President of Gandhara

President of the Arab Republic of Gandhara
Standard of the President
Incumbent Yasser Thunayan since 4 September 2004
Style	Mr. President (Informal) His Excellency (Formal)
Residence	Presidential Palace
Seat	Rhea
Appointer	Direct popular vote
Term length	Seven years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Gandhara
Inaugural holder	Ahmed Assiri
Formation	10 December 1957
Salary	180,000 dinars annually

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:

1. A candidate must have the support of no less than 35 members of the National Assembly.
2. A candidate must be 34 years old or older.
3. A candidate must have permanently resided in Gandhara for at least 10 years before the election.
4. 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 (Birth–Death)	Portrait	Term of Office		Political Party	Elected
1	Ahmed Assiri أحمد عسيري (1920–1972)		10 December 1957	8 October 1960	Arab Socialist Union	—
1			8 October 1960	30 September 1967	National Democratic Party	1	1960
			30 September 1967	14 December 1972		2	1967
—	Mohamed Hadari محمد الحضري (1930–2012) Acting President		14 December 1972	5 May 1973	National Democratic Party	—
2	Abdel Ramzi عبد رمزي (1933–1979)		5 May 1973	11 November 1979	National Democratic Party	3	1973
—	Izzeddin al-Masri عز الدين المصري (1926–1991) Acting President		11 November 1979	1 March 1980	National Democratic Party	—
3	Izzeddin al-Masri عز الدين المصري (1926–1991)		1 March 1980	11 April 1987	National Democratic Party	4	1980
			11 April 1987	14 June 1989		5	1987
—	Rabih Hamam ربيع الحمام (1944–) Acting President		14 June 1989	18 August 1990	Independent	—
4	Adel Shahrani عادل الشهراني (1926–2011)		18 August 1990	6 September 1997	Republican People's Party	6	1990
			6 September 1997	4 September 2004		7	1997
5	Yasser Thunayan ياسر الثنيان (1967–)		4 September 2004	3 September 2011	Arab Party for Justice and Equality	8	2004
			3 September 2011	Incumbent		9	2011

List of Presidents by time in office

# in office	President	Length of term	Rank by length of term	Notes
1	Ahmed Assiri	700115000000000000015 years, 70004000000000000004 days	1	Died in office of heart attack.
4	Adel Shahrani	700114000000000000014 years, 700117000000000000017 days	2	Served two full terms.
5	Yasser Thunayan	700119000000000000019 years, 7002228000000000000228 days	3	Current President.
3	Izzeddin al-Masri	70009000000000000009 years, 7002105000000000000105 days	4	Deposed.
2	Abdel Ramzi	70006000000000000006 years, 7002190000000000000190 days	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.