Jean-Pierre Dubois (1940- ) is the current President of the Federation of Texas. He was elected in 1997, succeeding his brother Georges-Herman Dubois, and re-elected in 2002 and 2007. President Dubois is a strong believer in national unity and is suspicious of states' rights. In 2003, he famously advocated the abolition of the state governments, with the province level being the primary subdivision of the Republic. This caused major damage to the Centralist party, though Dubois himself has since recovered some of his popularity.