President of Morrawia

President of the Republic of Morrawia
Prezident Morawské republiky
Presidential seal
Presidential standard
Incumbent Marcel Pelikán since April 15, 2024
Executive branch of the Morrawian government Executive Office of the President of Morrawia
Style	Mr. President (informal) The Honourable (formal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Type	Head of state Head of government Commander-in-chief
Abbreviation	POTROM (Common) PMR (Morrawian)
Member of	Council of Ministers Domestic Policy Council National Economic Council National Security Council Homeland Security Council
Residence	National House
Seat	Králowec, F.D.
Appointer	Popular vote or via succession
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Morrawia
Formation	April 20, 1856 (1856-04-20)
First holder	Tristan Palacký
Salary	₮815,000 per year
Website	www.nationalhouse.gov.mo

The president of Morrawia, officially the president of the Republic of Morrawia, is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Morrawia. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Morrawian Armed Forces.

The power of the presidency has grown substantially since the first president, Tristan Palacký, took office in 1856. While presidential power has ebbed and flowed over time, the presidency has played an increasingly significant role in Morrawian political life since the beginning of the 20th century, carrying over into the 21st century with notable expansions during the presidencies of Karel Tusar and Josef Sokol. In modern times, the president is one of the world's most powerful political figures. As the leader of the nation with the an increasing economy by nominal GDP, the president possesses significant domestic and international hard and soft power. For much of the 20th century, especially during the Era of Civil Wars, the Morrawian president was often called "free world president", given Morrawia´s usual international stance as a supporter of free, independent, democratic and capitalist nations.

Article II of the Constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government and vests executive power in the president. The power includes the execution and enforcement of federal law and the responsibility to appoint federal executive, diplomatic, regulatory, and judicial officers. Based on constitutional provisions empowering the president to appoint and receive ambassadors and conclude treaties with foreign powers, and on subsequent laws enacted by the Federal Congress, the modern presidency has primary responsibility for conducting Morrawian foreign policy. The role includes responsibility for directing the the Morrawian military, which has a substantial nuclear arsenal.

The president also plays a leading role in federal legislation and domestic policymaking. As part of the system of separation of powers, Article II, Section 5 of the Constitution gives the president the power to sign or veto federal legislation. Since modern presidents are typically viewed as leaders of their political parties, major policymaking is significantly shaped by the outcome of presidential elections, with presidents taking an active role in promoting their policy priorities to members of the Federal Congress who are often electorally dependent on the president. In recent decades, presidents have also made increasing use of presidential directives, agency regulations, and judicial appointments to shape domestic policy.

The president is elected directly through the popular vote to a four-year term, along with the vice president. Under the Thirty-first Amendment, ratified in 1942, no person who has been elected to two presidential terms may be elected to a third. In addition, four vice presidents have become president by virtue of a president's intra-term death, formal removal or resignation. In all, 32 individuals have served 32 presidencies spanning 168 years of history. Marcel Pelikán is the 32nd and current president of Morrawia, having assumed office on April 15, 2024.

Political affiliation

Political parties have dominated Morrawian politics for most of the nation's modern republican history. Though the Founding Fathers, especially the Palacký brothers generally spurned political parties as divisive and disruptive, and their rise had not been welcomed when the Morrawian Constitution was drafted in 1857, organized political parties developed in Morrawia already in the mid-1800s nonetheless. They evolved from political factions, which appeared largely in the Imperial Council of Deputies and stayed strong even after the Federal government came into existence. Those who supported the Palacký administration were referred to as "pro-administration" and would eventually form the Republic Union Party, while those in opposition largely joined the emerging National Democratic Party.

Greatly concerned about the very real capacity of political parties to destroy the fragile unity holding the nation together, Palacký remained unaffiliated with any political faction or party in his first term in office, however he was forced to join the Republican Unionists in his remaining two terms as tensions rose over unity in and out of the party. He was, and remains, the only Morrawian president never to be affiliated with a political party, at least for one term. Since Palacký, every Morrawian president has been affiliated with a political party at the time of assuming office.

The number of presidents per political party by their affiliation at the time they were first sworn into office (chronologically) are:

Party		#	Name(s)
	Liberal	11	Wilhelm Lipowski, Wáclaw Morawċík, Karel Tusar, Klement Sada, Andrej Sada, Mirosław Jaworski, Antonín Worlický, Marcel Palacký, Mariána Turmenská, Tomáṡ Slawinský, Marcel Pelikán
	Republican	10	Pawel Záworský, Eduard Palacký, Karel Abrahám, Antonín Beneṡ, Karl Walmark, Anton Auer, Karel Pawelský, Gustaw Fabián, Josef Sokol, Frantiṡek Denár
	Republican Union	5	Tristan Palacký (second and third term only), Boleslaw Keiser, Edward Soukup, Jan Rýnský, Adrian Nowý
	Radical Populist	3	Rostislaw Nowotný, Antonín Sád, Christoph Steinmayer
	National Democratic	2	Benedikt Augustýn, Herbert Klimeṡ
	No party	1	Tristan Palacký (first term only)

Timeline of presidents

Main article: List of presidents of Morrawia

The following timeline depicts the progression of the presidents and their political affiliation at the time of assuming office: