Kendrick Mehans
The Most Honourable Kendrick Mehans | |
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President of Janapa | |
Assumed office 11 May 2017 | |
Preceded by | Jerry Christie |
Personal details | |
Born | Kendrick Alexander Mehans 16 April 1954 Tanah Bay, Janapa |
Political party | Free National Movement |
Spouse | Patricia Oaklian |
Children | 3 |
Kendrick Alexander Mehans (born 16 April 1954) is the President of the Janapas since May 2017. Mehans is the leader of the Free National Movement, the present governing party, and the Member of Parliament for the New Janah constituency of Killarney. First elected to the legislature in the 2007 election, he succeeded Maxwell Ingraham as party leader following the party's defeat in the 2012 election.
He was dismissed from his leadership role in the FNM in December 2016, and regained the position in April 2017 after much internal conflict within the party. He became President following the victory of his party in the general election held on 10 May 2017. He was reelected to a four year term in 2021. He cannot run for a third term due to constitutional limits.