Carl Preston was the 3rd President of the UCAS and the 49th President of the Union, holding office from 20 January 2041 to 20 January 2049. He won the 2040 Presidential Election following the example of the Vincenzo-Washington winning bipartite ticket of 2036. Preston's first mandate was marked by the international ratification in 2042 of the Business Recognition Accords. It is likely the Corporate Court wouldn't have proposed the accords without the certainty that leading economy, Japan and UCAS, would ratify them.