List of heads of state of Matharius

No	Picture	Name	Term	Tenure		Presidential mandate	Affiliation
President of the Federal Republic of Valentir
1		James Kensington Gemmell (1838–1919)	1	13 April 1913	5 December 1916	Interim president	Alliance of the West
			Gemmell was appointed as interim president by Parliament. A popular moderate from Westcliff, he previously served as Prime Minister from 1883-1899. He was one of the primary architects of the newly independent republic, assisting the drafting the Constitution of the Free People, establishing the modern framework for the Federal government and overseeing the first presidential election in 1916.
2		Aidan Stansfield (1876-1975)	2	5 December 1916	5 December 1920	1916 — 45.3%	Alliance of the West
			The first democratically elected president, Stansfield was a prominent member of the social liberal wing of the Alliance for the West. Cohabiting with a VFL-led coalition government, Stansfield prioritized foreign affairs, securing bilateral treaties with Senria, Lorcania, and Nuxica. He also focused on normalizing relations with Estmere, signing the Treaty of Perpetual Friendship in 1919.
3		Bryce Cousland (1877-1964)	3	5 December 1920	5 December 1924	1920 — 34.9%	Alliance of the West
			Elected in the controversial 1920 election, Cousland clashed extensively with Prime Minister Warwick Lionel Fairfax and his VFL-majority gov't. Vetoed the original passage of the Fair Society Act, a comprehensive welfare and government reform bill. Remaining relatively unpopular throughout his term, Cousland struggled to promote his domestic agenda of Economic liberalism and Anti-Federalism. His unpopularity led to the Alliance of the West's worst electoral defeat in the 1924 elections, culminating in nearly four decades of uninterrupted VFL rule in Valentir.
4		Fergus Bryland (1864-1937)	4	5 December 1924	5 December 1928	1924 — 57.2%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			TBD.
5		Hadrien Poirot (1876-1941)	5	5 December 1928	5 December 1932	1928 — 63.5%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
6		Elliot Sutherland (1886-1960)	6	5 December 1932	5 December 1936	1932 — 60.8%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			TBD.
7		Quentin Le Borgne (1878-1957)	7	5 December 1936	5 December 1940	1936 — 61.3%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			TBD.
8		Morgan Miles (1885-1949)	8	5 December 1940	5 December 1944	1940 — 70.4%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			TBD.
9		Judicaël Cazeneuve (1882-1973)	9	5 December 1944	5 December 1948	1944 — 66.2%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			TBD.
10		Byron Estermont (1871-1955)	10	5 December 1948	5 December 1952	1948 — 62.4%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			TBD.
11		Raymond Whitmore (1913-1994)	11	5 December 1952	5 December 1956	1952 — 55.8%	Progressive Republican Party
			Previously serving as a senator from Westcliff, Whitmore was elected in 1952 on a platform of "law and order," promising to pursue anti-corruption legislation and reform the judicial system. He authorized the beginning of the Valentirian nuclear program and space program, as well as maintaining the Fair Society policies of previous administrations. Abroad Whitmore expanded Valentirian involvement in the International Council for Democracy and pushed for trade liberalization. Despite his increasing popularity, Whitmore choose not to seek a second term.
12		Gaëtan Gilliéron (1884-1972)	12	5 December 1956	5 December 1960	1956 — 57.9%	Progressive Republican Party
			13	5 December 1960	5 December 1964	1960 — 62.4%
			TBD.
13		Elliott Hargrave (1908-1977)	14	5 December 1964	5 December 1968	1964 — 62.5%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			15	5 December 1968	5 December 1972	1968 — 66.8%
			TBD.
14		Raymond Whitmore (1913-1994)	16	5 December 1972	5 December 1976	1972 — 50.3%	Progressive Republican Party
			17	5 December 1976	5 December 1980	1976 — 61.4%
			TBD.
15		François Sauveterre (1929-2019)	18	5 December 1980	5 December 1984	1980 — 53.1%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			TBD.
16		Élisabeth Chanel (1933-2006)	19	5 December 1984	5 December 1988	1984 — 56.7%	Progressive Republican Party
			20	5 December 1988	5 December 1992	1988 — 63.2%
			TBD.
17		Justine Tisserand (1952-)	21	5 December 1992	5 December 1996	1992 — 53.5%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			TBD.
18		Cameron Bennett (1946-)	22	5 December 1996	5 December 2000	1996 — 50.1%	Progressive Republican Party
			23	5 December 2000	5 December 2004	2000 — 52.6%
			TBD.
19		Francesca Miles (1960-)	24	5 December 2004	5 December 2008	2004 — 54.2%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			25	5 December 2008	5 December 2012	2008 — 55.9%
			TBD.
20		Michael Kawharu (1954-)	26	5 December 2012	5 December 2016	2012 — 58.6%	Valentirian Federation of Labour
			TBD.
21		Helene Pauline (1964-)	27	5 December 2016	Incumbent	2016 — 54.9%	Progressive Republican Party
			TBD.