President of Tengaria

President of of Tengaria
Incumbent Teodora Kovacheva since 5th April, 2013
Executive Office of the President Executive Branch of Tengaria
Style	Her Excellency
Status	Head of State Head of Government
Abbreviation	PT
Member of	Cabinet of Tengaria
Residence	Presidential Palace
Seat	Lenovo
Appointer	Aduna Nova
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Tengaria
Formation	November 14, 1935
First holder	Ioan Acirili

The President of Tengaria (Tengarian: Presedint Tengarie) is the head of state and head of government of the Tengaria. The president has control the executive of the Tengarian government, and is the commander-in-chief of the Tengarian Armed Forces. The President is indirectly elected by the Aduna Nova, which is a electoral college. and serves a six year term.

During the early republic, the Presidents served five year terms and were popularly elected, simply needing the highest percentage of votes. The early Presidency was weakened by an often divided legislature and political infighting, and was unable to solve chronic economic issues throughout the country. The political situation worsened over time, eventually resulting in the President, Vasil Stoychev, calling for snap elections; following a defeat, he attempted to stage a self-coup of power. Simeon Kovachev led a counter-coup which saw the elected President, Constantin Atheodosi, taking office. Kovachev and Atheodosi, seeking to prevent the partisan struggles of the Republic, 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 appoints cabinet members, justices, and the members of the State Council, has the power to veto any legislation of the Chamber of Deputies, 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

Tengarian Republic (1935-1948)

  Tengarian People's Party (TNP)
  Progressive Party (PP)
  All-Solarian Union (OSU)

No	Picture	Name	Term	Tenure		Presidential mandate and notes	Party
President of the Tengarian Republic
1		Ioan Acirili (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.	PPT
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	24 April 1947	Elected by 46.35% of the Popular Vote Ran on a united left-wing ticket. Only President to win a second term. After calling and losing a snap-election in 1947, attempted a self-coup.
3		Constantin Atheodosi (1884-1955)	1	24 April 1947	March 15 1948	Elected by 54.3% of the Popular Vote Although elected, he was initially prevented from taking the Presidency by Vasilov; after being brought into office, began to devise a new constitution alongside Simeon Kovachev.	UOS

Second Constitution (1948-)

  Patriotic Union

No	Picture	Name	Term	Tenure		Presidential mandate and notes	Affiliation
President of Tengaria
-		Constantin Atheodosi (1884-1955)	-	15 March 1948	13 November 1948	Acting President until the first election under the Second Constitution.	Patriotic Union
4		Simeon Kovachev (1903-1983)	1	14 November 1948	13 November 1954		Patriotic Union
			2	14 November 1954	13 November 1960
			3	14 November 1960	13 November 1966
			4	14 November 1966	13 November 1972
			5	14 November 1972	13 November 1978
			6	14 November 1978	2 January 1983
5		Cyriac Albe (1922-1998)	1	2 January 1983	13 November 1988	Assumed the Presidency after the death of Simeon. Elected to fulifll special 5-year mandate to reset the election cycle in 1988.	Patriotic Union
5		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 2013	Elected by 70.3% of the Popular Vote Died of cancer while in office at the age 69.
-		Solarian Apauli (1922-1998)	-	2 March 2013	4 April 2013	Acting President after Dimitri's death until Teodora's election.	Patriotic Union
6		Teodora Kovacheva (1984-)	1	5 April 2013	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

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