The answer is: President
Eisenhower during his military career, and especially in the years of World War II, was close to political affairs and accumulated a great deal of experience in contacts with the political class, both in Europe and in the United States.
In 1951 Eisenhower agreed to participate in elections for the presidency of the United States, in the Republican Party. As a result, he became the 34th president of the United States, was the first political office he held.
