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First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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606 points saikatsg | 2 comments | 08 May 25 16:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.019s | source
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ralfd ◴[08 May 25 18:25 UTC] No.43929524[source]▶
Is Pope Leo eligible to be voted President of the United States?
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neaden ◴[08 May 25 19:35 UTC] No.43930414[source]▶
Is he the first US Citizen to be head of a foreign state or have their been others?

Edit: Did some googling and found Toomas Hendrik Ilves was a naturalized US citizen who renounced his citizenship before becoming an Estonian ambassador and later President of Estonia. Not seeing any who actively held US citizenship while being head of state.

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1. thimabi ◴[08 May 25 20:52 UTC] No.43931199[source]▶
If my memory doesn’t fail, there has also been an American adventurer called William Walker who doubled as president of Nicaragua back in the 19th century
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2. neaden ◴[08 May 25 21:07 UTC] No.43931379[source]▶
Just read a little about him, seems like a very weird guy who basically invaded Nicaragua and Bolivia on his own and declared himself president. It looks like he never had full control over the country and wasn't recognized as the valid president by most other nations, but he does seem to be the next closest.