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{{Infobox official post
{{Infobox official post
| post = President
| post                   = President of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
| body = the Republic of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
| native_name             = ''Président de Saint-Jean-Baptiste'' ({{wp|French language|Principean}})<br>''Prezidan Sen Jan Batis'' ({{wp|Haitian Creole|Baptistois Creole}})
| native_name = ''Président de la République de Saint-Jean-Baptiste''
| flag                    = Saint-BaptistePresidentFlag.png
| insignia = Saint-BaptisteCOA.png
| flagsize                = 125px
| insigniasize = 75px
| flagcaption            = [[Flag of Saint-Baptiste|Presidential standard]]
| insigniacaption = [[Coat of arms of Saint-Baptiste|Coat of arms]]
| image                  = File:Michel_Chancy.jpg
| imagesize = 165px
| imagesize               = 200px
| incumbent = [[Emmanuel Ménard]]
| incumbent               = [[Victor Azaïs]]
| image = Rene_Preval.jpg
| acting                  =  
| incumbentsince = 29 May 2011
| incumbentsince         = 29 May 2022
| department = Office of the President
| department             = Office of the President
| style = {{wp|The Right Honourable}}
| style                   = {{wp|The Right Honourable}} {{small|(formal)}}<br>President {{small|(informal)}}
| member_of =  
| abbreviation            =
| reports_to = <!-- Does not apply. -->
| member_of               =  
| residence = Place Rose, [[Port-Anne]]
| reports_to             =  
| nominator = <!-- Does not apply. -->
| residence               = [[Château de la Haute-Ville]]<br>[[Port-Anne]]
| appointer = {{wp|Popular vote|Direct popular vote}}
| seat                    =  
| termlength = Five years<br/><small>Renewable once</small>
| appointer               = {{wp|Direct election|Popular vote}}
| termlength_qualified = <!-- Does not apply. -->
| termlength             = Six years, renewable once
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Saint-Baptiste]]
| constituting_instrument = [[Constitution of Saint-Baptiste]]
| precursor =  
| precursor               = [[Governor of Saint-Baptiste]]
| formation = 1 July 1947
| formation               = {{Start date and age|1947|07|01|}}
| inaugural = [[Claude-Antoine Bachelet]]
| first                  = [[Séverin Jaccoud]]
| last = <!-- Does not apply. -->
| last                   =  
| abolished = <!-- Does not apply. -->
| abolished               =
| succession =  
| superseded_by          =  
| salary = $100,000 annual
| succession             =  
| website = www.president.sb
| salary                 = [[Baptistois livre|£]]110,000
| website                 = www.president.sb
}}
}}
The '''President of the Republic of Saint-Jean-Baptiste''' ({{wp|French language|Principean}}: ''Président de la République de Saint-Jean-Baptiste'') is the {{wp|head of state}} of [[Saint-Baptiste]]. Originally the highest post in a {{wp|presidential republic}}, the President since the adoption of Saint-Baptiste's 1990 constitution takes the role of equal partner alongside the [[Prime Minister of Saint-Baptiste|Prime Minister]]. The current President is [[Emmanuel Ménard]], since 2011.
==Role==
==History and role==
==History==
In Saint-Baptiste's original 1947 constitution, the role of President was granted sweeping powers, including a final veto over the [[Chamber of Deputies (Saint-Baptiste)|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 {{wp|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 {{wp|speaker (politics)|speaker}}, is appointed Acting President (''Président par intérim'') until a new election can be held within a hundred days of the resignation.
 
