President of Tengaria

President of of Tengaria
Incumbent Teodora Kovacheva since November 14, 2014
Executive Office of the President Executive Branch of Tengaria
Style	Her Excellency
Status	Head of State Head of Government
Abbreviation	POT
Member of	Cabinet of Tengaria
Residence	Presidential Mansion
Seat	Lenovo
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Tengaria
Formation	November 14, 1935
First holder	Gregori Ervo

The President of Tengaria (Tengarian: президент на Тенгария or Prezident na Tengariya) is the head of state and head of government of the Tengaria. The president has control the executive of the Tengarian government, has wide executive powers and prerogatives, and is the commander-in-chief of the Tengarian Armed Forces. The President is popularly elected and serves a six year term.

For centuries, the Empire of Tengaria was ruled by an Emperor, who wielded nominal absolute authority over the Empire. After the fall of Lenovo during the Great War, Simeon Kovachev was named regent of Tengaria, becoming its effective head of state and government during the absence of Dragomir III, and so the first non-monarchical head of state of Tengaria. After the war and against Kovachev's wishes, Tengaria became a Presidential Republic because of Soravian influence, and the office of the President was created. The first elections were held in the year 1935, with the academic Gregori Ervo first holding the office. During the early republic, the Presidents served five year terms and were popularly elected, simply needing the highest percentage of votes. The early Presidency, although nominally strong, was weakened by an often divided legislature and political infighting, and often found himself unable to preform his duties. No President before Dimitri Denov recieved over 42% percent of the popular vote. The political situation worsened over time, eventually culminating in the Tengarian Civil War, which saw two Presidents, Dimitri Denov and Simeon Radez, assassinated in office, and with Rumen Santov claiming the Presidency in opposition to the government in Lenovo. After the assassination of President Radez, Simeon Kovachev was named as the provisional head of state until the completion of the war.

Kovachev, seeking to restore unity and to prevent the partisan system which caused the Civil War, wrote the Second Constitution of Tengaria, which among other things made the Presidency a much more powerful position than it was underneath the old constitution. The President, among his broad powers, appoints cabinet members, justices, and the members of the Senate of Tengaria, has the power to veto any legislation of the Grand Assembly, must determine and implimate both domestic policy and foreign policy, and also has all of the ceremonial duties of a head of state. There was originally no restriction on the term length of the Presidency and Simeon himself served for the rest of his life after his election in 1958. In 1999 Dimitri Kovachev lowered the term length to six years, but did not impose any restrictions on the number of terms a person could serve. Since Simeon was elected President in 1958, the Presidency has remained firmly in control of the Kovachev Family and the Patriotic Union. The current President is Teodora Kovacheva, the grandaughter of Simeon, who is currently serving her second term.

The President is the head of the Cabinet of Tengaria, which serves to advise the President and to oversee different departments of the executive branch. He is assisted in office chiefly by the Deputy President, who becomes acting President if the President dies in office. The Presidency of Tengaria has been criticised for many years by Eastern sources and poltical opponents for its de facto hereditary control, ill-defined powers, corruption and authoritarianism.

Timeline of Presidents of Tengaria

List of Presidents and Heads of State

Imperial Provisional Government (1930-1935)

  Independent

No	Picture	Name	Term	Tenure		Mandate and notes	Affiliation
Regent of the Empire of Tengaria
-		Simeon Kovachev (1903-1983)	-	21 April 1930	14 November 1935	Appointment of Emperor Dragomir III After the fall of Lenovo during Great War, he gathered the remaining forces and formed the Free Solarian Army, eventually taking back the country from Amathian occupation and served as leader until the Republic was formed in 1935. He had the oppurtunity to seize power himself, but refused.	Independent

Tengarian Republic (1935-1956)

  Tengarian People's Party (TNP)
  Progressive Party (PP)
  Tengarian Section of the Worker's Internationale (TSMR)
  All-Solarian Union (VS)

No	Picture	Name	Term	Tenure		Presidential mandate and notes	Party
President of the Tengarian Republic
1		Gregori Ervo (1885-1951)	1	14 November 1935	13 November 1940	Elected by 39.28% of Popular Vote One of the principal forces behind the first Tengarian Constitution. Ran on a combined ticket with the Progressive Party.	TNP
2		Vasil Stoychev (1888-1954)	1	14 November 1940	13 November 1945	Elected by 37.8% of the Popular Vote Ran on a combined ticket with the TNP and RP.	PP
			2	14 November 1945	13 November 1950	Elected by 46.35% of the Popular Vote Ran on a united left-wing ticket. Only President to win a second term.
3		Vladimir Vasilov (1895-1957)	1	14 November 1950	13 November 1955	Elected by 45.23% of the Popular Vote Dismissed Kovachev as general. After losing in the 1955 election to Denov, Vasilov declared the elections invalid, prevented the newly elected officials from taking office, and staged a self-coup and declared the People's Republic of Tengaria.	TSMR
4		Dimitri Denov (1895-1955)	1	14 November 1955	25 November 1955	Elected by 52.3% of the Popular Vote After Vasilov prevented a new government from forming, Denov assumed his title and mandate in the city of Istros at the beginning of the Tengarian Civil War as the leader of the Patriots faction, but was assassinated a week later.	VS

Tengarian Civil War (1955-1958)

  All-Solarian Union (VS)
  Popular Front (NF)

No	Picture	Name	Term	Tenure		Presidential mandate and notes	Affiliation
President of the Tengarian Republic
5		Simeon Radez (1901-1956)	1	25 November 1955	14 May 1956	Assumed office after death of Dimitri Denov Deputy President of President Denov. Led the Patriot side in the Civil War before he was assassinated in office in mid 1956.	VS
President of the People's Republic of Tengria
(4)		Vladimir Vasilov (1895-1957)	1	29 November 1955	2 January 1957	Proclamation of the Grand Assembly After the defeat of the Republicans in the Civil War, Vasilov was arrested and tried and convicted for treason, and was executed in early 1957.	NF
Head of State of Tengaria
-		Simeon Kovachev (1903-1983)	-	14 May 1956	13 November 1958	Designated successor of President Radev Commander of the Tengarian Army	Independent

Kovachev Era (1958-)

  Patriotic Union

No	Picture	Name	Term	Tenure		Presidential mandate and notes	Affiliation
President of Tengaria
6		Simeon Kovachev (1903-1983)	1	14 November 1958	2 January 1983	Elected by 88.8% of the Popular Vote Died in office at age 81.	Patriotic Union
Deputy President Vasil Radev serves as acting President from January 2nd to November 13th 1983.
7		Dimitri Kovachev (1945-2014)	1	14 November 1983	13 November 2000	Elected by 83.3% of the Popular Vote Terms limited from Life to Six Years in 1999	Patriotic Union
			2	14 November 2000	13 November 2006	Elected by 76.4% of the Popular Vote
			3	14 November 2006	13 November 2012	Elected by 74.7% of the Popular Vote
			4	14 November 2012	2 March 2014	Elected by 70.3% of the Popular Vote Died of cancer while in office at the age 69.
Deputy President Gregori Hakov serves as acting President from March 2nd to November 13th 2012.
8		Teodora Kovacheva (1984-)	1	14 November 2014	13 November 2018	Elected by 75.5% of the Popular Vote	Patriotic Union
			2	14 November 2018	Incumbent	Elected by 80.1% of the Popular Vote

See Also

 • List of political parties in Tengaria
 • Kovachev family
 • Patriotic Union
 • Minister-President of Tengaria
 • List of Tengarian Monarchs