Then last week he took on the job of selling the coalition's tuition fees plans to angry students.
For the fifth time in less than a year, an angry student went to school with a gun and opened fire.
"Enough lies," shouted angry students, as many turned their backs to the president.
But he was an angry student, instead spending his time playing go, the Asian board game.
One angry student took the offensive in the conversation.
They did, however, offer an adult figure who seemed to understand, or at least to suffer with, the angry students.
Since then several leaders have emerged from the mass of angry students.
Schools that reached out to him were frightened off by an angry student, parent and news media mob.
But usually, in the face of angry students, they cave in.
Last month, however, angry students demonstrated in front of Parliament, calling for change.