Jaresh - Inyo Jaresh - Inyo was a male Grazerite politician of seventy years in the . He represented his people on the Federation Council and then served as the President of the United Federation of Planets in 2372 . Shortly after a Changeling revealed to Constable Odo of Deep Space 9 that the Founder s had infiltrated the Alpha Quadrant , Admiral Leyton and a delegation of high ranking Starfleet officers met with Jaresh - Inyo recommending more stringent security measures on Earth to combat the new threat . Jaresh - Inyo rejected the suggestions , calling them " extreme " . Several months later , Jaresh - Inyo reluctantly agreed to implement these security measures in all Starfleet ships and facilities at the recommendation of Admiral Leyton , who now had Benjamin Sisko and Odo to add credibility . He later authorized the deployment of Starfleet troops on Earth and the institution of martial law in response to the threat of Dominion invasion . Jaresh - Inyo rescinded the measures after Leyton was exposed as having fabricated the threat in an attempt to launch a military takeover of Earth . ( ) By 2375 , Jaresh - Inyo was no longer president . Julian Bashir and Miles O ' Brien later discovered evidence that Section 31 had an agent in his cabinet . ( ) Appendices . Background information . It is unknown exactly when Jaresh - Inyo was elected President , although the script of " Homefront " stated that he was " recently " elected . The script described Jaresh - Inyo himself as " willowy " and " contemplative . " Regarding his comment that he never sought his position , Ronald D . Moore stated , " " We assume the Fed President was duly elected , but that he reluctantly was induced to run for the position . " " The writers saw Jaresh - Inyo as being like former U . S . President Jimmy Carter , both of whom are viewed as good men , although not having been so in conflict situations . " " We hoped that the idea that Jaresh - Inyo comes from a pacifistic , herbivorous - based culture , that he was the kind of guy who doesn ' t inherently fight , would make Leyton ' s point of view more understandable , " " explained Robert Hewitt Wolfe . " " Basically , [ Jaresh - Inyo ] is Jimmy Carter , a very good man . " " ( " " , p . 299 ) When actor Herschel Sparber first learned about the character of Jaresh - Inyo , he expected he had slim chance of winning the role . Because he was very eager to guest - star in an episode of " Star Trek " , however , Sparber enthusiastically managed to persuade " Star Trek : Deep Space Nine " Casting Director Ron Surma to allow him to read for the part . Sparber , feeling sure he wouldn ' t be given the role , intended to use the experience in order to meet Surma . The actor had no idea how he was meant to behave while trying out for the part , so he developed a unique perception of the character . As it turned out when they first met , Ron Surma himself almost outrightly dismissed the notion of Herschel Sparber playing Jaresh - Inyo , saying , " " You know , you ' re really not right for this . " " The actor persevered , however , later recalling , " " I told him , ' Okay , but , let ' s just try it while I ' m here , because I ' ve had a lot of thoughts about the character . " " Surma was impressed enough with Sparber ' s reading to introduce the performer to the producers . " " I went in and they liked it too – and I got the part ! " " Sparber exclaimed . His highly individual take on the character caught the imagination of the producers . " " As Jaresh - Inyo , I wanted to combine gentleness with an inherent , underlying power , " " he related . " " The producers liked that because it was different from everything else they had seen and I think that ' s why I got the role . " " Partly due to the extremely large build of his body , Herschel Sparber was dumbfounded to be cast as Jaresh - Inyo . " " I ' m 6 ' 9 and weigh 300 pounds , so to play a character who was as peaceful and as peace - loving as Jaresh - Inyo was a surprise " " , he explained . " " I was very pleased with the part . " " The hardest aspect of portraying Jaresh - Inyo was enduring the Grazerite makeup required for the role , although Sparber felt relaxed about having it put on and taken off . Following his work on DS9 Season 4 two - parter and , Herschel Sparber was open to the possibility of reappearing as Jaresh - Inyo on " Star Trek " , commenting , " " If they want Jaresh - Inyo back , I ' m just a phone call away . . . " " ( " " , No . 10 ) The DS9 writing staff , on the other hand , was disappointed with the depiction of Jaresh - Inyo . " " The casting decision didn ' t particularly work , " " stated Ira Steven Behr . Robert Hewitt Wolfe was likewise " a little disappointed . " ( " " , p . 299 ) Director David Livingston was similarly dissatisfied with the characterization of Jaresh - Inyo and how the Grazerite makeup combined with the portrayal as a considerably soft alien . " " My responsibility is to make him compelling , but that ' s how the character was written , and I wonder in hindsight if he should have had more of an edge , " " Livingston considered . " " Maybe I should have fought against that in terms of directing his performance . " " ( " Captains ' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages " , pp . 111 - 112 ) The director clarified , " " He came off too soft to be the leader of the Federation . " " ( " " , p . 299 ) Apocrypha . Jaresh - Inyo appears in the novel " Infiltrator " . The novel " Articles of the Federation " establishes that Jaresh - Inyo had previously served as the Federation Councilor from Grazer . " Articles " established Jaresh - Inyo as a one - term president , governing from 2369 to 2372 , the year " Homefront " and " Paradise Lost " took place in , implying that he was running for re - election at the time of those episodes . By January 2373 , Jaresh - Inyo is out of office . In mid - 2380 , Jaresh - Inyo dies on Mars , the planet to which he had retired , and the current presidential administration attends his funeral , as does his entire family . The cover of the novel actually features Starfleet officers folding the Flag of the Federation to give to his wife as part of an honor guard . The novella " A Gutted World " featured an alternate universe where the Cardassians discovered the Bajoran wormhole , and subsequently , the Dominion . In this universe , Jaresh - Inyo was replaced by a Changeling sometime between 2369 and 2374 .