Yes, was it not Hussein who started all this “czar” stuff?
It actually looks like it was the flaming Socialist Democrat FDR.
| President | Party | In office | Number of czar titles | Number of appointees | Appointees not confirmed by Senate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 1933–1945 | 11 | 19 | 18 |
| Harry S. Truman | 1945–1953 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 1953–1961 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | Democratic | 1963–1969 | 3 | 1 | |
| Richard Nixon | Republican | 1969–1974 | 3 | 5 | |
| Gerald Ford | 1974–1977 | 2 | |||
| Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 1977–1981 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Ronald Reagan | Republican | 1981–1989 | 1 | ||
| George H. W. Bush | 1989–1993 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| Bill Clinton | Democratic | 1993–2001 | 8 | 11 | 7 |
| George W. Bush | Republican | 2001–2009 | 33 | 49 | 28 |
| Barack Obama | Democratic | 2009–2017 | 38 | 50 | 39 |
| Donald Trump | Republican | 2017–2021; 2025–present | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Joe Biden | Democratic | 2021–2025 | 4 | 7 | 4 |
Actually, I remember Nixon appointing a special “energy czar” in 1973.