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The president can not dismiss any elected officials. The only people that he can dismiss are those that he appoints directly, such as his cabinet and ambassadors.
In the US, the offices of President and vice-president are the only nationally elected offices.
Only the President. Every other elected official can be re-elected numerous times.
City officials are elected by voters who are qualified to vote in municipal election. The Mayor and city council people are the offices most all cities hold elections for.
Among ancient civilizations, the Roman Empire was the first to have true forms of democracy: all of its most important officials (with the exception of the members of the Senate) were elected, and that for a limited period only. Rome even had (elected) officials with wide powers to protect the common people from 'tyranny' by the Senate or other high officials: the Tribunes of the Plebs (=the common people)."Athens" or "Greece" have the traditional reputation of being the 'cradle of democracy', but that is a 19th century invention. All States in Greece including Athens were ruled by small groups of powerful families (so-called oligarchies) and Athens and Greece never had any democratic institutions.