==List of Presidents==
==List of Presidents==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" |Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" |Political party
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |[[Prime Minister of Saint-Baptiste|Prime Minister]]<br>{{small|(Term)}}
|-
|-
!{{Abbr|No.|Number}}
!Portrait
!Name<br />{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
!Took office
!Took office
!Left office
!Left office
!Political party
!Time in office
!Election
|-
|-
! style="background:#DADADA" |1
!style="background:#002664; color:white;" |{{small|1}}
|[[File:Elie_Lescot_portrait.jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Louis_Borno_2.jpg|120px]]
|[[Claude-Antoine Bachelet]]<br />{{small|(1894–1988)}}
|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Séverin Jaccoud]]<br/>{{small|(1885{{ndash}}1953)}}
| 1 July 1947
| 4 September 1988<br><small>(Died in office)</small>
|{{wp|Independent politician|Independent}}
|[[1947 Saint-Baptiste general election|1947]]
|[[1947 Saint-Baptiste general election|1947]]
|{{small|1 July}}<br/>1947
|{{small|20 April}}<br/>1950<br/>{{small|''(resigned)''}}
|{{Age in years and days|1947|07|01|1950|04|20}}
|rowspan=9 style="background:#ADCDFF;"|[[National Constitutional Party]]
|style="background:#002664"|
|[[Claude-Antoine Bachelet]]<br>{{small|(1947{{ndash}}1950)}}
|-
!rowspan=7 style="background:#002664; color:white;" |{{small|2}}
|rowspan=7 |[[File:President_de_la_Republique_Sténio_Vincent_haiti.png|120px]]
|rowspan=7 |{{small|{{wp|Excellency|''Son Excellence''}}}}<br />[[Claude-Antoine Bachelet]]<br/>{{small|(1893{{ndash}}1984)}}
|—
|rowspan=7 |{{small|20 April}}<br/>1950
|rowspan=7 |{{small|18 January}}<br/>1984<br/>{{small|''(died in office)''}}
|rowspan=7 |{{Age in years and days|1950|04|20|1984|01|18}}
|rowspan=3 style="background:#002664"|
|rowspan=3 | [[Jean-Charles D'Aboville]]<br>{{small|(1950{{ndash}}1958)}}
|-
|[[1951 Saint-Baptiste general election|1951]]
|-
|[[1957 Saint-Baptiste general election|1957]]
|-
|[[1963 Saint-Baptiste general election|1963]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#002664"|
|rowspan=2 | [[Gaspard Abbadie]]<br>{{small|(1958{{ndash}}1973)}}
|-
|[[1969 Saint-Baptiste general election|1969]]
|-
|[[1975 Saint-Baptiste general election|1975]]
|style="background:#002664"|
| [[Élie Bettencourt]]<br>{{small|(1973{{ndash}}1980)}}
|-
|[[1981 Saint-Baptiste general election|1981]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#002664"|
|rowspan=2 | [[Édouard Bachelet]]<br>{{small|(1980{{ndash}}1983)}}
|-
!style="background:#002664; color:white;" |{{small|–}}
|[[File:Ralph_Gonsalves.jpg|120px]]
|[[Cyrille Bachelet]]<br/>{{small|(born 1943)}}<br>{{small|''Acting President''}}
|—
|{{small|18 January}}<br/>1984
|{{small|15 March}}<br/>1984<br/>{{small|''(resigned)''}}
|{{Age in years and days|1984|01|18|1984|03|15}}
|-
|colspan=10|''Position vacant under National Transitional Government (15 March 1984 – 24 April 1986)''
|-
!style="background:#FFD100; color:black;" |{{small|–}}
|[[File:Nicholas_Liverpool.jpg|120px]]
|[[David Rousselot]]<br/>{{small|(born 1931)}}<br>{{small|''Acting President''}}
|—
|{{small|24 April}}<br/>1986
|{{small|18 May}}<br/>1986
|{{Age in years and days|1986|04|24|1986|05|18}}
|style="background:#FFF3BF;"|[[People's Action Party]]
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFD100"|
|rowspan=2 | [[Cyrille Bachelet]]<br>{{small|(1986{{ndash}}1992)}}
|-
!style="background:#DADADA; color:black;" |{{small|3}}
|[[File:Hubert_Ingraham_2009.jpg|120px]]
|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Samuel Lucy]]<br/>{{small|(1912{{ndash}}2000)}}
|[[1986 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1986]]
|{{small|18 May}}<br/>1986
|{{small|31 May}}<br/>1992
|{{Age in years and days|1986|05|18|1992|05|31}}
|style="background:#F2F2F2;"|{{wp|Independent politician|Independent}}
|-
!rowspan=4 style="background:#FFD100; color:black;" |{{small|4}}
|rowspan=4|[[File:Ralph_Gonsalves_2013.jpg|120px]]
|rowspan=4|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Cyrille Bachelet]]<br/>{{small|(born 1943)}}
|rowspan=2|[[1992 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1992]]
|rowspan=4|{{small|31 May}}<br/>1992
|rowspan=4|{{small|30 May}}<br/>2004
|rowspan=4|{{Age in years and days|1992|05|31|2004|05|30}}
|rowspan=6 style="background:#FFF3BF;"|[[People's Action Party]]
|style="background:#FFD100"|
| [[Jean-Pierre Boisselot]]<br>{{small|(1992{{ndash}}1994)}}
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:#E12001"|
|rowspan=2|[[Joseph Morin]]<br>{{small|(1994{{ndash}}2000)}}
|-
|-
! style="background:#007F7F" |–
|rowspan=2|[[1998 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1998]]
|
|[[Martial Haillet]]<br />{{small|(1931–2019)}}<br><small>''Acting President''</small>
