[bdangubic]

what qualification does one need to be US President (besides being born in the US and of certain age)? celebrities certainly won’t be doing any open heart surgeries anytime soon :) so there are things you absolutely do not need any qualitications for (Actor/Actress, US President) and there those you do (Surgeon, Attorney…)

[squigz]

The idea that you shouldn't need qualifications - which, might I add, is not the same as certification - to be the President of The United States is a wild one.

[bdangubic]

I am not sure if there is a single country now (or there was one ever) where there were any requirements/qualifications needed to be the President

[SenHeng]

https://www.eld.gov.sg/candidate_presidential_qualify.html

> Public sector service requirement

> The public sector service requirement is that the person has: held office for three or more years as Minister, Chief Justice, Speaker of Parliament, Attorney-General, Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Auditor-General, Accountant-General or Permanent Secretary;

> Private sector service requirement

> The private sector service requirement is that the person has: served as the chief executive of a company and the following four criteria are met:

[chickensong]

You need to be rich and well connected.

[bdangubic]

Obama was neither

[harvey9]

He might have started out as neither but to get a run at the party nomination required that he developed some good connections first.

[bdangubic]

yea for sure POTUS (or even just party candidate) will eventually be both you you don’t need to be either to begin with (though it obviously helps, more and more countries are choosing billionaires to run them :) )

[chickensong]

He was a Harvard graduate, published author, senator, millionaire, prior to running for president.