The President in the year 1986 was Ronald Reagan. He was the 40th President of the United States. He took office on January 20, 1981 and left office on January 20, 1989. He was followed by George H. W. Bush.

February 19 – After waiting 37 years, the United States Senate approves a treaty outlawing genocide. February 25 – People Power Revolution: President Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines goes into exile in Hawaii after 20 years of rule; Corazon Aquino becomes the first Filipino woman president, first as an interim president.

The 1986 State of the Union Address was given by the 40th president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, on February 4, 1986, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 99th United States Congress. It was Reagan's fifth State of the Union Address and his sixth speech to a joint session of the United States Congress.

George Bush, the final president, served the second longest having finished out the remainder of Ronald Reagan's term - extended by officials an extra four years - and being elected outright to two of his own before dissolving the office halfway through his second full term.

2nd: January 21, 1986 – October 18, 1986. The 99th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1985, to January 3, 1987, during the fifth and sixth years of Ronald Reagan's presidency.

The first was Jimmy Carter . He was the 39th President of the United States. He took office on January 20, 1977 and left office on January 20, 1981. He was then followed by Ronald Reagan, who was the 40th President, taking office on January 20, 1981 and leaving office on …