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| {{Infobox political party
| | == Florian Football League System == |
| | name = United Party of the Republic
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| | logo = [[File:UPR Logo.png|200px]]
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| | symbol = [[File:UPR symbol.png|100px]]
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| | logo_size = 250px
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| | colorcode = #000080
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| | abbreviation = UPR
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| | chairman = [[Morgan Sharp]]
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| | spokesperson = [[Zara Trueman (née Lloyd)]]
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| | governing_body = [[United Republican National Committee]]
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| | leader1_title = [[President of Floria|Florian President]]
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| | leader1_name = [[Michael Hutchinson]]
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| | leader2_title = [[Vice President of Floria|Vice President of Floria]]
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| | leader2_name = [[Ronald Trueman Jr.]]
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| | leader3_title = [[Party leaders of the Florian Senate|Senate Majority Leader]]
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| | leader3_name =
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| | leader5_title = [[Party leaders of the Florian House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]]
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| | leader5_name = [[Stanley Brown]]
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| | leader4_title = [[Speaker of the Florian House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]]
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| | leader4_name = [[Oliver Hunt]]
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| | founders = [[Edwin Farrar]]
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| | foundation = {{AN|1656}}
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| | merger = Conservative Party of the Florian Republic <br> Florian Independence Party <br> Imperial Democratic Party of Floria
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| |headquarters = 10 Revenue Street,[[Northcliff]]
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| |student_wing = Student Republicans
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| |youth_wing = Young Republicans
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| |wing1_title = Overseas wing
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| |wing1 = Republicans Abroad
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| |wing2_title =
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| |wing2 =
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| |wing3_title =
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| |wing3 =
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| | position = center-right to right-wing
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| | ideology =
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| {{unbulleted list|class=nowrap|
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| | '''Majority:'''
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| | Florian nationalism|Conservatism| Right-wing populism
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| }}
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| '''[[Factions in the UPR|Factions]]:'''{{unbulleted list|class=nowrap|
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| | One-nation Conservatives|Trumanists| Nazarene right}}
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| |colors = Dark Navy,white,black
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| | seats1_title = [[Florian Senate|Senate]]
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| | seats1 = {{composition bar|16|32|hex=#012b74}}
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| | seats2_title = [[House of Representatives (Floria)|House of Representatives]]
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| | seats2 = {{composition bar|63|100|hex=#012b74}}
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| | seats3_title = [[List of current Florian governors#State governors|State Governors]]
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| | seats3 = {{composition bar|8|13|hex=#012b74}}
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| | seats4_title = [[List of current Florian governors#Territory governors|Territorial Governors]]
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| | seats4 = {{composition bar|1|2|hex=#012b74}}
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| | website = UPR.FLO
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| | country = Floria
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| }}
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| The '''United Party of the Republic''' also known as the '''UPR''' is one of the two contemporary political parties in the Floria. The UPR throughout its history has been the largest party in Floria and has dominated Florian politics since its formation. It was formed in 1656 through a merger of the Conservative Party and members of the Florian Independence Party who had not fled to the [[Florian Free state]] or joined the Nationalist & Humanist Party after the [[War of Lost Brothers]]. The party was briefly known as the UIP but changed its name to its present name in 1705 AN.
| | === League Pyramid === |
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| | ! Tier !! League Name !! Number of Teams !! Structure |
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| | | 1 || SLF || 20 || National top division |
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| | | 2 || SLF Championship || 24 || National second division |
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| | | 3 || Conference Leagues || Variable (~4 regions) || Four regional leagues covering multiple states |
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| | | 4 || State Leagues || 14 || Each state runs its own league |
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| | | 5 || Local / Interstate Leagues || Various || Local competitions feeding state leagues |
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| Despite not officially being aligned with the Nationalist and Humanist movement, many of its ideologies have influenced the party. The party’s ideology is considered right-wing with many national conservative values.
| | === Promotion & Relegation === |
| | * Between SLF and Championship: Bottom 2 SLF teams automatically relegated; top 2 Championship teams promoted. 18th placed SLF and 3rd placed SLF Championship team plays a relegation playoff. |
| | * Between Championship and Regional Leagues: Bottom 4 Championship teams relegated; regional league winners |
| | * Between Regional and State Leagues: Regional league relegates bottom teams; top state league teams promoted. |
| | * Local/interstate leagues feed into state leagues via promotion. |
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| The party currently supports lower taxes, gun rights, restrictions on abortion, restrictions on labour unions, restrictions on some LGBT+ rights and increased military spending. It has taken widely variant positions on abortion, immigration, trade and foreign policy in its history.
