President of Costa Madora

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The **President of Costa Madora** (Madorian: Presidente de Costa Madora) is the head of state of Costa Madora and honorary commander-in-chief of the Madorian Army.

Under Article VII of the Madorian Constitution, the President exercises most executive power, holding the office for maximum two terms of 4 years, renewable once. They are directly elected by Madorian citizens through the Electoral Board which is responsible for organizing the elections.

Elisabeth Strandberg is the 27th and current President of Costa Madora, assuming the office on June 18, 2018.

## Election

### Eligibility

Article VII, Section IV establishes three qualifications for holding the presidency;

* Be a natural-born citizen, or have at least one natural-born parent.
* Be a resident of Costa Madora for 10-15 years.
* Be at least 20 years old

Furthermore, the candidate must not hold any offices before election day. All candidates serve for four years, and are allowed to be re-elected once, according to the "two terms then out" predecent established by James Shields.

### Inauguration

Both the President and Vice President begin their terms of office on Monday afternoon after the elections. However, before executing the powers of the office, President-elect is required to recite the presidential Oath of Office, found in Article VIII of the Constitution:

Presidents have traditionally placed one hand upon a copy of the Constitution while taking the oath, and have added "So help me God" to the end of the oath. Although, the oath may be administered by any person authorized by law to administer oaths, presidents are traditionally sworn in by the Chief Justice of Costa Madora.

## Presidential office

### Official residences

The President's official residence is the Whiteburn Palace in Santa Rosa, Vitorife. Available faculties to the president include access to the Whiteburn Palace staff, medical care, recreation, housekeeping and security services. The Government pays for state dinners and other official functions, but the president pays for personal, family, and guest dry cleaning and food.

Leville Manor in Montagne, San Monica, is the president's country residence and has been used to host foreign dignitaries.

Keystone House, located west of the Palace and Keystone Park, serves as the president's official guest house and as a secondary residence for the president if needed.

### Entitlements

Since 1998, the President's annual salary is 384,000 M₡ as determined by the Parliament. When the President must travel within or outside Costa Madora, they have access to Serrato C-1, designated Marine One and Bourseiller E14-A referred to as Executive One, a designation used by any aircraft the President is aboard.

For ground travel, the president uses the presidential state car, which is an armored Guerrier Lionne limousine, maintained and operated by Guardia Presidencia.

Guardia Presidencia is charged with protecting the President, First Family and other important government officials or visiting heads of state. As part of their protection, all individuals and locations are assigned codenames.