President of Alsland

President of the United Provinces of Alsland
President of the United Provinces of Alsland
Foarsitter fan de Feriene Provinsjes Aalslân ; Präsident der Vereinigten Provinzen von Aalslanden ; Alsmaa Ühendatud Provintside President
	Incumbent; Hepke Veltman; since 25 April 2015
Style	His Excellency; (in international relations only)
Status	Head of State
Residence	Mareikehûs (Yndyk)
Appointer	Popular vote
Term length	Five years; Renewable once
Inaugural holder	Siemen Hartmann
Formation	31 October 1919
Salary	100,000 € annually
Website	www.foarsitter.as

The President of the United Provinces of Alsland (Dellish: Foarsitter fan de Feriene Provinsjes Aalslân, Weranian: Präsident der Vereinigten Provinzen von Aalslanden, Kirenian: Alsmaa Ühendatud Provintside President) is the head of state of Alsland.

History

Selection process

Eligibility

Election

Oath

Duties and functions

Appointment of Federal and Provincial governments

Other appointments

Foreign relations

Other duties

Political affiliation

Succession

Impeachment and removal

Senator Lars Mittermaier giving evidence during the impeachment of Onne Monsma.

While in office, the president is not immune to prosecution. The only mechanism for a President to be removed from office by the Folkssenaat is by impeachment for any perceived act of breaking Alslandic law. In the event of a vote of impeachment, a joint session of the Folkssenaat will occur and all members must vote whether to remove the President from Office or to vote to keep a President in office. A 2/3rds majority is needed to impeach a President. If this is reached a President will be impeached and ineligible to run for any political office in Alsland unless the motion of impeachment is repealed by an act of the Folkssenaat. The impeachment case will then be passed onto the Alslandic supreme court which will decide if a President should be removed from office. If a majority on the supreme court decide to remove a President from office they will be removed immediately and the Speaker of the House of Representatives will become President until the next election.

Impeachment has only occurred once in Alslandic history. In 2008, President Onne Monsma dismissed Premier Jabik Nieuwenhuis and appointed Jochen Schünemann to replace Nieuwenhuis. Nieuwenhuis and members of the Folkssenaat protested the dismissal which was seen as politically motivated and accused Monsma and Schünemann of corruption when it was revealed that Schünemann had offered Monsma the opportunity to succeed him as Premier. Following these allegations Schünemann was expelled from the Sotirian Union and a successor was appointed. The Folkssenaat later voted near unanimously with several members abstaining to impeach Monsma. Following his impeachment Monsma resigned to prevent being removed from office. Monsma and Schünemann were later arrested and spent 5 years each in jail for corruption..

Attempts at impeachment have occurred historically. Liuwke Talsma was impeached as President in 1930 after the 19XX Alslandic Coup. Talsma who along with Villem Mand was leading the Alslandic government in exile dismissed the impeachment and called the Folkssenaat: "illegitimate in it's current form." Upon the liberation of Alsland the impeachment was declared illegitimate by the supreme court alongside any other acts passed by the functionalist government.

In 1979, President Hinne Jorritsma faced an impeachment attempt after an affair with his secretary was revealed to the public. The impeachment attempt failed to gain much support and was defeated with a plurality of Senators abstaining on the vote.

Presidential office and symbols

Residence

Transportation

Office

List of presidents

№	President		Term of office			Political Party	Elected	Premiers
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took Office	Left Office	Days	Political Party	Elected	Premiers
1919-present • President of the United Provinces of Alsland •
1		Siemen Hartmann (1846-1924)	31 October 1919	12 November 1920	378	Independent	N/A	Himself
2		Kei Holwerda (1860-1934)	12 November 1920	25 April 1925	1625	Liberal Party	1920	Siemen Hartmann Douglas Cunningham Viktor Funke
3		Liuwke Talsma (1862-1945)	25 April 1925	25 April 1940	5479	Alslander Party	1925 State of Emergency (1928-1934) 1935	Viktor Funke Tsjaable Wouda Villem Mand Sjemme Boersma
4		Villem Mand (1888-1991)	25 April 1940	25 April 1945	1826	Alslander Party	1940	Sjemme Boersma Djurre De Vos Laas Keuning
5		Adam Schmiedeberg (1874-1960)	25 April 1945	25 April 1950	1826	Alslander Party	1945	Laas Keuning Samuel Hudson
6		Tys Jonker (1902-1987)	25 April 1950	25 April 1960	3653	Independent	1950 1955	Samuel Hudson Witte Reitsma
7		Dougie Hayes (1901-1967)	25 April 1960	25 April 1965	1826	Sotirian Democratic Front	1950 1955	Witte Reitsma Eric Feigenspan Konrad Neuheuser Marshall Harvey
8		Boate Hamstra (1910-2001)	25 April 1965	25 April 1970	1826	Conservative Party	1965	Marshall Harvey
9		Hinne Jorritsma (1915-1993)	25 April 1970	25 April 1980	3653	United Democratic Union	1970 1980	Marshall Harvey Urseltsje Van Der Hoek Claudia Kehrer Stendert Snijder Declan Walker
10		Marshall Harvey (1908-1989)	25 April 1980	1 December 1989	3507	Sotirian Democratic Front	1980 1985	Declan Walker Ygram Hoeksma
11		Jimte Gorter (1940)	1 December 1989	25 April 1990	145	Independent	N/A	Ygram Hoeksma
12		Martina Scott (1955)	25 April 1990	25 April 2000	3653	Socialist Party	1990 1995	Adalbrecht Brötzmann
13		Drewes Brandsma (1967)	25 April 2000	25 April 2005	1826	The Centre	2000	Bonne Zijlstra Martina Scott
14		Onne Monsma (1957-2019)	25 April 2005	1 January 2008	986	Sotirian Union	2005	Jabik Nieuwenhuis Jochen Schünemann
15		Gwen Ritter (1969)	1 January 2008	25 April 2010	840	Sotirian Union	N/A	Asser Toman
16		Addik Kuiken (1963)	25 April 2010	25 April 2015	1826	Social Democrats in Delland	2010	Jonathan Fraser Aarnd Hellinga
17		Hepke Veltman (1959)	25 April 2015	Incumbent	3506	The Centre	2015 2020	Aachtsje Wieringa Benjamin Schaumann Liliana Elliott Ottila Möller