| | === Florian Cup Qualification === |
| | {| class="wikitable" |
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| | ! Entry Method !! Number of Teams |
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| | | SLF (Tier 1) Automatic || 20 |
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| | | SLF Championship (Tier 2) Automatic || 24 |
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| | | State Cup Winners (Tier 4) || 14 |
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| | | '''Total''' || 58 |
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| As of 1739, the UPR holds a majority in the Florian Congress. Its most recent presidential nominee was Michael Hutchinson, who has served as the President since 1725. There have been 6 United Republican presidents, the most from any political party. The United Republican Party has won 7 presidential elections, significantly more than its main political rival, the [[Social Democratic Party of Floria]].
| | * State Cup winners qualify directly for the Florian Cup. |
| == History ==
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| The United National Party of the Republic as it was then known was founded in 1656 by members of small right-wing parties who opposed the previous occupations by [[Shireroth]] and [[Jingdo]]. The party was most successful in the South where Shireroth had set up operations during Florias time as a protectorate. By 1858, it had enlisted most former Florian Independence party members. Southerners became alarmed at the threat of socialism throughout the country which was war-torn and under significant economic sanctions. Under the leadership of [[Adam Cooke]], Floria would become under UNPR control for the first time with Cooke officially recognised as the first Florian President under the modern constitution and 3rd overall to serve.
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| After the war, the party largely dominated national politics not losing a single election until the events of [[Operation Phyton]] in 1707, when the Ronald Trueman administration invaded and annexed [[Port Balaine]]. This caused outrage among most of the Florian public and as a result, the Social Democrats won the Presidential election for the first time.
| | === Florian Cup Format (58 teams) === |
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| Social Democratic control would not last however and under [[Isabelle Chopin]], the party's first-ever female nomination for President gained back control of the [[Pink House]]. Chopin's administration however was the most controversial in Florian history since the War of Lost Brothers. Under her premiership, Floria had illegally invaded and destroyed [[Ostland]] which was claimed to be under the influence of the [[Bassarids]], a long-time enemy of the state. Floria also indirectly destabilised other countries in [[Keltia]] and allowed insurgent groups in [[Mesoun]] to grow. It would be these insurgent groups which would be the downfall of her administration and Chopin would be assassinated before a party conference. Chopin remains the only Florian president to be assassinated during their time in office. Michael Hutchinson would become her successor after winning the eventual election. Under Hutchinson, Floria would leave the [[Raspur Pact]] and introduce more right-wing and protectionist policies similar to Ronald Trueman's policies during his time as President.
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| | | ! Round !! Teams !! Matches !! Notes |
| ====Cooke era==== | | |- |
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| | | Preliminary Round || 20 || 10 || Lowest-ranked 20 teams (mix of Championship, SLF, and State Cup winners) compete to reduce numbers. |
| ====Trueman====
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| ====Chopin====
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| ====Current status====
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| As of 1739, the UPR holds a majority in the [[Florian Congress]]. It also holds 8 state governorships. Its most recent presidential nominee is [[Michel Hutchinson]], who has served as the 8th president of the Confederate States since {{AN|1725}}. There have been 5 United Republican presidents, the most from any one political party.
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| == Name and symbols ==
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| The term "United Republicans" is a traditional nickname for the United Party of the Republic, and the abbreviation "UPR" is a commonly used designation. The term originated in 1719 after the unification of the right-wing in that year.
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| The traditional mascot of the party is a bear, Floria's national animal. An alternate symbol of UPR is an oak tree which was brought over from the Conservatives.
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| Traditionally the party has blue and navy as its party colours with the latter the most prominent.
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| ==Factions==
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| ==Political positions==
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| ===Economic policies===
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| United Republicans believe that free markets and individual achievement are the primary factors behind economic prosperity. They also believe in low-income taxes as a core component of their fiscal policies.
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| ===Taxes===
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| ===Spending===
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| ===Entitlements===
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| ===Labour unions and the minimum wage===
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| The UPR strongly opposes labour unions. United Republicans believe corporations should be able to establish their employment practices, including benefits and wages, with the free market deciding the price of work. At the state level, the UPR generally supports various right-to-work laws.
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| Most United Republicans also oppose increases in the minimum wage, believing that such increases hurt businesses by forcing them to cut and outsource jobs while passing on costs to the businesses customers. In addition, each different state is economically different so a federal minimum wage would be beneficial in one state but detrimental in another. For example the poorest states such as [Mesoun]] would be better off but in states such as [[Kingsland]] people would be worse off as the cost of living is significantly higher.
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| ===Trade===
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| The UPR has had widely varying views on international trade throughout its history. The official United Republican policy adopted during President Hutchinson's 1st administration opposes free trade and supports enacting tariffs on imports, though it supports maintaining existing free trade agreements with members of the [[Raspur Pact]]. At its inception, the UPR supported free trade until the country was hit with sanctions by the international community after [[Operation Python]], in return Floria imposed harsh tariffs worldwide and even threatened to end free trade agreements with countries outside the [[Raspur Pact]].
