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With regard to the question of the day, one group of worthy candidates has to be The Elders.

Their website states that "out of deep concern for the challenges currently facing all of the people of our world, Nelson
Mandela, Graça Machel and Desmond Tutu have convened a group of leaders to contribute
their wisdom, independent leadership and integrity to tackling some of the world's toughest
problems."

Some of the leaders include Jimmy Carter, Li Zhaoxing, Kofi Annan and Muhammad Yunus.

Who would you vote for as the president of the world?
I don’t think it’s realistic to think about. I can't imagine there would be a global president, but if I would have to choose, if I had to vote, it might be the United Nations High Commission of the human rights reservoir, the former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.

We asked all sorts of people -- authors, athletes, movie stars, politicians, thinkers, workers, dreamers -- ten tough questions about democracy. We will publish many of the answers on this page, with new ones every day. Be sure to tell us what you think in the forums.

See today also:
10 Questions: Mário Soares - Former President of the Portugese Republic 1986-1996
10 Questions: Adil Tiscatti - Santa Teresa Cinema Founder (Brazil)
10 Questions: Jaakko Jakkila - Unemployed (Finland)

How could anyone ever choose a President of the World? With diverse cultures and societies, surely there cannot be one person that could govern the entire globe. Instead, today's question tries to get you thinking about entities or corporations that control international trends. International financial institutions have long been thought to guide capital markets and assist developing countries. But their reputation has been tarnished badly over the last decade leading to the question of what could or who could rule the world. The Democracy House has been a running a poll over the last few weeks for today's question. Cast your vote for the candidates our readers have chosen.

Today's feature film is the award-winning Please Vote For Me. Despite being set in a third grade class, the film provides a microcosm of the way politics operates all over the world.