President of the Assembly
Actor	James Whitmore
Gender	Male
Race	Orangutan
Born	Unknown
Died	Unknown
Continuity	Movies
Appearances
First Appearance: Planet of the Apes Last Appearance: Planet of the Apes

The President of the Assembly is leader of Ape City. Zaius is answerable to him but the governing orangutan elite agree on matters of faith and protection of ape order. The President oversees Taylor's interogation and finds in favour of Zaius.

He later died when Taylor detonated the Alpha-Omega Bomb, destorying the entire Earth.

NotesEdit

• In Pierre Boulle's original book, the Ape President, a gorilla, has a more central role.

• The earliest movie scripts by Rod Serling retained Boulle's version of the gorilla president and his friendly welcome for Thomas (Taylor).^[1] Serling's later revisions were similar, but changed the president's species to orangutan, reflecting a much more stereotypical division of the ape classes.^[2]

TriviaEdit

AppearancesEdit

• Planet of the Apes
• Planet of the Apes (Power Records)
• Planet of the Apes Magazine: Planet of the Apes
• Adventures on the Planet of the Apes: Planet of the Apes

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