President of Alaoyi
The president Alaoyi, officially the federal president of Alaoyi is the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Alaoyi. The president is the leader of the executive branch and is the chief of the Alaoyian Armed Forces.
The modern Alaoyian presidential system has its roots with the civil strife of the 1950s where the parliamentary system was abolished and replaced by a strong presidential system. The initial presidency was intended to maintain stability, compared to the constant fracturing of the Alaoyian parliamentary coalitions. The 1960 election was the first, with a special electoral college electing Chinou Onyekachukwu as president for a seven year term. With the advent of the 1989 constitution, the presidential term was limited to five years and faced several checks on its power.
Since the end of ewezuga the presidential term has been limited to five year terms, although limited to two consecutive terms, and is directly elected in a two-round system requiring a majority to be elected. Andrei Rhoodie is the incumbent, having been elected in 2013 and re-elected in 2018.
List of Presidents
1960-1987
1987-Present
The era after the end of ewezuga saw a dramatic shift in the country's politics as the Socialists dominated the former political sphere due to a split in the Populists. However, with the institution of the two round system in 1998 presidential elections have become much more competitive than they were in years prior.
Political Parties:
Independent Socialist Party Democratic Party National Populist Party
Portrait | President (Birth–Death) |
Term | Party | Province | Elections | Notes | ||
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Interim Government | ||||||||
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Agabe Malanwe (1936–2021) |
1 January 1982 |
1 January 1989 |
Independent | Alaọhụrụ Province | 1981 | Served as interim president between the abolishment of the ewezuga system and the adoption of the new constitution, which would take place in 1989. Oversaw the 1988 elections, the first fully representative democratic elections in Alaoyi. |
7 years and 0 days | ||||||||
Constitution of 1989 Adopted | ||||||||
2 | ![]() |
Willem de Frederiks (1923–2005) |
1 January 1989 |
1 January 1994 |
Socialist | Great Lake Province | 1988 | The first post-ewezuga president of Alaoyi and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of ewezuga through tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically a democratic socialist and pacifist, de Frederiks led a massive overhaul of the country's pension system, downsized the military, and encouraged more peaceful relations with Inglaterra. He refused to run in 1993. |
5 years and 0 days | ||||||||
3 | ![]() |
Lukas MacDarcy (1941–2019) |
1 January 1994 |
1 January 1999 |
Socialist | O'Brian Province | 1993 | MacDarcy was the first ever Diash-speaking president of Alaoyi and succeeded President de Fredericks. Despite being elected with a plurality of the vote in 1993, a short recession would decrease MacDarcy's popularity. As a result, MacDarcy would lose the 1998 election to the National Populist Candidate Breasal Ó Conaill by a signifigant margin in the second round. After losing the 1998 election, MacDarcy described himself as permanently retiring from political life. |
5 years and 0 days | ||||||||
Two-Round System Implemented | ||||||||
4 | ![]() |
Breasal Ó Conaill (1943–) |
1 January 1999 |
1 January 2009 |
National Populist | Blinnobair Province | 1998 and 2003 | The third elected president of Alaoyi, Ó Conaill became the first president to both run for and win two terms as president, winning in both 1998 and 2003. Ó Conaill oversaw several international crises. Ideologically, he was much more militaristic than either of his predecessors and took a harder line on relations with Alanna, which dominated his second term. |
10 years and 0 days | ||||||||
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Johann Kleks (1962–) |
1 January 2009 |
30 July 2011 |
Socialist | Rivierkant | 2008 | The fourth elected president, Kleks becaame the first president to resign prior to the end of his term. Negative press from a sex scandal ruined his initial popularity. The scandal, in which Kleks became accused of having sexual relations with a staffer, who was only 22 at the time of the affair, led to a public divorce trial and resignation. |
2 years and 210 days | ||||||||
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Agu Dike (1930–2016) |
30 July 2011 |
1 January 2014 |
Socialist | Calawene Province | None, ascended to office. | The fifth elected president, and the first Ndibeanyan to hold the office of president since the end of the interim government, Dike also holds the distinction of being the oldest president. Appointed to the position of deputy president as a sinecure, his duties were needed after the 2011 resignation of Kleks. Dike would retire after his term expired, at the age of 84. |
2 years and 155 days | ||||||||
7 | ![]() |
Andrei Rhoodie (1970–) |
1 January 2014 |
Incumbent | Democratic | Seekant | 2013 and 2018 | The sixth elected president, Rhoodie is also the youngest ever elected as president, when he won at the age of 43 years old in 2013. Rhoodie oversaw the collapse of relations with Inglaterra and Alanna, alongside with strengthening ties with the Antarctic Circle States and the Furbish Islands. |
10 years and 253 days |