President of Pinang

President of the Pinangese Republic
Logo of the President
Standard of the President
Incumbent Giuseppe Mazzini since 3 March 2024
Style	His/Her Excellency
Appointer	Direct election
Term length	Three months
Inaugural holder	Esty Carpentieri
Formation	19 April 2018 (First Republic), 21 October 2019 (Second Republic), 7 March 2021 (Third Republic)

The President of the Pinangese Republic (Italian: Presidente della Repubblica Pinanghese), is the ceremonial head of state of Pinang. Following an amendment to the constitution approved by a referendum, the president is directly elected from the election following this change.

Powers

Apart from being the head of state, the President of the Republic also serves as the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and represents the nation in foreign affairs.

As per the Constitution, the President has the right to propose legislation to the Parliament, signs or returns laws for reconsideration (suspensive veto), appoints as Prime Minister a member of the Executive Council, who was elected by it and on the Prime Minister's proposal, assigns members to a Ministry.

The President also appoints generals, the supreme command of the Armed Forces (after consulting the Executive Council), calls referenda, appoints Administrators of Territories (with the Prime Minister's countersignature), may dissolve the Parliament (either if the Prime Minister grants his countersignature, if the Parliament passes a vote of no-confidence against the Executive Council, if the Speaker wasn't elected for 15 days, if the Parliament passes "self-dissolution" and for quite a few other reasons), the President can, with the consent of the Prime Minister call and preside over sessions of the Executive Council (so far, only Mišo used this prerogative).

Most of the presidential powers are exercised are at the President's sole discretion, however, it hasn't been uncommon for Presidents to seek advice or consult other state officials before exercising their powers.

Election

The President is directly elected through the instant runoff system.

List of Presidents

	№	Name	Party	Term start	Term end	Duration of the term
	1	Esty Carpentieri	Golden Party	19 April 2018	11 June 2018	53 days
	(1)	Esty Carpentieri	Liberal Front	21 October 2019	2 February 2020	225 days
	2	Cotechino	People's Democracy	7 March 2021	12 July 2021	127 days
	3	Tobey Wyles	National Union Party	12 July 2021	7 November 2021	118 days
	(1)	Esty Carpentieri	People's Democracy	7 November 2021	15 March 2022	7002128000000000000♠128 days
	4	May Junkin	Independent	15 March 2022	10 July 2022	7002117000000000000♠117 days
	(3)	Tobey Wyles	National Union Party	10 July 2022	13 November 2022	7002126000000000000♠126 days
	5	Rafaela Luiz	Pink Gandalf Party	13 November 2022	24 February 2023	103 days
	6	Cadno	Independent	6 March 2023	9 April 2023	34 days
	7	Rafe Burfield	Independent	13 April 2023	21 July 2023	7001990000000000000♠99 days
	8	Zerorius Hiruko	Independent	30 July 2023	27 November 2023	7002120000000000000♠120 days
	9	Michael Pocci	Independent	27 November 2023	12 February 2024	7001770000000000000♠77 days
	10	Giuseppe Mazzini	Independent	3 March 2023	Incumbent

List of acting presidents

	Name	Party	Term start	Term end	Duration of the term
	Luke Wellmoore	National Union Party	24 February 2023	6 March 2023	10 days
	Rafaela Luiz	Pink Gandalf Party	9 April 2023	13 April 2023	4 days
	Tobey Wyles	Moderate Party	21 July 2023	30 July 2023	7000900000000000000♠9 days
			26 August 2023	12 September 2023	7001170000000000000♠17 days
	Esty Carpentieri	Party of the Radical Left	12 September 2023	16 September 2023	7000400000000000000♠4 days
	Ezio Auditore	Party of the Radical Left	16 September 2023	1 October 2023	7001150000000000000♠15 days
	Tobey Wyles	Moderate Party	12 February 2024	3 March 2024	7001200000000000000♠20 days

Timeline