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President of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Président de Saint-Jean-Baptiste
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Incumbent
Victor Azaïs
since 29 May 2022
Office of the President
StyleThe Right Honourable
ResidencePlace Rose, Port-Anne
AppointerDirect popular vote
Term lengthFive years
Renewable once
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Saint-Baptiste
Inaugural holderJean-Louis Galopin
Formation1 July 1947
Salary$100,000 annual
Websitewww.president.sb

The President of Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Principean: Président de Saint-Jean-Baptiste) is the head of state of Saint-Baptiste. Originally the highest post in a presidential republic, the President since the adoption of Saint-Baptiste's 1990 constitution takes the role of equal partner alongside the Prime Minister. The current President is Victor Azaïs, since 2021.

History and role

Château de la Haute-Ville, the official presidential residence

In Saint-Baptiste's original 1947 constitution, the role of President was granted sweeping powers, including a final veto over the Chamber of Deputies, the creation of the country's cabinet, and only minor checks and balances over the position. The president was initially voted directly by the electorate for a six-year term, renewable once. The passing of the 1948 Security Act overturned much of these checks on power, and Claude-Antoine Bachelet retained the role of President for forty-one years as a de facto dictator.

Democratization and the passing of a new constitution in 1990 has changed the role of President significantly, stripping the position's legislative functions and placing control over most government agencies and decisions in the hands of the newly-created post of Prime Minister. In the present day, the President of Saint-Baptiste acts as the executive head of the state, intended to be the "sober second reader" of legislation and a representative of Saint-Baptiste abroad. The President officially appoints and confirms the Prime Minister and their government, and has the right and responsibility to call elections, including a snap election. They also retain a notable veto power over the Chamber of Deputies, which can be repealed by a two-thirds majority in the legislature.

If the incumbent President is incapacitated or resigns during their term, the President of the Chamber of Deputies, more commonly referred to as the speaker, is appointed Acting President (Président par intérim) until a new election can be held within a hundred days of the vacancy.

List of Presidents

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Louis Borno 2.jpg Le très honorable
Séverin Jaccoud
(1885–1953)
1947 1 July
1947
20 April
1950
(resigned)
2 years, 293 days PCN
2 Paul Magloire portrait.jpg Son Excellence
Claude-Antoine Bachelet
(1893–1984)
20 April
1950
18 January
1984
(died in office)
33 years, 273 days PCN
1953
1959
1965
1971
1977
1983
Ralph Gonsalves 2013.jpg Cyrille Bachelet
(born 1943)
Acting President
18 January
1984
15 March
1984
(resigned)
57 days PCN
Position vacant under National Transitional Government (15 March 1984 – 24 April 1986)
Nicholas Liverpool.jpg David Rousselot
(born 1931)
Acting President
24 April
1986
18 May
1986
24 days PAP
3 Hubert Ingraham 2009.jpg Le très honorable
Samuel Lucy
(1912–2000)
1986 18 May
1986
31 May
1992
6 years, 13 days Independent
4 Ralph Gonsalves 2013.jpg Le très honorable
Cyrille Bachelet
(born 1943)
1992 31 May
1992
30 May
2004
11 years, 365 days PAP
1998
5 Ewart Brown.JPG Le très honorable
Jean-Marc Granet
(1954–2010)
2004 30 May
2004
28 February
2010
(assassinated)
5 years, 274 days PAP
Bellerive, Jean-Max.jpg Daniel Tremblay
(born 1951)
Acting President
28 February
2010
16 May
2010
77 days POSB
6 Rene Preval.jpg Le très honorable
Emmanuel Ménard
(born 1944)
2010 16 May
2010
29 May
2022
12 years, 13 days PAP
2016
7 Michel Chancy.jpg Le très honorable
Victor Azaïs
(born 1976)
2022 29 May
2022
Incumbent 2 years, 203 days Independent

List of living former Presidents

As of 2022, four former Presidents and acting Presidents are still alive. The last President to pass away was Jean-Marc Granet in 2010, who was assassinated at the age of 56.