2020 Ørdegnien presidential election

2020 Ordennyan presidential election

7 May 2020 (first round) 21 May 2020 (second round, if needed)

Incumbent President Johan Olsson Independent

The first round of the 2020 Ordennyan presidential election will be held on 7 May 2020. Should no candidate win a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff will be held between the top two candidates two weeks later. The incumbent president is Johan Olsson, an Independent, who was appointed as Acting President when the Ordennyan government established the separate offices of President as head of state and Prime Minister as head of government. President Olsson has stated he will not run for a full term. It will be the first election of a directly-elected President in Ordennyan history.

Expressed interest

• Niamh Cooper, Secretary of State for Technology, Science, and Innovation, former leader of the Green Party
• Esther Steffensen, Leader of the Senate, Chair of the Federal Council
• Valdemar Söderberg, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, former Vice President of Ordennya

Speculated Candidates

Green Party

• Rune Nyström, Euclean Commissioner for Climate Change, former leader of the Green Party

Conservative Party of Ordennya

• Arvid Magnusson, former President of Ordennya

Labour Party

• Fredrik Manson, former President of Ordennya

Liberal Party

• Jon Sinclair, former Leader of the Liberal Democrats, former Home Secretary

New Democratic Party

• Jennifer Alexander, former leader of the New Democratic Party, former Home Secretary

Declined to run

• Väinämö Stoltenberg, Secretary of State for Defence (Labour), running for Party leadership
• Johan Olsson, incumbent President (Independent), retiring from politics