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{{Infobox official post
| post = President
| body = the Federal Republic of Alsland
| native_name = <small>Foarsitter fan de Bûnsrepublyk Aalslân <br> Aalsmaa Liitvabariik President</small>
| flag = 
| flagsize = 
| flagcaption = 
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| insignia = 1280px-AlslandCOA.png
| insigniasize = 180px
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| image = Norbert Röttgen 2012 (portrait crop).jpg
| imagesize               = 200px
| incumbent = [[Hepke Veltman]]
| incumbentsince = 25 April 2020
| style = {{wpl|Excellency|His Excellency}}<br />{{small|(in international relations only)}}
| residence = Mareikehûs ([[Yndyk]])
| appointer = {{wpl|Direct election|Popular vote}}
| termlength = Four years
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| salary = €100,000 annually
| precursor = 
| formation = 31 October 1919
| inaugural = [[Siemen Hartmann]]
| website = {{URL|www.Foarsitter.as}}
| status = {{wpl|Head of State}}
}}
{{Politics of Alsland|state=collapsed}}
The '''President of the Federal Republic of Alsland''' ({{wpl|Frisian language|Dellish}}: Foarsitter fan de Bûnsrepublyk Aalslân, {{wpl|Estonian language|Martish}}: Aalsmaa Liitvabariik President) is the {{wpl|head of state}} of [[Alsland]]. According to the [[Constitution of Alsland]], the President of Alsland represents the country in internationally and is the commander-in-chief of the [[Definsjemacht]]. {{wpl|Direct election|Direct elections}} for the position of President are held every four years unless if the office of President becomes vacant, in which case a successor is to be elected within 70 days to serve the remainder of the prior President's term. During this period the constitution stipulates that the [[Premier of Alsland|Premier]] immediately vacates their office to become acting President. 

Historically there were no term limits for the Presidency, although term limits were introduced in 1999 following the addition of Articles 102, 103 and 104 to the constitution which limits the President to three full terms in the office and limited the President's power to represent Alsland in the [[Euclean Community]] which was transferred to the Premier. Article 104 prevented the President from being able to dismiss the Premier without consulting the [[Folkssenaat]] as had happened in 1996.

The current President, [[Hepke Veltman]], was elected in [[2020 Alslandic presidential election|2020]] after succeeding [[Rita Rebane]]. 
==History==
==Selection process==
===Eligibility===
A Presidential candidate must be a citizen of Alsland who is at least 30 years old, has resided within Alsland for the last 10 years and doesn't currently hold any foreign citizenship. A Presidential candidate must also have gained at least 70,000 signatures of registered voters or any Alslandic citizen who is 16 or over or have been nominated by any political party with Federal or Provincial representation.

Historically, a candidate must have been a member of the Folkssenaat to be eligible for the Presidency however this was removed after the [[Alsland|1937 Constitution]] was adopted. A candidate also had to have served in the Alslandic Armed Forces to be eligible, Senators who served in the Kirenian Army before Alslandic Independence such as [[Villem Mand]] and [[Siemen Hartmann]] were also eligible for the Presidency before the adoption of the 1937 constitution removed this criteria.
===Election===
Candidates in a Presidential Election can be nominated by any political party with Federal or Provincial representation in the most recent election. A candidate can also be nominated if they receive 70,000 registered voters. Direct elections for the Presidency were introduced in 1940, previously the President was appointed by Senators and needed a plurality of Senators to vote for them to be appointed. If no nominated candidate can secure a majority in the election, a second round will be held between the two candidates with the most votes. The candidate that secures the most votes in the second round is elected as President. If a candidate withdraws during the second round, the other candidate is the winner by default. If only one candidate is nominated they will become President without an election being held. This has only occurred once when in [[Alsland|1940]] when [[Villem Mand]] was declared winner by default after no other nominees were put forward.

