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Chancellor was the elected head of state of the New Republic. They succeeded Supreme Chancellors of the Galactic Republic. Mon Mothma held this title for a while as the first Chancellor of the New Republic. Thirty years after the Battle of Endor, Lanever Villecham was the Chancellor.
Ordinary duties and functions[]
The powers of the Chancellor of the New Republic were derived from the charter of the Chancellor, and they were granted after the formation of the New Republic and the establishment of a new Galactic Senate on Chandrila. The first New Republic chancellor, Mon Mothma, was given the emergency powers that were once granted to Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine of the Galactic Republic during the Clone Wars.[1] Mothma, who spent the duration of the Clone Wars arguing against the increased powers of the chancellor, intended to eliminate the emergency powers from her position. Though the powers granted her the authority to send New Republic forces to fight and die wherever she chose, she did not want such a responsibility and felt that it was a poison to democracy. Instead, she submitted to the will of the Senate, even in military matters such as the disarmament of the New Republic Defense Fleet.
