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Current President of the Gallente Federation, elected in December 111 as President-elect and inaugurated in January 112. He is founder and former CEO of Roden Shipyards, a Gallentean megacorporation that is not only the leading manufacturer of frigates and shuttles in the Federation, but is also the firm that constructs the majority of the Federation Navy fleet.

Roden's early career was mired in scandal, charged by Federal prosecutors with felony counts of theft and racketeering. Although the courts eventually dropped charges against him, his reputation remained damage, becoming somewhat of a recluse as executorship of Roden Shipyards shifted to his granddaughter, Miloise Roden. However, following a political crisis in August 111, where then-President Souro Foiritan attempted to nationalize the arms industry after a string of military defeats against the Caldari, he emerged as a folk hero amongst the people, as he led a coalition of the nation's leading weapon manufacturers to defy the executive order. When President Foiritan resigned, he was the first to submit his candidacy.

As presidential candidate, Jacus Roden pledged in his broad-based but relatively simple campaign to root out corruption in government, improve strained relations with the Minmatar Republic, reform the Federation Navy, and include capsuleers more closely in the war effort. He also promised to recover Caldari Prime from State occupation and restore full military control across the Luminaire system, something the public warmed up to, seeing the situation as an "open wound". Elected by a convincing majority of 58.7%, he was greeted optimistically by Sanmatar Maleatu Shakor, as well as by the Amarr Empire. Tibus Heth, Executor of the Caldari State, was much more hostile, though other CEOs of the Caldari megacorporations remained more cautious, seeing the new President as potentially someone they could work with.