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| After a disastrous term of office by [[Nick Borisov]] who failed to turn around Floria's economic sanctions, Isabelle Chopin became the first openly protectionist UPR President and since then the UPR has gradually increased more protectionist measures.
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| ===Environmental policies===
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| ===Health care===
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| The UPR is a long-time supporter of universal healthcare. Universal healthcare was introduced at the end of the [[War of Lost Brothers]] by the party and universal programs still exist as of 1739.
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| The Party supports drug prohibition despite the legalisation of cannabis. However, views on drugs vary among some Congressmen in the party. Some UPR politicians take the libertarian approach that individual freedom and economic freedom of industry and trade should be respected over prohibition. Other party politicians are in favour of full drug prohibition. In
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| The UPR are strongly against smoking and banned tobacco products with only electronic alternatives permitted.
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| ===Foreign policy===
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| ====Bassarid Nations====
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| ====Shireroth====
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| ====Çakaristan====
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| ===Foreign relations and aid===
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| ===Social issues===
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| ===Abortion===
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| ===Gun ownership===
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| ===Drug legalization===
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| ===Immigration===
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| The UPR has taken opposing views on immigration throughout its history. Throughout history, the party has been more opposed to immigration than the Social Democrats.
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| During Trueman's administration proposed to build a wall along the western and eastern border of Floria. Trueman immigration policies during his administration included a travel ban from multiple Bassarid-majority countries. During the Borisov administration, the United Republicans continued to take a hardline stance against illegal immigration.
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| During the Chopin administration, the Senate passed comprehensive immigration reform that allowed the denial of illegal immigrants to become citizens and subsequent deportation.
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| The Party largely opposes immigration reform, although there are widely differing views on immigration within the Party. The Party under President Hutchinson called for the mass deportation of all illegal immigrants in the Confederate States and increased patrols on land and sea. 88% of party supporters favoured mass deportation of all illegal immigrants and supported the use of the military as a deterrent. Refugees from Keltia which Floria indirectly led to its collapse were denied asylum within the country with President Hutchinson promising that the Florian people were his biggest priority before significant action to resolve the foreign humanitarian crisis.
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| ===LGBT issues===
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| ===Voting rights===
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| ==Composition==
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| ===Demographics===
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| ====Gender====
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| ====Education====
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| ====Ethnicity====
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| ==== Religious communities ====
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| ==== Members of the business community ====
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| ==United Republican presidents ==
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| {{see also|President of Floria}}
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| As of 1739, there have been a total of 5 United Republican presidents.
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| == List ==
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| {| class="wikitable sortable"
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| ! No. !! Portrait !! President !! Birth !! Tenure !! Death !! Party !! Comment
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| | | Round of 48 || 48 || 24 || Preliminary round winners plus top-ranked teams enter main knockout. |
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| ! 3
| | | Round of 32 || 32 || 16 || Knockout continues. |
| | [[File:Adam Cooke.png|75px]] || [[Adam Cooke]] || || 1656–1670 || || [[United Party of the Republic|UNPR]] || After the peace treaty, Cooke was recognized as president of Floria | |
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| ! 4
| | | Round of 16 || 16 || 8 || Knockout. |
| | [[File:Morgan Sharp.jpg|75px]] || [[Morgan Sharp]] || || 1670–1695 || || [[United Party of the Republic|UNPR]] || | |
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| ! 5
| | | Quarterfinals || 8 || 4 || Knockout. |
| | [[File:Ronald Trueman.jpg|75px]] || [[Ronald Trueman|Ronald Jonathan Trueman]] || || 1695–1707 || || [[United Party of the Republic|UIP]] || | |
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| ! 7
| | | Semifinals || 4 || 2 || Knockout. |
| | [[File:Isabelle Chopin.jpg|75px]] || [[Isabelle Chopin]] || || 1719–1724 || 1724 (assassinated) || [[United Party of the Republic|UPR]] ||
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| ! –
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| | [[File:Chris Weiss.png|75px]] || [[Chris Weiss]] (''acting'') || || 1724–1725 || 1732 || [[United Party of the Republic|UPR]] || Acting president following Chopin's assassination
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| ! 8
| | | Final || 2 || 1 || Single match at neutral venue. |
| | [[File:Michael Hutchinson.jpg|75px]] || [[Michael Hutchinson|Michael James Hutchinson]] || || 1725–''present'' || || [[United Party of the Republic|UPR]] || | |
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| ==Recent electoral history==
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| == See also ==
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| [[Category:political parties]]
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