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| President of Saint-Jean-Baptiste | |
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| Président de Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Principean) Prezidan Sen Jan Batis (Baptistois Creole) | |
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| Office of the President | |
| Style | The Right Honourable (formal) President (informal) |
| Residence | Château de la Haute-Ville Port-Anne |
| Appointer | Popular vote |
| Term length | Six years, renewable once |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Saint-Baptiste |
| Precursor | Governor of Saint-Baptiste |
| Formation | July 1, 1947 |
| First holder | Séverin Jaccoud |
| Salary | £110,000 |
| Website | www.president.sb |
Role
History
List of Presidents
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister (Term) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | 
|
Le très honorable Séverin Jaccoud (1885–1953) |
1947 | 1 July 1947 |
20 April 1950 (resigned) |
2 years, 293 days | National Constitutional Party | Claude-Antoine Bachelet (1947–1950) | |
| 2 | 
|
Son Excellence Claude-Antoine Bachelet (1893–1984) |
— | 20 April 1950 |
18 January 1984 (died in office) |
33 years, 273 days | Jean-Charles D'Aboville (1950–1958) | ||
| 1953 | |||||||||
| 1959 | Gaspard Abbadie (1958–1973) | ||||||||
| 1965 | |||||||||
| 1971 | |||||||||
| 1977 | Élie Bettencourt (1973–1980) | ||||||||
| 1983 | Édouard Bachelet (1980–1983) | ||||||||
| – | 
|
Cyrille Bachelet (born 1943) Acting President |
— | 18 January 1984 |
15 March 1984 (resigned) |
57 days | |||
| Position vacant under National Transitional Government (15 March 1984 – 24 April 1986) | |||||||||
| – | 
|
David Rousselot (born 1931) Acting President |
— | 24 April 1986 |
18 May 1986 |
24 days | People's Action Party | Cyrille Bachelet (1986–1992) | |
| 3 | 
|
Le très honorable Samuel Lucy (1912–2000) |
1986 | 18 May 1986 |
31 May 1992 |
6 years, 13 days | Independent | ||
| 4 |
|
Le très honorable Cyrille Bachelet (born 1943) |
1992 | 31 May 1992 |
30 May 2004 |
11 years, 365 days | People's Action Party | Jean-Pierre Boisselot (1992–1994) | |
| Joseph Morin (1994–2000) | |||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||
| Emmanuel Ménard (2000–2008) | |||||||||
| 5 | 
|
Le très honorable Jean-Marc Granet (1954–2010) |
2004 | 30 May 2004 |
28 February 2010 (assassinated) |
5 years, 274 days | |||
| Paul Chappelle (2008–2012) | |||||||||
| – | 
|
Daniel Tremblay (born 1951) Acting President |
— | 28 February 2010 |
16 May 2010 |
77 days | Saint-Baptiste Labour Party | ||
| 6 | 
|
Le très honorable Emmanuel Ménard (born 1944) |
2010 | 16 May 2010 |
29 May 2022 |
12 years, 13 days | People's Action Party | ||
| Marc-Antoine Vernier (2012–2022) | |||||||||
| 2016 | |||||||||
| 7 | 
|
Le très honorable Victor Azaïs (born 1976) |
2022 | 29 May 2022 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 203 days | Independent | Robert Ménard (2022–present) | |
List of living former Presidents
As of 2022, four former Presidents and acting Presidents are still alive. The last President to pass away was Jean-Marc Granet in 2010, who was assassinated at the age of 56.
David Rousselot
Served April-May 1986 (acting President)
Born 1931 (age 93)
Cyrille Bachelet
Served January-March 1984 (acting President) and 1992-2004 (President in own right)
Born 1943 (age 81)
Emmanuel Ménard
Served 2010-2022
Born 1944 (age 80)
Daniel Tremblay
Served February-May 2010 (acting President)
Born 1951 (age 73)
