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'''Sadiq Kessler''' served as the [[President of the Federation|President]] of the [[Federation]] from 2599 to 2607.<ref> | '''Sadiq Kessler''' served as the [[President of the Federation|President]] of the [[Federation]] from 2599 to 2607.<ref>Tourist Spot 0201, "Notable Presidents"</ref> | ||
He was the first Federal President to be elected following the implementation of new term limit rules passed by [[Federal Congress]] in 2594, which revised the president's tenure from a maximum of two four-year terms to a single eight-year term with an automatic vote of no confidence after the first four years.<ref>Tourist Spot 0180, "Congressional Streamlining"</ref> | |||
In 2600, President Kessler removed all charter requirements from [[Alioth]]'s Federal Membership criteria, offering the system de-facto full membership in the Federation. Kessler hoped that the move would garner enough local support in Alioth to give the Federation a key advantage against the [[Empire]] in the ongoing struggle for control of the system. Instead, the offer divided Alioth's resistance movement, the [[Cakers]], into pro-Federation and pro-[[Independent|independence]] factions. After a period of minor infighting, the pro-independence faction under Quentin Devises secured control of the Cakers and the planet [[Turner's World|Fruitcake]] in 2603. The failure of Kessler's gambit was confirmed in 2606, when Federal diplomats finally gained an audience with Devises only to be informed that their membership offer had been rejected.<ref name="EE">''[[Elite Encounters RPG]]''</ref> | In 2600, President Kessler removed all charter requirements from [[Alioth]]'s Federal Membership criteria, offering the system de-facto full membership in the Federation. Kessler hoped that the move would garner enough local support in Alioth to give the Federation a key advantage against the [[Empire]] in the ongoing struggle for control of the system. Instead, the offer divided Alioth's resistance movement, the [[Cakers]], into pro-Federation and pro-[[Independent|independence]] factions. After a period of minor infighting, the pro-independence faction under Quentin Devises secured control of the Cakers and the planet [[Turner's World|Fruitcake]] in 2603. The failure of Kessler's gambit was confirmed in 2606, when Federal diplomats finally gained an audience with Devises only to be informed that their membership offer had been rejected.<ref name="EE">''[[Elite Encounters RPG]]''</ref> | ||