The Hiverian presidentThe Hiverian presidency After the parliamental elections the coalition parties may provide their candidates for the presidency. The president is elected for a term of four years and is thereafter allowed to run for a second term. Serving for three or more continuous terms was originally not allowed, but this rule was reversed by a constitutional amendment in 2023. When the president loses the support of the people he can be dismissed; for this a two-third majority in the Senate is needed. Besides being the head of state and government leader the president is also the supreme commander of the armed forces. He also informs the Senate and sees that the laws are correctly executed. Titles The president is addressed with the title "Président", in full "Monsieur le Président" or "Madame la Présidente". The current president The official Hiverian head of state is president Collignon. He is a media tycoon, billionaire and father of at least ten children. His biological children are Cherisse (F 1997), Valaine (M 1999), Elvy (F 2000), Fabiènne (F 2003), Quillermo (M 2005), Lorrance (F 2007) and Xavier (M 2010) and his adopted children are Babatunde (M 1995) and Yewande (F 1997) from Kumanga and Njinga (M 2013) from Angola. He also has an unknown number of illegitimate children. He has been married three times but is currently single. His official residence is in the Barbacane district in the capital St. Gérard.
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