| 4 September 1988
| 4 January 1989
|[[National Republican People's Party|PPRN]]
|–
|-
|-
! style="background:#0B4068" |2
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFD100"|
|[[File:GovEdmundLawrence.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan=2|[[Emmanuel Ménard]]<br>{{small|(2000{{ndash}}2008)}}
|[[Édouard Bachelet]]<br />{{small|(1937–2012)}}
| 4 January 1989
| 2 June 1991
|[[National Republican People's Party|PPRN]] <small>(until 1990)</small><br>[[Democratic Centre Union|UCD]] <small>(from 1990)</small>
|[[1989 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1989]]
|-
|-
! style="background:#FF6A00" |3
!rowspan=2 style="background:#FFD100; color:black;" |{{small|5}}
|[[File:Denzil_L_Douglas.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan=2|[[File:Ewart_Brown.JPG|120px]]
|[[Samuel Lucy]]<br />{{small|(1940–)}}
|rowspan=2|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Jean-Marc Granet]]<br/>{{small|(1954{{ndash}}2010)}}
| 2 June 1991
|rowspan=2|[[2004 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2004]]
| 2 June 1996
|rowspan=2|{{small|30 May}}<br/>2004
|[[Movement for Democratic Reform|MRD]]
|rowspan=2|{{small|28 February}}<br/>2010<br>{{small|''([[Assassination of Jean-Marc Granet|assassinated]])''}}
|[[1991 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1991]]
|rowspan=2|{{Age in years and days|2004|05|30|2010|02|28}}
|-
|-
! style="background:#0B4068" |4
|rowspan=3 style="background:#E12001"|
|[[File:Vincent_Beache.png|70px]]
|rowspan=3|[[Paul Chappelle]]<br>{{small|(2008{{ndash}}2012)}}
|[[Cyrille Bachelet]]<br />{{small|(1956–)}}
| 2 June 1996
| 4 June 2006
|[[Democratic Centre Union|UCD]]
|[[1996 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1996]]<br>[[2001 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2001]]
|-
|-
! style="background:#0B4068" |5
!style="background:#E12001; color:white;" |{{small|–}}
|[[File:SirCuthbertSebastian.jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Bellerive,_Jean-Max.jpg|120px]]
|[[Jean-Michel Fournier]]<br />{{small|(1932–2013)}}
|[[Daniel Tremblay]]<br/>{{small|(born 1951)}}<br>{{small|''Acting President''}}
| 4 June 2006
|
| 29 May 2011
|{{small|28 February}}<br/>2010
|[[Democratic Centre Union|UCD]]
|{{small|16 May}}<br/>2010
|[[2006 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2006]]
|{{Age in years and days|2010|02|28|2010|05|16}}
|style="background:#FFBFBF;"|[[Saint-Baptiste Labour Party]]
|-
|-
! style="background:#F0AF09" |6
!rowspan=3 style="background:#FFD100; color:black;" |{{small|6}}
|[[File:Rene_Preval.jpg|70px]]
|rowspan=3|[[File:Rene_Preval.jpg|120px]]
|[[Emmanuel Ménard]]<br />{{small|(1949–)}}
|rowspan=3|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Emmanuel Ménard]]<br/>{{small|(born 1944)}}
| 29 May 2011
|rowspan=2|[[2010 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2010]]
| ''Incumbent''
|rowspan=3|{{small|16 May}}<br/>2010
|[[National Action Party|PAN]]
|rowspan=3|{{small|29 May}}<br/>2022
|[[2011 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2011]]<br>[[2016 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2016]]
|rowspan=3|{{Age in years and days|2010|05|16|2022|05|29}}
|rowspan=3 style="background:#FFF3BF;"|[[People's Action Party]]
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFD100"|
|rowspan=2|[[Marc-Antoine Vernier]]<br>{{small|(2012{{ndash}}2022)}}
|-
|[[2016 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2016]]
|-
!style="background:#DADADA; color:black;" |{{small|7}}
|[[File:Michel_Chancy.jpg|120px]]
|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Victor Azaïs]]<br/>{{small|(born 1976)}}
|[[2022 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2022]]
|{{small|29 May}}<br/>2022
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2022|05|29}}
|style="background:#F2F2F2;"|{{wp|Independent politician|Independent}}
|style="background:#FFD100"|
|[[Robert Ménard]]<br>{{small|(2022{{ndash}}present)}}
|}
|}
==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.
<center>
<gallery>
Nicholas_Liverpool.jpg|'''[[David Rousselot]]'''<br/>Served April-May 1986 (acting President)<br/>Born 1931 (age {{age|1931|12|04}})
Ralph_Gonsalves_2013.jpg|'''[[Cyrille Bachelet]]'''<br/>Served January-March 1984 (acting President) and 1992-2004 (President in own right)<br/>Born 1943 (age {{age|1943|4|21}})
Rene_Preval.jpg|'''[[Emmanuel Ménard]]'''<br/>Served 2010-2022<br/>Born 1944 (age {{age|1944|2|6}})
Bellerive,_Jean-Max.jpg|'''[[Daniel Tremblay]]'''<br/>Served February-May 2010 (acting President)<br/>Born 1951 (age {{age|1951|7|11}})
</gallery>
</center>
==See also==
[[Category:Politics_of_Saint-Baptiste]]
[[Category:Politics_of_Saint-Baptiste]]
{{Template:Saint-Baptiste Topics}}

