List of presidents of Velsken

The President of Velsken is the head of state of Velsken.

List of Presidents

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Days	Election	Political Party
1		Kaarle Vallen-Myllys (1888-1949)	10th May 1931	21st December 1949	18 years, 7 months and 11 days	1931, 1935, 1939, 1943, 1947	Republican Party
			Having been and member of the Hallanic Parliament for Thveiti from 1910 to 1916, Vallen-Myllys was one of the leading figure in the proclamation of the First Republic, and remained an influential indepentists leader during his exile in Crethia and from 1923 Arlyon. Returning to Velsken in 1928, shortly before the Second Hallanic Wars, Vallen-Myllys was one of the three Regent of State elected to led the country throughout the conflict. Overseeing the merger of several left-oriented forces into the newly-founded Republican Party that emerged victorious from the civil war, Vallen-Myllys was elected the first president of Velsken in 1931, and was reelected four consecutive times. Under his tenure, the power became increasingly centralised into the hands of the Republican Party, and socialist influences became increasingly present into both the party and the state. Vallen-Myllys died from a stroke in the middle of his fifth term.
-		Kyllikki Vallen-Myllys (1911-2000)	21st December 1949	13th May 1951	1 year, 4 months and 22 days	Acting president	Republican Party
			Second daughter of Kaarle, appointed chancellor the year before, served the rest of the term as acting president but failed to gain reelection due to party intrigue
2		Væinø Mæættæ (1892-1965)	13th May 1951	10th May 1959	7 years, 11 months and 27 days	1951, 1955	Republican Party
			Moderate Republican who brought Velsken back to a more pro-Hallanic course
3		Sigurd Tæmme (1917-1991)	10th May 1959	3rd February 1962	2 years, 8 months and 24 days	1959	Republican Party
			Expected to be in the continuation of Mæættæ but would prove himself to be far more radical and proactive in his use of presidential powers, impeached by parliament though causing the scission of the Republican Party into its moderate and radical wings
-		Haakko Kaukonen (1901-1969)	3rd February 1962	12th May 1963	1 year, 3 months and 9 days	Acting president	Republican Party
			Once again serving the reminder of his predecessor's term, more moderate as expected
4		Leanteri Liimo (1902-1981)	12th May 1963	14th May 1967	4 years and 2 days	1963	Republican Party
			From the more liberal wing of the Republican Party that would later split as the short-lived Liberal Republican Party, would increasingly work with the liberal opposition instead of the more left-wing republicans.
5		Svend Haugaard (1902-1984)	14th May 1967	27th February 1971	3 years, 9 months and 13 days	1967	Democratic Alternative
			First non-Republican president, had to face entranched Republican presence in state institutions limiting what he could do
-		Oksenja Metsæniemi (1929-2005)	27th February 1971	9th May 1971	2 months and 12 days	Acting president	Democratic Alternative
			Powerless chancellor under military pressure to hold the next election
6		Linnea Nygaardsvold (1927-)	9th May 1971	18th January 1990	18 years, 8 months and 9 days	1971, 1975, 1979, 1985	Republican Party
			Changed the terms to six years, two consecutive, after her two first terms, to gain support for the Republicans. Resigned because of personal reasons
-		Kullervo Rantanen (1925-1992)	18th January 1990	13th May 1990	3 months and 25 days	Acting president	Republican Party
			In a break from previous tradition, held elections a year early instead of termining the term
7		Jørgen Yrvin (1955-)	13th May 1990	12th May 2002	11 years, 11 months and 29 days	1990, 1996	Republican Party
			Moderate Republican
8		Voldemar Linkola (1958-)	12th May 2002	11th May 2008	5 years, 11 months and 29 days	2002	Radical Republican Party
			The term-limit chancellor switcharoo
9		Jørgen Yrvin (1955-)	11th May 2008	2nd April 2013	4 years, 10 months and 22 days	2008	Republican Party
			The switcharoo continues except people are not getting any of it and he resigns because of the bad handling of the oil spill
-		Sissel Sipilæ (1964-)	2nd April 2013	7th May 2013	1 month and 5 days	Acting president	Radical Republican Party
			Just there until elections a month later
10		Leif Ellingsen (1944-)	7th May 2013	12th May 2019	5 years and 6 days	2013	Democratic Alternative
			First actual non-Republican president that can do something which is fairly impressive at this point.
11		Kirsikka Kuoppala (1980-)	12th May 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 7 months and 8 days	2019	Republican Party
			I tire of this list and I still have to write the actual descriptions