Article 105 of the Constitution also allows for the possibility of a {{wpl|Recall election|recall election}} against the President if 15% of the electorate from the previous election sign a formal petition to call an election. As of 2023, there has yet to be a successful recall petition although several have been launched but failed to pass the 15% threshold.
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'''Results of the 2020 presidential election:'''
{{Election table|title=Summary of the 1 March and 21 March 2020 Alslandic presidential election results}}
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Candidate
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party
! colspan="2"| 1st round <br /> 1 March 2020
! colspan="2"| 2nd round <br /> 21 March 2020
|-
! width="75"|Votes
! width="30"|%
! width="75"|Votes
! width="30"|%
|-
| style="background-color:#0092D2" | 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Hepke Veltman]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]]–[[Progressive Alliance (Alsland)|Progressives]]
| NB
|1,922,877
|31.5
|3,070,499
|50.3
|-
| style="background-color:#0BD02C" | 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Sjearp Groeneveld]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Green - Alternative Choice]]
| GAK
|927,864
|15.2
|3,033,873
|49.7
|-
| style="background-color:#F2BC00" | 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Suwert Jorritsma]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Humanist Sotirian Union]]
| HSU
|915,655
|15.0
|-
| style="background-color:#0F8554" | 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Aarnt Oosterhof]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Liveable Alsland]]
| LA
|763,046
|12.5
|-
| style="background-color:#C4CF00" | 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Andrys de Graaf]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Social Democratic Workers' Party (Alsland)|SDAP]]–[[Alslandic Section of the Workers' International|ASAY]]
| SDAP
|659,272
|10.8
|-
| style="background-color:#C136A3" | 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Lydia Sirel]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Future.as]]
| T.as
|598,228
|9.8
|-
| style="background-color:#1083FA" | 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Johann Heslinga]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Heslinga List|Heslinga List]]
| HL
|225,861
|3.7
|-
| style="background-color:#1edf8e" | 
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Feliks Kangur]]
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Community 2000]]
| C2000
|91,565
|1.5
|-
|}

===Inauguration===
The President-elect, along with the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the Speaker of the Folkssenaat and the outgoing President assumes office on the 25th of April by taking the Presidential oath in the Chamber of the Folkssenaat in a language of their choice, it is tradition however to take the oath in both {{wpl|Frisian language|Dellish}} and {{wpl|Estonian language|Kirenian}} as every President has since 1952.
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{{quote|text="I, (First Name, Surname) elected by the people of the Federal Republic of Alsland as President of Alsland, hereby affirm my duties as stated in the constitution to uphold the Constitution of the Republic and the Laws of the Republic, and to work for the wellbeing of the citizens of the Alslandic state."
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The term of the President-Elect begins after the swearing in, usually at mid-day. Following the inauguration the new President will deliver a speech to a session of the Folkssenaat before then being accompanied to inspect a guard of honour outside the Folkssenaat building. This is usually followed by a ceremonial wreath laying at the ''Tomb of the Unknown soldier'' in [[Yndyk]] to commemorate those who gave their lives in the defence of Alsland.
==Duties and functions==
===Appointment of Federal and Provincial governments===
===Other appointments===
===Foreign relations===
[[File:Norbert Röttgen (5737357279).jpg|thumb|right|Hepke Veltman in Estmere in 2019]]
===Other duties===
==Political affiliation==
Most Alslandic Presidents are members of a [[List of political parties in Alsland|political party]] and many have been former or current leaders or high ranking members of a party. The only exceptions to this were Tys Jonker between 1950-1960, Jimte Gorter who was appointed President following the death of X and served from 1989-1990 and Gwen Ritter who was appointed as President following the resignation and served between 2008-2010. 

Efforts have been made to make the Presidency a non-partisan position but all attempts have failed due to a lack of support and interest. The Presidency was intended to become a non-partisan position following the [[Great War (Kylaris)|Liberation of Alsland]] but President Liuwke Talsma and Premier Villem Mand both objected to the proposal which subsequently was not included in the [[Alsland|1937 Constitution]].