Latest revision as of 03:21, 10 May 2024

President of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Président de Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Principean)
Prezidan Sen Jan Batis (Baptistois Creole)
Saint-BaptistePresidentFlag.png
Michel Chancy.jpg
Incumbent
Victor Azaïs
since 29 May 2022
Office of the President
StyleThe Right Honourable (formal)
President (informal)
ResidenceChâteau de la Haute-Ville
Port-Anne
AppointerPopular vote
Term lengthSix years, renewable once
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Saint-Baptiste
PrecursorGovernor of Saint-Baptiste
FormationJuly 1, 1947; 77 years ago (1947-07-01)
First holderSéverin Jaccoud
Salary£110,000
Websitewww.president.sb

Role

History

List of Presidents

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Election Term of office Political party Prime Minister
(Term)
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 National Constitutional Party Claude-Antoine Bachelet
(1947–1950)
2 President de la Republique Sténio Vincent haiti.png Son Excellence
Claude-Antoine Bachelet
(1893–1984)
20 April
1950
18 January
1984
(died in office)
33 years, 273 days Jean-Charles D'Aboville
(1950–1958)
1951
1957
1963 Gaspard Abbadie
(1958–1973)
1969
1975 Élie Bettencourt
(1973–1980)
1981 Édouard Bachelet
(1980–1983)
Ralph Gonsalves.jpg Cyrille Bachelet
(born 1943)
Acting President
18 January
1984
15 March
1984
(resigned)
57 days
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 People's Action Party Cyrille Bachelet
(1986–1992)
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 People's Action Party Jean-Pierre Boisselot
(1992–1994)
Joseph Morin
(1994–2000)
1998
Emmanuel Ménard
(2000–2008)
5 Ewart Brown.JPG Le très honorable
Jean-Marc Granet
(1954–2010)
2004 30 May
2004
28 February
2010
(assassinated)
5 years, 274 days
Paul Chappelle
(2008–2012)
Bellerive, Jean-Max.jpg Daniel Tremblay
(born 1951)
Acting President
28 February
2010
16 May
2010
77 days Saint-Baptiste Labour Party
6 Rene Preval.jpg Le très honorable
Emmanuel Ménard
(born 1944)
2010 16 May
2010
29 May
2022
12 years, 13 days People's Action Party
Marc-Antoine Vernier
(2012–2022)
2016
7 Michel Chancy.jpg Le très honorable
Victor Azaïs
(born 1976)
2022 29 May
2022
Incumbent 2 years, 202 days Independent Robert Ménard
(2022–present)

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.

See also