Russell M. Nelson
1924 — present
Role
Current President/Prophet of the LDS Church
Affiliation
LDS Church
Bio Notes
Current President/Prophet of the LDS Church (as of 2026). Served on the Strengthening Church Members Committee (SCMC) alongside James E. Faust in the 1990s, per the Church's own 1992 First Presidency statement naming its membership. Relevant to the series' broader pattern of top LDS leadership figures holding institutional-monitoring/discipline-adjacent roles well before rising to the Church presidency.
Themes
SCMCLDS leadershipinstitutional surveillanceFirst PresidencyDEMOGRAPHICSINTELLIGENCE/ENFORCEMENTPOLITICSTHEOLOGY
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