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|rowspan=9 style="background:#ADCDFF;"|[[National Constitutional Party]]
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|[[Claude-Antoine Bachelet]]<br>{{small|(1947{{ndash}}1950)}}
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!rowspan=7 style="background:#002664; color:white;" |{{small|2}}
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|rowspan=7 |{{small|18 January}}<br/>1984<br/>{{small|''(died in office)''}}
|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=7 |{{Age in years and days|1950|04|20|1984|01|18}}
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|rowspan=2 | [[Jean-Charles D'Aboville]]<br>{{small|(1950{{ndash}}1958)}}
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|[[1953 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1953]]
|[[1953 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1953]]
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|[[1959 Saint-Baptiste general election|1959]]
|[[1959 Saint-Baptiste general election|1959]]
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|rowspan=3 | [[Gaspard Abbadie]]<br>{{small|(1958{{ndash}}1973)}}
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|[[1965 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1965]]
|[[1965 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1965]]
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|[[1977 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1977]]
|[[1977 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1977]]
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| [[Élie Bettencourt]]<br>{{small|(1973{{ndash}}1980)}}
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|[[1983 Saint-Baptiste general election|1983]]
|[[1983 Saint-Baptiste general election|1983]]
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|rowspan=2 | [[Édouard Bachelet]]<br>{{small|(1980{{ndash}}1983)}}
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|colspan=9|''Position vacant under National Transitional Government (15 March 1984 – 24 April 1986)''
|colspan=10|''Position vacant under National Transitional Government (15 March 1984 – 24 April 1986)''
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|style="background:#FFF3BF;"|[[People's Action Party]]
|style="background:#FFF3BF;"|[[People's Action Party]]
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|rowspan=2 | [[Cyrille Bachelet]]<br>{{small|(1986{{ndash}}1992)}}
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!rowspan=2 style="background:#FFD100; color:black;" |{{small|4}}
!rowspan=4 style="background:#FFD100; color:black;" |{{small|4}}
|rowspan=2|[[File:Ralph_Gonsalves_2013.jpg|120px]]
|rowspan=4|[[File:Ralph_Gonsalves_2013.jpg|120px]]
|rowspan=2|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Cyrille Bachelet]]<br/>{{small|(born 1943)}}
|rowspan=4|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Cyrille Bachelet]]<br/>{{small|(born 1943)}}
|[[1992 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1992]]
|rowspan=2|[[1992 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1992]]
|rowspan=2|{{small|31 May}}<br/>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]]
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| [[Jean-Pierre Boisselot]]<br>{{small|(1992{{ndash}}1994)}}
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#E12001"|
|rowspan=2|[[Joseph Morin]]<br>{{small|(1994{{ndash}}2000)}}
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|rowspan=2|[[1998 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1998]]
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFD100"|
|rowspan=2|[[Emmanuel Ménard]]<br>{{small|(2000{{ndash}}2008)}}
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!rowspan=2 style="background:#FFD100; color:black;" |{{small|5}}
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|rowspan=2|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Jean-Marc Granet]]<br/>{{small|(1954{{ndash}}2010)}}
|rowspan=2|[[2004 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2004]]
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|rowspan=2|{{small|30 May}}<br/>2004
|rowspan=2|{{Age in years and days|1992|05|31|2004|05|30}}
|rowspan=2|{{small|28 February}}<br/>2010<br>{{small|''([[Assassination of Jean-Marc Granet|assassinated]])''}}
|rowspan=3 style="background:#FFF3BF;"|[[People's Action Party]]
|rowspan=2|{{Age in years and days|2004|05|30|2010|02|28}}
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|[[1998 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|1998]]
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|rowspan=3|[[Paul Chappelle]]<br>{{small|(2008{{ndash}}2012)}}
|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Jean-Marc Granet]]<br/>{{small|(1954{{ndash}}2010)}}
|[[2004 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2004]]
|{{small|30 May}}<br/>2004
|{{small|28 February}}<br/>2010<br>{{small|''([[Assassination of Jean-Marc Granet|assassinated]])''}}
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|style="background:#FFBFBF;"|[[Saint-Baptiste Labour Party]]
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!rowspan=2 style="background:#FFD100; color:black;" |{{small|6}}
!rowspan=3 style="background:#FFD100; color:black;" |{{small|6}}
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|rowspan=2|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Emmanuel Ménard]]<br/>{{small|(born 1944)}}
|rowspan=3|{{small|{{wp|The Right Honourable|''Le très honorable''}}}}<br />[[Emmanuel Ménard]]<br/>{{small|(born 1944)}}
|[[2010 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2010]]
|rowspan=2|[[2010 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2010]]
|rowspan=2|{{small|16 May}}<br/>2010
|rowspan=3|{{small|16 May}}<br/>2010
|rowspan=2|{{small|29 May}}<br/>2022
|rowspan=3|{{small|29 May}}<br/>2022
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFF3BF;"|[[People's Action Party]]
|rowspan=3 style="background:#FFF3BF;"|[[People's Action Party]]
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|rowspan=2 style="background:#FFD100"|
|rowspan=2|[[Marc-Antoine Vernier]]<br>{{small|(2012{{ndash}}2022)}}
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|[[2016 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2016]]
|[[2016 Saint-Baptiste presidential election|2016]]
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|style="background:#F2F2F2;"|{{wp|Independent politician|Independent}}
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|[[Robert Ménard]]<br>{{small|(2022{{ndash}}present)}}
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Revision as of 14:02, 26 April 2024

President of Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Président de Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Saint-BaptistePresidentFlag.png
Presidential standard
Michel Chancy.jpg
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 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 Paul Magloire portrait.jpg 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)
1953
1959 Gaspard Abbadie
(1958–1973)
1965
1971
1977 Élie Bettencourt
(1973–1980)
1983 Édouard Bachelet
(1980–1983)
– Ralph Gonsalves 2013.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, 203 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.

  • David Rousselot Served April-May 1986 (acting President) Born 1931 (age 93)

    David Rousselot
    Served April-May 1986 (acting President)
    Born 1931 (age 93)

  • Cyrille Bachelet Served January-March 1984 (acting President) and 1992-2004 (President in own right) Born 1943 (age 81)

    Cyrille Bachelet
    Served January-March 1984 (acting President) and 1992-2004 (President in own right)
    Born 1943 (age 81)

  • Emmanuel Ménard Served 2010-2022 Born 1944 (age 80)

    Emmanuel Ménard
    Served 2010-2022
    Born 1944 (age 80)

  • Daniel Tremblay Served February-May 2010 (acting President) Born 1951 (age 73)

    Daniel Tremblay
    Served February-May 2010 (acting President)
    Born 1951 (age 73)

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