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:

1. A candidate must have the support of no less than 35 members of the parliament;
2. A candidate must be 34 years old or older;
3. A candidate must have lived in Gandhara for 10 years before the election;
4. A candidate must be Gandhari by birth, of parents who are Gandhari by birth.

List of Presidents

#	Name	Picture	Born-Died	Took office	Left office	Political Party	Term
• Arab Republic of Gandhara (1957–present) •
1	Ahmed Assiri أحمد عسيري		1920–1972	10 December 1957	8 October 1960	Arab Socialist Union of Gandhara	1
(1)				8 October 1960	30 September 1967	National Democratic Party	2
(1)				30 September 1967	14 December 1972 (died in office)	National Democratic Party	3
-	Mohamed Hadari محمد الحضري (acting)		1930–2012	14 December 1972	5 May 1973	National Democratic Party	-
2	Abdel Ramzi عبد رمزي		1933–1979	5 May 1973	11 November 1979 (assassinated)	National Democratic Party	1
3	Izzeddin al-Masri عز الدين المصري		1926–1991	1 March 1980 Acting since 11 November 1979	11 April 1987	National Democratic Party	1
(3)				11 April 1987	14 June 1989 (deposed)	National Democratic Party	2
-	Rabih Hamam ربيع الحمام (acting)		1944–	14 June 1989	18 August 1990	Independent	-
4	Adel Shahrani عادل الشهراني		1926–2011	18 August 1990	6 September 1997	Republican People's Party	1
(4)				6 September 1997	4 September 2004	Republican People's Party	2
5	Yasser Thunayan ياسر الثنيان		1967–	4 September 2004	3 September 2011	Arab Party for Justice and Equality	1
(5)				3 September 2011	Incumbent	Arab Party for Justice and Equality	2

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, 7002258000000000000258 days	3	Current President.
3	Izzeddin al-Masri	70009000000000000009 years, 7002215000000000000215 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.