==Succession==
[[File:Alsland Generic Politician.png|thumb|180px|left|The current Speaker of the Folkssenaat is Arved Levandi.]]
There is no office of Vice-President in Alsland, instead the [[Premier of Alsland]] is designated as the official deputy of the President. If the office of President becomes vacant through resignation, death, illness or impeachment the Premier will become President and will serve the until a new election is held although they are unable to stand in this election or until they are able to fulfil their constitutional duties. This has happened three times since the independence of Alsland, firstly after the removal of [[Siemen Hartmann]] from office in 1921. Secondly, following the death of [[Sotiro Kivi]] in office when [[Albert Kass]] became acting President and finally after the impeachment of [[Viljo Soosaar]] when [[Vinzent Teller]] served as acting Premier.

A President may temporarily hand over powers to the Speaker of the Folkssenaat. This has several times, the first being during the [[Functionalist Gaullica|Gaullican]] invasion of Alsland after the fall of Yndyk when [[Mario Alver]] temporarily handed his powers to [[Ralph Bärwald]] who had been able to escape the city. Bärwald transferred power back to Alver the following day and both would serve a collaborationist government. The most recent instance of this was in 2020 when President Hepke Veltman delegated his powers to [[Arved Levandi]] whilst he was undergoing surgery after Veltman was injured after crashing his bicycle into a pedestrian in a public park in Yndyk.
==Impeachment and removal==
While in office, the president is not immune to prosecution. The only mechanism for a President to be removed from office by the Folkssenaat is by impeachment for any perceived act of breaking Alslandic law. In the event of a vote of impeachment, a session of the Folkssenaat will occur and all members must vote whether to remove the President from Office or to vote to keep a President in office. A 2/3rds majority is needed to impeach a President. If this is reached a President will be impeached and ineligible to run for any political office in Alsland unless the motion of impeachment is repealed by an act of the Folkssenaat. The impeachment case will then be passed onto the Alslandic supreme court which will decide if a President should be removed from office. If a majority on the supreme court decide to remove a President from office they will be removed immediately and the Speaker of the Folkssenaat will become President until the next election.

