Elected
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- The Ephebians have an elected head of state (elected by a very small minority of rich men, that is) but it's hardly a democracy as we'd understand it: the head of state has the official title of "Tyrant" and doesn't appear to have any checks on his powers other than a fixed term in office.
Source: Democracy Is Flawed -
The only official that can perhaps stay "permanently" in office would be a full-fledged dictator (many of whom do hold sham elections to get "re-elected" periodically), and dictators are not what this trope is about.
Source: Permanent Elected Official - And then elected against despite not being an official candidate, making her only the second person ever elected to the Senate via write-in votes.
Source: Hereditary Republic
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