Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-25449165-20161013231440/@comment-734582-20161017135122

Dimension Creator wrote: In my opinion someone who doesn't have the qualifications to even become a Jonin doesn't have the qualifications to become a Kage. But that's just me. I disagree. A hokage above all is a spiritual leader, someone who has an idea, a dream. It doesn't require leadership through skill but rather through vision. The Hokage can have as many advisors as he wants do deal with the tactics.

Hokage is a position earned through deeds, unlike Jonin and Chunin which are earned by skill and insight.