Attempts at impeachment have occurred historically although only one has been officially successful. A disputed impeachment motion was passed by the Alslandic government in exile against [[Mario Alver]] and was successful with all the escaped deputies voting in favour, the Presidency was left vacant officially until new elections could be held. The impeachment of Alver has been disputed as some claim that Alver's position was invalid after he designated power to [[Ralph Bärwald]] during the fall of Yndyk. The only legally binding impeachment of a sitting President occurred in 2006 against [[Viljo Soosaar]]. 162 out of 201 Senators voted in favour of impeaching Soosaar and the Supreme Court agreed to remove Soosaar from office. He was succeeded by then Premier [[Vinzent Teller]] until new elections were held.
==Presidential office and symbols==
===Residence===
===Transportation===
[[File:Airbus A319-112. LZ-FBB (3757853476).jpg|thumb|right|The [[Cabinet of Alsland|Alslandic Government]] use a modified {{wpl|Airbus A319}} for official government flights]]
===Office===
==List of presidents==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!  No
!  Portrait
! Name<br />{{Small|(Birth–Death)}}
!  Elected
! Took office
! Left office 
! Political party
! Affiliation/Notes
|-
! style="background:#3eb43d;"|'''{{white|1}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:TheoHeemskerk.jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Siemen Hartmann]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|1920]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 31 October 1919 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 November 1921
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Dellish Peoples' Party]]
| style="text-align:center;"| As interim head of the Provisional Government of Delland.
|-
! style="background:#3eb43d;"|'''{{white|2}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:PietAalberse1871-1948.jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Erlend Peetre]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|1922]]<br>[[Alsland|1924]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 November 1921 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1928
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Dellish Peoples' Party]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Acting President until 7 February 1922.
|-
! style="background:#00ace8;"|'''{{white|3}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Cornelis van den Bussche.jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Mario Alver]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|1928]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1928 
| style="text-align:center;"| 13 December 1929
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Continued to serve as President of a {{wpl|Collaboration government|collaboration government}} until 1931.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | ''Position of President vacant from 13 December 1929 until 25 April 1938 according to the Government of Alsland in exile. [[Villem Mand]] de-facto President from 1930.''
|-
! style="background:#00ace8;"|'''{{white|4}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Aart van Rhijn (1940-1945).jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Thiadmar Wiersma]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|1938]]<br>[[Alsland|1942]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1938 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1946
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
! style="background:#00ace8;"|'''{{white|5}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Benelux conferentie te Den Haag. De ministers van Buitenlandse Zaken van de drie, Bestanddeelnr 121-0412 (cropped).jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Villem Mand]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|1946]]<br>[[Alsland|1950]]<br>[[Alsland|1954]]<br>[[Alsland|1958]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1946 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1960
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Resigned from office.
|-
! style="background:#00ace8;"|'''{{white|6}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Jacob Algera 1958 (1).jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Fetsen Haanstra]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|1960]]<br>[[Alsland|1964]]<br>[[Alsland|1968]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1960 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1972
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
! style="background:#00ace8;"|'''{{white|7}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Max van der Stoel 1973 (2).jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Pierke De Leeuw]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|1972]]<br>[[Alsland|1976]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1972 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1980
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
! style="background:#00ace8;"|'''{{white|8}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Jan de Koning 1978 (1).jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Sotiro Kivi]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|1980]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1980 
| style="text-align:center;"| 18 November 1982
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Died in office.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | ''[[Premier of Alsland]] [[Albert Kass]] served as acting President from 18 November 1982 until 27 January 1983.''
|-
! style="background:#00ace8;"|'''{{white|9}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Hans van den Broek 1983.jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Tonnis Miedema]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|1983]]<br>[[Alsland|1984]]<br>[[Alsland|1988]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 27 January 1983 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1992
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;"| First President to lose re-election
|-
! style="background:#c4cf00;"|'''{{white|10}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Norges statsminister Jens Stoltenberg vid Nordiska Radets session i Helsingfors 2008-10-28 (1).jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Bonne Zijlstra]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|1992]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 1992 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 2000
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Social Democratic Workers' Party (Alsland)|Social Democratic Workers' Party]]
| style="text-align:center;"| First President to not be a member of the National Bloc or its predecessor parties.
|-
! style="background:#00ace8;"|'''{{white|11}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Benk-korthals-1317123396.jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Steffen Hauke]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|2000]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 2000 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 2004
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
! style="background:#091de7;"|'''{{white|12}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Mauri pekkarinen.jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Viljo Soosaar]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|2004]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 2004 
| style="text-align:center;"| 14 July 2006
| style="text-align:center;"| [[List of political parties in Alsland|Democratic Party]]
| style="text-align:center;"| Impeached and removed from office.
|-
| style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#EEEEEE colspan=8 | ''[[Premier of Alsland]] [[Vinzent Teller]] served as acting President from 14 July until 7 October.''
|-
! style="background:#D00000;"|'''{{white|13}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:RS1193 Portret Bob Ruers.JPG|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Torsten Teyber]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|2006]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 October 2006 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 2008
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alslandic Section of the Workers' International]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
! style="background:#1edf8e;"|'''{{white|14}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Micheline Calmy-Rey 2011.jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Rita Rebane]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|2008]]<br>[[Alsland|2012]]<br>[[Alsland|2016]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 7 October 2008 
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 2020
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Liveable Alsland]]
| style="text-align:center;"| First female President of Alsland.
|-
! style="background:#00ace8;"|'''{{white|15}}'''
| style="text-align:center;"| [[File:Norbert Röttgen 2012 (portrait crop).jpg|75px|center]]
| style="text-align:center;"| '''[[Hepke Veltman]]'''<br />(born 1932)
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Alsland|2020]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 25 April 2020 
| style="text-align:center;"| Incumbent
| style="text-align:center;"| [[National Bloc (Alsland)|National Bloc]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 
|-
|}
[[Category:Politics of Alsland]]