List of heads of state of Meridon

Meridon has had an elected head of state resembling a modern executive since 1717, when the Confederal Meridonian Union established two-year terms for the Chairman of the Union Council- prior to this, the Chairman acted primarily as a supervisory body for the Union Council and a primus inter pares, as well as overseeing the confederal agencies. The current role of President was codified in the Articles of Federation of 1749 and has been modified multiple times, with the last modification to their role coming during the 1986 Adjustment to the Articles of Federation.

(blob about presidential statistics- 2 vs 1 terms, died, assasinated, resigned, no confidence(?), etc.)- two resigned due to health, two assassinated,

The incumbent president of Meridon, since 2023, is Yui Townley of the Federal Party.

List

Political Parties:
Current
  Federal Party   Liberal Party   Tangaran Unity Party   Agrarian Party of Meridon   Green Party   Worker's Party   Meridon Union Party   New Meridon Party
Defunct
  Sovereigntist   Conservative Union Party

Note- chairmans from 1640-1717, prior to the enactment of strong legislative powers and a two-year term, are not included in this list due to a lack of significant data.

№	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Days	Election	Political party
Confederal Meridonian Union (1717-1749)
1		FIRST LAST (1742-1810)	May 1st, 1793	May 1st, 1801	8 years	1719	None
			First chairman following the 1717 reforms.
?		FIRST LAST (1###-1###)	MONTH DDst, 17##	MONTH DDst, 17##		1###, 1###	None
			Necessary writeup information here.
?		Jackson Marriott, (1###-1749)	May 1st, 17##	August 10th, 1749	8 years	1717	None
			Necessary writeup information here.
Federal Republic of Meridon (1749-present)
1		Henry Miller (1749-1810)	August 10th, 1749	May 10th, 1759	9 years and 9 months	1749, 1754	None
			First President of the Federal Republic.
?		Claude Bittencourt (1769-1835)	May 10th, 1815	May 10th, 1825	10 years	1815, 1820	None
			Commissioned Whiteriver Manor.
?		Richard Atkinson (1775-1841)	May 10th, 1825	May 10th, 1830	5 years	1825	None
			First president to occupy Whiteriver.
?		Edward Moras (1783-1863)	May 10th, 1840	May 10th, 1850	10 years	1840, 1845	Agrarian Party of Meridon
			Elected as the first Agrarian president after its inception in 1828, he participated in agricultural subsidies in the face of increasing industrialization. Summerhall Presidential Reserve was gifted to him during his presidency.
?		Theodore Whitmond (1874-1943)	May 10th, 1910	May 10th, 1915	5 years	1910	None
			Although only a one-term president, Theodore Whitmond was one of its most influential. Mediating and preventing the Kanuha War of 1910-1911 from escalating to a full-blown civil war, his implementation of the Whitmond System made it federal policy to intervene directly in political or economic trusts. He greatly expanded the authority of the Federal government, especially the Defense, State, and Interior Departments. Immensely unpopular in political circles and ousted from politics in the 1915 election by a combined coalition, he was the last nonpartisan president of Meridon to this date. Whitmond is also the only Meridonian president to disappear, being presumed killed during the Battle of TBD during the Great War, although his body was never found. Alongside Reginald Lancaster, he is considered one of Meridon's best presidents.
?		Reginald Lancaster (1892-1987)	May 10th, 1940	May 10th, 1955	15 years	1940, 1945, 1950	Conservative Union Party
			President during the Great War, Lancaster was elected for an unmatched three terms, making him the longest-serving head of state. Lancaster introduced strong state controls of production, served as a unifying figure domestically, and helped lead an effective war effort abroad. He later lead the effort to reconcile ties with Marquesan and solidifed the Defense Forces post-war as a permanent 'force in readiness'. His breaking of precedent to serve a third term was highly controversial and later resulted in the ## Adjustment to the Articles of Federation imposing two-term limits on Meridonian presidents. He is generally cited as one of Meridon's best presidents.
?		Michael Rindley (1916-1993)	May 10th, 1970	May 10th, 1980	10 years	1970, 1975	Federal Party
			Established Summerhall as a game reserve and presided over the start of the 1980s economic slump. His policies are largely attributed to the Federal Party's defeat in the 1980 election.
?		Stewart Migidelle (1912-1985)	May 10th, 1980	May 10th, 1985	5 years	1980	Liberal Party
			Elected to manage the 1980s market slump, Migidelle enacted a number of severely unpopular austerity reforms and was criticized as ineffective delivering relief after a tsunami hit the Eastern Islands Territory and Taikorea Territory in 1984. The nail in his coffin came when plans to cancel the Navy's upcoming Sistine-class aircraft carriers were made public, causing widespread dissent in both popular and military circles, and lead to his landslide defeat in the 1985 election. Migidelle committed suicide six months after he was replaced in office by Tulin.
?		Franklin Tulin (1934-2012)	May 10th, 1985	May 10th, 1995	10 years	1985, 1990	Federal Party
			Elected in a landslide during the 1985 elections, Tulin is credited with helping to end the 1980s financial crisis. He maintained a relatively popular public opinion until he was connected to the Apex Initiative after his death, a program responsible for the death of over 1,000 Meridonians.
?		William Wendies (1945-2001)	May 10th, 1995	January 3rd, 2001	5 years, 7 months and 24 days	1995, 2000	Agrarian Party of Meridon
			Presided over the intervention in Maltika in 2000 shortly after his re-election, he was assassinated in 2001 and is the most recent Meridonian president to be assassinated.
?		Maximillian Bardly (1950-2020)	January 3rd, 2001	May 10th, 2010	9 years, 4 months and 7 days	2005	Federal Party
			Initially the Vice President of William Wendies, he assumed office in the wake of his assasination. Created the Homeland Department and strengthened federal security agencies in the wake of the assassination.
?		Leonardo Verdugo (1958-)	May 10th, 2010	May 10th, 2020	10 years	2010, 2015	Liberal Party
			Relatively middle-ground president, presided over the Meridonian intervention in Marquesan in 2015 and enacted a number of domestic policies.
?		William Acton (1970-)	May 10th, 2020	October 5th, 2023	3 years, 4 months and 25 days	2020	Federal Party
			Presided over a number of significant Meridonian foreign policy events, including its entry into ICON and participation in and victory during the New England War. His domestic policy drives included the passing of MeriHealth, a universal care program, but its release was delayed. Resigned as a result of the outcome of the Advent Island crisis, with his vice president Yui Townley taking office upon his resignation. He is the first and only Meridonian president to resign from a non-health related issue.
?		Yui Townley (1977-)	October 5th, 2023	Present	1 year, 2 months and 19 days	None	Federal Party
			The current president of the Federal Republic, she is credited with the ending of the Advent crisis and the establishment of the Pan-Regional Multilateral Pact in its wake. Townley has also spearheaded the full implementation of MeriHealth, a universal healthcare program. Townley is also the first female and first Hiakemirian-Meridonian president.