The president could rule by decree without referring to the constitution or to parliament.

For seven straight decades, Mexican presidents ruled this country like kings.

During the previous decade, 18 successive presidents, most of them army generals, ruled the country.

But a president can't rule by heroic example alone; he must build and lead a team.

He pointed out that all presidents since the 1952 revolution had ruled until they died, saying each became an "emperor."

It's hard to predict how the president will rule on this.

"Ten presidents had ruled the nation since he was born," she reflects about his life.

Several presidents have ruled until their death, but they have not proclaimed themselves as President for Life.

Under the new Constitution the Polish president could not rule by decree alone.

The president of the court ruled in favor of the prosecutor's suggestion.