President of Gandhara

The President of the Arab Republic of Gandhara (Arabic: رئيس جمهورية غانذارا العربية‎) is the head of state of Gandhara. Under the Constitution of Gandhara, the president is also the supreme commander of the armed forces and head of the executive branch of the Gandhari government.
==Selection process==
===Eligibility===
The Constitution of Gandhara allows the president to run for a 7-year term, which can be renewed once as of the 1990 revision of the Constitution. The conditions required to be candidate at the presidential election are the following:
# A candidate must have the support of no less than 35 members of the National Assembly.
# A candidate must be 34 years old or older.
# A candidate must have permanently resided in Gandhara for at least 10 years before the election.
# A candidate must be Gandhari by birth, of parents who are Gandhari by birth.
===Election===
The president is directly elected by universal suffrage by Gandhari citizens who are 18 years and over. The Presidential Election Commission is charged with the supervision of the presidential election process, and is presided by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Per the Constitution, regular presidential elections are scheduled to be held within 90 days before the incumbent president's end of term. If the president's authority has ended pre-term, the elections must be held within 90 days of the president's end of term.
===Inauguration===
Inauguration of the president is conducted on the first Saturday of September of the seventh year of the incumbent president's term. If the president was elected in early elections, he takes the oath, 30 days after the announcement of the results.
==List of Presidents==
№	Name 	Portrait	Term of Office 	Term of Office 	Political Party 	Elected	Elected
1	Ahmed Assiriأحمد عسيري 	 	10 December 1957 	8 October 1960 	Arab Socialist Union 	— 	—
1	Ahmed Assiriأحمد عسيري 	 	8 October 1960 	30 September 1967 	National Democratic Party 	1 	1960
1	Ahmed Assiriأحمد عسيري 	 	30 September 1967	14 December 1972Died in office. 	National Democratic Party 	2 	1967
—	Mohamed Hadariمحمد الحضري 	 	14 December 1972 	5 May 1973 	National Democratic Party 	— 	—
2	Abdel Ramziعبد رمزي 	 	5 May 1973 	11 November 1979Assassinated. 	National Democratic Party 	3 	1973
—	Izzeddin al-Masriعز الدين المصري	 	11 November 1979 	1 March 1980 	National Democratic Party 	— 	—
3	Izzeddin al-Masriعز الدين المصري	 	1 March 1980 	11 April 1987 	National Democratic Party 	4 	1980
3	Izzeddin al-Masriعز الدين المصري	 	11 April 1987 	14 June 1989Deposed in the 1989 Gandhari coup d'état.	National Democratic Party 	5 	1987
—	Rabih Hamamربيع الحمام 	 	14 June 1989 	18 August 1990 	Independent 	— 	—
4	Adel Shahraniعادل الشهراني 	 	18 August 1990 	6 September 1997 	Republican People's Party 	6 	1990
4	Adel Shahraniعادل الشهراني 	 	6 September 1997 	4 September 2004 	Republican People's Party 	7 	1997
5	Yasser Thunayanياسر الثنيان 	 	4 September 2004 	3 September 2011 	Arab Party for Justice and Equality	8 	2004
5	Yasser Thunayanياسر الثنيان 	 	3 September 2011 	IncumbentMandate expires on 1 September 2018. 	Arab Party for Justice and Equality	9 	2011
===List of Presidents by time in office===
# inoffice	President 	Length of term	Rank bylength ofterm	Notes
1 	Ahmed Assiri 	 	1 	Died in office of heart attack.
4 	Adel Shahrani 	 	2 	Served two full terms.
5 	Yasser Thunayan 	 	3 	Current President.
3 	Izzeddin al-Masri	 	4 	Deposed.
2 	Abdel Ramzi 	 	5 	Assassinated.
;Notes
* The list does not include Mohamed Hadari, who served as Acting President for 142 days between the death of Ahmed Assiri and the inauguration of Abdel Ramzi, nor Rabih Hamam, who served as Acting President for 1 year and 65 days between the deposition of Izzeddin al-Masri and the inauguration of Adel Shahrani.
* The 110 days Izzeddin al-Masri served as Acting President, before he was inaugurated as President on 1 March 1980, are not included in his term of office.
==Footnotes==
Category:Gandhara
Category:Presidents of Gandhara
Category:Government of Gandhara