Coriolanus Snow

President Coriolanus Snow is the leader of the country of Panem. He has ruled over Panem for at least 25 years.

Work
Being the President of Panem and its contained Districts, he naturally has the regular duties of taking care of Panem, though he mostly works on the next Hunger Games, and the security around Districts. He sometimes uses intimidation in pursuit of his agenda, such as when he threatened to kill Katniss Everdeen, Gale Hawthorne, Peeta Mellark, and their families. It is said that he has a granddaughter. Finnick reveals that he has sores on his mouth from poisons he purposely sampled, in presumably successful attempts to prove to others that whatever contained the poison was fine, so that whoever he was planning to kill would not suspect anything. The sores bleed, so Snow always wears a white rose to cover the scent of blood. This may also be the reason that Snow has had so much plastic surgery done on his lips. According to Finnick Odair, Snow poisoned his allies and foes so he could become president and retain his power. He poisoned his allies, as he believed that they could become future foes. As the antidote for his poisons would not work sometimes, Snow had to hide the scent with his roses.

Description
The President is a small, thin man, with paper-white hair, thick lips that seem pulled across his face. Katniss once stated that his lips smelled of blood and roses and his eyes were that of a snake's. His lips were thought to be changed,to make them more apealling. Overall, his appearance is quite snake-like.

Residence
Snow lives in a huge mansion in the City Circle of the Capitol, in which he sometimes holds parties. It's big enough to get lost in, and to hide if you don't want to be found.

Personality
A cruel hard man, Snow is firm and strict, and not afraid to torture or kill people who displease him. He wants no one to stand in his way of ruling. He is also cunning as evidenced by his manipulation of Katniss during Catching Fire. In Mockingjay, he even admitted that he was not above killing children to Katniss. Despite all this, he does say that he is not wasteful. He'll only kill people for specific reasons. Unjust reason, obviously, but still reasons.

Family
Snow is known to have a granddaughter who is about the right age to participate in the proposed Final Hunger Games.

Death
After the overthrow of the Capitol, Snow is tried, convicted and sentenced to death. As the Mockingjay, Katniss is given the opportunity to execute Snow. However, she assassinates President Coin instead. In the chaos that follows, Katniss witnesses Snow laughing and coughing up blood as a crush of people surround them. When everything calmed down, Snow is found dead, either from choking on his own blood or being crushed by the crowd. No one cared which way he died, it didn't matter.