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The president of the Euclean Community is the chief executive of the Euclean Community (EC), overseeing the activities and direction of the organization. The president leads the Euclean Conference, serving as its presiding officer and is responsible for setting its agenda. The president is the senior most representative of the Euclean Community on the world stage and represents it internationally. As part of the position's responsibilities, the president also formally chairs the Euclean Commission. However, the High Commissioner is responsible for overseeing the activities of the Commission.  

Until 2007, the presidency of the Euclean Conference rotated semi-annually and was held by the head of state or government of the member state. The 2006 Treaty of Maredoux created the position and stipulated a full-time president for a single five-year term. The position is popularly elected every five years by voters in each member state.

The current president is former Caldish taoiseach Alexis Walker, who has held the position since 1 December 2017. She was elected to succeed Alexandre Lévesque, a former Gaullican president whose term lasted from 1 December 2012 until 30 November 2017. The first president under the Treaty of Maredoux was Bonne Zijlstra, a former premier of Alsland. Zijlstra served from 1 December 2007 until 30 November 2012. To date, the position has been held by each member of the longstanding coalition in the Euclean Parliament. Ziljlstra on for the Socialist Alternative for Euclea, Lévesque for the Alliance of Conservatives and Democrats for Euclea, and Walker for the Euclean Liberal Party.

History

Prior to the creation of the full-time position, the presidency of the Euclean Community was held by head of state or government of the member state in the rotation. It rotated semi-annually, with the first term lasting tom January to June and the second lasting from July to December. Initially, the office was known as the president of the Euclean Conference, the body consisting of national leaders. The president was responsible for directing the Conference's agenda and chairing its meetings. The post was created in 1948 under the founding Treaty of Kesselbourg. With the 1964 Treaty of Morwall, the office of the High Commissioner was created. Until 2007, the High Commissioner was the highest-ranking representative of the Euclean Community and was largely responsible for representing its interests abroad.

In the aftermath of the 2005 World Financial Crisis, Euclean leaders discussed the need to create a single office that would provide the Community with direction. A need to streamline cooperation between the Euclean Council, Euclean Commission, and the Conference had also arisen as part of efforts to manage the crisis. In 2006, EC leaders met in the Gaullican city of Maredoux and agreed to a package of reforms. Among them was the creation of a full-time presidency. The presidency of the Conference was replaced with the presidency of the Euclean Community

The Treaty of Maredoux came into effect in 2007 and the first election was held in October and November of that year.

Term of office

The president is elected to serve a single five-year term starting on 1 December. As outlined under the Treaty of Maredoux, the president can only serve a single term. An individual is prevented from seeking any additional terms, including a second non-consecutive term. While the president is directly elected, the Euclean Parliament officially appoints the president when it convenes to certify the results of the election. The results must be certified before the president can take office. If the Parliament fails to certify the election, an interim president is to be appointed by the Euclean Conference and confirmed by the Euclean Council. This has never happened to date.

A vote of censure can be passed by the Parliament, the Council, and the Conference to remove the president from office. This order must be followed. The president can only be removed if the vote is passed by all three bodies. To date, a vote of censure has not been passed in any president.

List of presidents

Groups

•   Socialist Alternative for Euclea
•   Alliance of Conservatives and Democrats for Euclea
•   Euclean Liberal Party

N.	Portrait	President (Born–Died)	State	Took office	Left office	Commission(s)	Party	Group		Electoral mandate
1		Bonne Zijlstra (born 1960)	Alsland	1 December 2007	30 November 2012	Zijlstra-Commissioner Zijlstra-Commissioner	SDyD		Socialist Alternative for Euclea (ASE/SAE)	2007
				4 years, 365 days
2		Alexandre Lévesque (born 1963)	Gaullica	1 December 2012	30 November 2017	Lévesque-Commissioner Lévesque-Nic Diarmada	CG		Alliance of Conservatives and Democrats for Euclea (ACDE)	2012
				4 years, 364 days
3		Alexis Walker (born 1950)	Caldia	1 December 2017	Incumbent	Walker-Šimonytė Walker-Hermansdohter	Saoirse		Euclean Liberal Party (PLE/ELP)	2017
				6 years, 364 days