President of the Republic of Vegno

President of Vegno
Presidential
Incumbent Antonio Visciglia since 1722 AN
Style	Mr President (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Residence	Dilemma Palace
Appointer	Vegnese Citizens
Term length	Five years
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Vegno
Inaugural holder	Antonio Visciglia (1706 AN)
Formation	1705 AN

The President of Vegno, officially denoted as President of the Republic of Vegno is the head of the state of Vegno. In that role, the president represents national unity, and guarantees that Vegno politics comply with the Constitution of Vegno. The president is the commander in chief of the armed forces and chairs the high council of Judiciary.

The officeholder resides in Cossa at the Dilemma Palace.

A president's term of office lasts for five years. The incumbent president is Pedro Antonio Charles Visciglia, who was elected in 1726 general elections.

Election and mandate

The officeholder is directly elected by universal suffrage: every Vegnese citizen over the age of twenty-two can vote for a single candidate for the Presidency.

The President of the Republic of Vegno assumes office after taking an oath and delivering a presidential address.

The term of the President of the Vegnese Republic lasts five years in the actual legislations, after the consitutional reform of Mancuso I Cabinet.

Powers

Although the prime minister of Vegno, through their Government as well as Parliament, oversee much of the nation's actual day-to-day domestic affairs, the Vegnese president wields significant influence and authority, especially in the fields of national security and foreign policy. The president's greatest power is the ability to choose the prime minister. However, since it is the Assemblea Nazionale that has the sole power to dismiss the prime minister's government, the president is forced to name a prime minister who can command the support of a majority in the assembly. The legislative elections are held the same days of the presidential.

Standard of the President of the Republic

The constitution gives the president the following powers:

• The President of the Republic guarantees compliance with the Constitution. Through its arbitration, it ensures the regular functioning of public authorities and the continuity of the state. It is the guarantor of national independence, the integrity of the territory and compliance with the treaties.
• The President of the Republic appoints the Prime Minister. He terminates his duties upon presentation by the latter of the resignation of the Government. At the proposal of the Prime Minister, it appoints the other members of the government and puts an end to their functions. The President of the Republic chairs the Council of Ministers.
• The President promulgates the laws, can submit referendums, can dissolve the National Assembly, sign the ordinances and decrees approved by the Council of Ministers and assign civil and military offices to the State.
• The President accredits the ambassadors.
• The President is the head of the Armed Forces.
• The President, if the Nation is seriously threatened, can assume exceptional powers.
• The President has a series of his own prerogatives which do not require countersignature and other shared prerogatives which require the countersignature of the Prime Minister (or the minister responsible).
• The President of the Republic negotiates and ratifies (international) treaties.
• The President of the Republic is the guarantor of the independence of the judicial authority.
• The President of the Republic can be dismissed only in case of failure to fulfill his duties incompatible with the exercise of his mandate. The dismissal is pronounced by the Parliament meeting in the High Court.

List of Presidents

N.	Portrait	Name	Term of office		Party		Election
			Took office	Left office
1		Pedro Antonio Charles Visciglia	1706 NA	1709 AN		Partito Democratico Costituzionale	1706
2		Luca Zarrella	1709 AN	1714 AN		Forza Vegno	1709
3		Luca Zarrella	1714 AN	1717 AN		Forza Vegno	1714
4		Mickey Lange Levati	1717 AN	1721 AN		Partito Nazionalista Vegnese	1716
5		Pedro Antonio Charles Visciglia	1722 AN	1726 AN		Partito Democratico Costituzionale	1721
5		Pedro Antonio Charles Visciglia	1727 AN	incumbent		Partito Democratico Costituzionale	1726