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[[File:rsz double-ww 5891.jpg|frame|[[Absurdly Powerful Student Council|You should see her stormtroopers.]]]]

 

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The '''Student Council President''' (''seitokaicho'' in Japanese) is the [[Club President]] for the [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]], and the [[Class Representative]] for the whole school.

 

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* Touga Kiryuu from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]''.

* Kanade Jinguuji from ''[[Best Student Council]]''.

* The triumvirate of Youko, Sei, and Eriko in ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru]]''.

* Satoshi Miwa from ''[[Marmalade Boy]]''.

* Manabi from ''[[Manabi Straight!]]'', who is nothing at all like the others on this list. Partly because she is a [[New Transfer Student]] when elected as President.

** But she makes friends with Takako Kakuzawa, who is a more typical Student Council President at another high school.

* Kaname Kuran in ''[[Vampire Knight]]'' is the president of the Night Class, whose entirety is made up out of vampires. Aside from having absolute power over the entire class and being pretty much en par with the school's headmaster, he's got lots of influence over the rest of the vampire world, too.

* Magari "[[Manipulative Bastard]]-[[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]" Kazuma of ''[[Nora]]''

* Ayari Shiki from ''[[Maria Holic]]''

* Fumie Kotozuka in ''[[Sora no Manimani]]''.

* Vera Linus in ''[[Veritas]]''

* [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council|Shizuku Sangou]] in ''[[Kämpfer]]''.

* Kurokami Medaka from ''[[Medaka Box]]''.

* [[Badass|Chiffon Fairchild]] from ''[[Freezing]]''

* Erza Scarlett in the [[High School AU]] of ''[[Fairy Tail]]''

 

== Film ==

* Richard Bagg in ''National Lampoon's [[Van Wilder]]: Party Liaison'', an obnoxious frat boy who ''sits on the voting panel for expelling students''.

* Rachel Witchburn in ''[[Sydney White]]'', who happens to be the [[Alpha Bitch]] and maybe the [[Big Bad]]..

 

== Literature ==

* [[Double Subverted]] in [[Daniel Pinkwater]]'s ''Young Adult Novel''. The president of the Himmler High School student council has no real authority, and Kevin Shapiro [[Dork Horse Candidate|didn't want the position]] anyway. Yet the overwhelming popularity that elected him to that position also makes him king of the school.

 

* Martin Qwerly from ''[[Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide]]''. Technically, he was VP and the [[Weasel Mascot|weasel]] was president. Also, he only ever did one thing (<s> justified the late appearance of</s> got the outside lunch area <s> set</s>) - more [[Truth in Television]] than [[Absurdly Powerful Student Council]].

* [[Telekinesis|Daphnie]] [[Bratty Teenage Daughter|Powell]] from [[No Ordinary Family]].

* From ''[[Degrassi the Next Generation]]'' there's Ashley Kerwin, Liberty Van Zandt, Holly J. Sinclair and Sav Bhandari, in that order. In the begining of the series the popular but serious Ashley was going to run unopposed but her step brother got his class-clown friend to run against her. The spoiled Holly J was unopposed for her first three years of [[High School]] but faced, and lost a stiff election in senior year to Sav.

* Paris Gellar (former socially-awkward [[Alpha Bitch]], still awkward) served in this capacity during the third season of [[Gilmore Girls]]. She was only able to get elected by having Rory as her VP to soften her image (people respected Paris' abilities and focus, but were terrified/put-off by her personality so she needed a softer, friendlier running mate who would have her back). Turned into major drama when the Senior-class Rep (a previously unseen [[Alpha Bitch]] at the school) felt she was getting snubbed in meetings (her not-so-great ideas were just being dismissed right away by Paris) and went all Machiavelli using Paris' social insecurities. Eventually, she helped push Paris back into full-on [[Alpha Bitch]] mode against Rory for a while, but never really seemed to get anything out of it for herself.

 

== Video Games ==

* Mitsuru Kirijo from ''[[Persona 3]]''.

** [[Persona 4]] has a brief cameo by her unlikely successor, {{spoiler|ex-[[Shrinking Violet]] Chihiro Fushimi.}}

* This is Luna Platz's aim in ''[[Mega Man Star Force|Megaman Star Force 3]]''.

** In ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'', [[Deuteragonist]] [[The Ace|Yuu Satsuki]] is the Student Council President of the Modern Kirameki Saga, and when she graduates, [[The Hero|main heroine]] Maki Hoshikawa takes the mantle. Unlike ther Hibikino counterparts above, they take the role seriously, Yuu especially.

* Kyoka Oneesama from [[X-Change|Yin-Yang! -Xchange Alternative-]]. {{spoiler|Not only is Mistress Saionji Kyoka Oneesama the school council president, but she also does nearly all of the work of the student council - the rest of us are just her pets&sex slaves (Yes, really. [[H-game|It's that kind of game.]])}}

 

* Issei from ''[[Fate/stay night]]''.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki|Sasara Kusugawa]] from ''[[To Heart 2]]''.

* Orihime in ''[[Kara no Shoujo]],'' who is idolized by the school body.

* Though there is an official one in ''[[Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!|Maji De Watashi Ni Koi Shinasai]]'', they don't seem to do much. {{spoiler|In the Ryuuzetsuran path Hideo usurps this role, though not without good reason.}}

 

== Web Comics ==

* In ''[[Precocious (Webcomic)|Precocious]]'' Dionne manages to win the student council elections on a campaign of open corruption. Considering that they only have a council because the students revolted it shouldn't be too surprising.

* Tyler is the class president of ''[[PS238]]'', despite the fact that he never ran for election. This was do to the fact that everyone in the class hated the two actual candidates and voted for him as a write-in candidate. So far his duties as class president have consisted entirely of holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new computer lab.

 

== Web Original ==

* Andrea Valandingham from ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' version three, who seems to be more on the heroic side and is good friends with several of the other councilors. Along with being one of the smartest people in the school.

* Ledah Rozwelli of ''[[Dept Heaven Apocrypha]]'', inspired by the voiced drama for [[Riviera: The Promised Land|his canon]] where he had the same role.

 

== Western Animation ==

 

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