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List of officeholders

Political Parties:

Non-partisan

  Independent

Conservative

  UPDL   Pl

Communist

  PCL

Republic of Lyonia (1917–1925)

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Days	Election	Political Party
1		Dimitri Cerfbeer (1857-1925)	16th July 1917	1st June 1920	2 years, 10 months and 16 days	N/A	Pl
			Dmitri Cerfbeer was appointed by Armala Coalition forces following the Surrender of Lyonia in the Great War. Cerfbeer was instrumental in the creation of the Republic of Lyonia although the Lyonian economy was in crisis and debts had skyrocketed which Cerfbeer got the blame for. In the 1920 Presidential Elections, Cerfbeer was the Liberal Party's candidate although he lost.
2		Jean-Marc de Guignes (1875-1964)	1st June 1920	26th April 1922	1 year, 10 months and 25 days	1920	UPDL
			Jean-Marc de Guignes, a former general in the great war, was elected in the 1920 Presidential Election. De Guignes was a nationalist who advocated for unification of the Lyonian people and implemented a radical economic plan designed to help the Lyonian economy although the economy continued to shrink throughout De Guignes' term. In the 1921 Legislative election the Communist Party won more seats than the UPDL. De Guignes announced a State of Emergency and banned many opposition parties leading to the April Revolution which ousted De Guignes and the government.
3		Camille de Verley (1869-1946)	26th April 1922	13th August 1925	3 years, 3 months and 18 days	N/A	PCL
			Camille de Verley had been the leader of the Communist Party of Lyonia and was arrested upon their banning. De Verley was sentenced to be hanged for Sedition although he was freed during the April Revolution and was elected as President of Lyonia during an emergency session of the Senate. De Verley was vocal about forming a state similar to Dulebia and in 1925, he presided over the rewriting of the constitution to declare a Communist state. De Verley continued as President of Lyonia following the constitutional reform.

Worker's Republic of Lyonia (1925–1955)

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Days	Election	Political Party
3		Camille de Verley (1869-1946)	13th August 1925	1st December 1946	21 years, 3 months and 18 days	N/A	PCL
			Following the establishment of the Worker's Republic of Lyonia, De Verley became the unquestioned leader of the country and the party. In the early years De Verley created a cult of personality around himself. Under De Verley, the Lyonese economy grew and relations with Dulebia and other communist nations were good. In 1940 De Verley was involved in a plane crash whilst travelling from Aurifort to Etiau making him permanently paralysed from the waist down. De Verley spent his final years in pain before dying in 1946. By then most of his duties had been delegated to the People's Council.
4		Xavier Brosseau (1889-1966)	1st December 1946	15th July 1955	8 years, 7 months and 14 days	1955	PCL
			Xavier Brosseau was appointed as De Verley's successor following his death in 1946. Brosseau began several reforms and is credited as the father of Berocommunism. Brosseau reintroduced elections for the Lyonian Presidency in 1955 which coincided with a referendum on changing the constitution. Brosseau's first term saw the collapse of relations between Lyonia and other communist nations due to his reforms.

Democratic People's Republic of Lyonia (1955–Now)

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Days	Election	Political Party
4		Xavier Brosseau (1889-1966)	15th July 1955	15th July 1965	10 years	1960	Independent
			Following the 1955 constitutional referendum and Brosseau's landslide election victory Lyonia was isolated from the rest of the communist world. Following a brief period of isolationism Brosseau reached out to non-communist nations such as Mascylla and attempted to heal relations which had been severely damaged since the Melasian Crisis and Lyonia's support of Melasia. Brosseau only sought two terms in office and did not stand in the 1965 Presidential election.
5		Gaétan Affré (1919-1989)	15th July 1965	15th July 1970	5 years	1965	Independent
			Gaétan Affré was the first President since Jean-Marc de Guignes to be elected. Affré pledged to only serve for one term and his term was dominated by the worsening relations with other communist nations and increased economic prosperity. Affré left office with high approval ratings and later became the Premier of Karsc.