriarch
q-Guide
r-Dictator
s-Guardian
t-Speaker
u-Minister
v-Officer
w-Coordinator
x-Archon
y-Manager
z-Conductor

I got Grand Protector. And you?

Grand Dictator. Now bend the knee, or face the consequences.