Richard Adar
President Adar was the last president of the twelve colonies before the Cylon attack and terminated by the Cylons, along with the first 42 members of his cabinet. He was on his second term as president, and had served as a mayor before that (Mini-Series).
Prior to the final Cylon attack against the Colonies, Adar had faced some political strife for military actions, which he himself apparently regretted. His regret manifested itself to the point of writing down the names of all the casualties of the act, leaving it in his desk as a reminder of his fallibility. His sucessor, President Laura Roslin emulated this act by writing the name of the ship Olympic Carrier down and leaving it in her own desk about Colonial One as a reminder of her own fallibility (Water).
Another of his actions in office was to offer a full pardon to Tom Zarek in exchange for the latter's renunciation of violence; Zarek turned down the offer (Bastille Day).
He was also an influential friend to Gaius Baltar. (Mini-Series)
Commander Adama considered President Adar to be "a moron" (Home, Part II). The original script called for Adama to refer to Adar as a "prick", but the line was edited to comply with broadcasting decency standards.
Notes
- According to SkyOne, Adar's first name is "Richard". Earlier in his political career he was Mayor of Caprica City, during which time he lead the city out of a high-crime, corrupt slump and back to its full potential. He later ran for Governor.
- Adar is the name of the 6th month in the ecclesiastical year and 12th month of the civil year in the Hebrew calender.