Political Heroes

Fictional heroes include not only soldiers and swordsmen but also skillful political leaders who sometimes get beneficial measures passed through hostile assemblies, e.g.:

Poul and Karen Anderson's King Grallon of Ys;
the French representative in the World Federation Parliament (see here);
James Blish's Mayor John Amalfi of the Okie city of New York;
SM Stirling's High King of Montival;
Neil Gaiman's version of the comic book teenage President, Prez;
no doubt many others that I have not thought of.

Such fiction addresses an important question: what do people expect from their leaders and how much can the leaders deliver?