President of Soltenia

President of the United Republics
Incumbent Aurelio Di Gorlana since 31 July, 2019
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet United Defense Council United Economic Council Presidential Policy Council
Residence	Port House
Seat	Carez
Appointer	United Delegations
Term length	6 years renewable once
Constituting instrument	Soltenish Constitution
Formation	17 March, 1971 (as provisional president) 29 June, 1977 (under the United Republics)
Deputy	Chief Minister
Salary	276,000 bronzellas per year

List of Presidents

Political Parties:
  Independent   Conservative Union   Confederal   United Left   Confederal Union

Portrait		General Secretary (Birth–Death)	Term		Party	Republic	Notes
1		Giorgio Cittàgrano (1914–2003)	29 April 1971	3 August 1977	Independent	Almarence	Cittàgrano, commander-in-chief of the pro-democracy forces during the civil war, would be elected as provisional president. While not holding the office as established by the constitution, his successors would recognize him as the first president of Soltenia. Cittàgrano intiated several reforms for the provisional government, establishing an independent civil service, implementing a new curency, fighting the ongoing insurgency in the interior, and amnesty for lower level offenders from the communist regime. Despite his wide popularity, Cittàgrano refused to run in the 1977 election, citing poor health (Cittàgrano had had a stroke in December of 1976).
			6 years and 96 days
2		Ezio Faraghi (1913–1992)	3 August 1977	1 August 1983	Conservative Union	Colpi	The first elected president under the modern constitution, Faraghi ran as a more libertarian candidate and oversaw an expansion of the power of the constituent republics at the expense of the central government and demilitarization due to a perceived winding down of insurgent conflicts in the deep interior. However, despite high economic growth in 1977-1982, a large increase in the monetary supply and several price shocks led to a period of hyperinflation, with the Soltenish nuovo credito reaching 76.2% monthly inflation in June of 1983. Public confidence in Faraghi dropped and he lost the 1983 election in a landslide to Raimundo Erixani.
			5 years and 363 days
3		Raimundo Erixani (1924–1994)	1 August 1983	27 January 1994	Confederal	Soleria	A dark horse candidate for the presidency, Erixani's Piana Bronzella campaign promise led to him winning the 1983 elections in a landslide. After being able to stabilize the currency, capital in flows and investments into the Soltenish economy increased, leading to high economic growth and stabilization of prices as inflation slowed. Erixani was reelected in 1989 by slimmer but still comfortable margin. However, Erixani suffered a stroke in January 1994. Despite not dying initially, Erixani was left unresponsive for six days until he died on 27 January. His chief minister, Carlo Alfazzi, asssumed the presidency.
			10 years and 179 days
4		Carlo Alfazzi (1951–)	27 January 1994	31 July 1996	Confederal	Sacro Cuore	Taking over the presidency after the death of Erixani's death, Alfazzi had been chief minister for Erixani for most of his second term. Coming from the more right-wing faction of the Confederal Party, Alfazzi pulled the Confederalists to the right, ultimately setting the stage for the second party system.
			2 years and 186 days
5		Olaf Berolder (1945–)	31 July 1996	1 August 2001	Conservative Union	Fernerland	The first Fernerlander elected president, Berolder won a narrow victory over the personally unpopular Alfazzi, whose party had begun to splinter across its left and right wings. Berolder's term was marked by a nationwide scandal where several members of the Conservative Union's leadership were found to have bribed party members in exchange for support at the national convention. This resulted in Berolder being impeached. Though he escaped removal, Berolder chose to retire rather than face a likely loss in the upcoming elections.
			5 years and 1 day
6		Girardino DaCareza (1942–2023)	1 August 2001	31 July 2013	Republican As a part of United Left	Almarence	With the Confederal Party split into its left and right wings, DaCareza was able to absorb the Confederal leftist faction into a broad coalition called the Republican Party, which would partially merge with fledgling Social Democratic Party to form the United Left. His term was marked by continued economic growth and anti-corruption reforms. DaCarez was widely popular, and won by a comfortable margin in 2001 and increased his margins in 2007.
			11 years and 364 days
7		Mateo Benzi (1953–)	31 July 2013	31 July 2019	Social Democratic As a part of United Left	San Michele	As economics minister from 2003-2012, Benzi was considered a major part of the DaCareza administration's economi policies, and received praise for his conduct during his tenure. Benzi won a close but comfortable election in 2013. However, his term saw the beginnings of a major recession, an increase in crime, and secessionist violence due to the unpopularity of the Centralization Act led to Benzi losing his reelection bid to Aurelio Di Gorlana, the first time time the presidency was not held by the United Left since 2001.
			6 years and 0 days
8		Aurelio Di Gorlana (1964–)	31 July 2019	Incumbent	Confederal Union	Colpi	The incumbent president, Di Gorlana has previously served as President of Colpi and ran a populist anti-crime and anti-corruption campaign, including the 2022 corruption cases and ongoing 2024 anti-crime crackdowns. His administration has been criticized for authoritarian rhetoric and opposition to some constitutional norms.
			5 years and 115 days