Foreign Policy points out that President Obama has appointed not only more czars than any other US President– he’s topped the Russian Romanovs themselves, who had 18 czars over a period of generations. Obama’s czars include ones for not just drugs but terrorism, the border, TARP, urban issues, faith issues, the stimulus, energy, health care, regulations, nuclear non-proliferation, technology, and closing Guantanamo Bay.

Of course, after much talk of a “car czar” and then much talk about there being no car czar, Obama appointed Steven Rattner to what basically amounts to a “car czar” position anyway. So, for our purposes we’ll count Rattner as a czar, too.