President of Sitka

The President of the Republic of Sitka (Esperanto: Prezidanto de la Respubliko Sitko) is the head of state of the Republic of Sitka.

Sitka is a parliamentary republic, in which the President is mostly a ceremonial figurehead with little real executive power. The President is obliged to suspend her membership in any political party for the duration of her term in office. Also, upon assuming office, the authority and duties of the President in all other elected and appointed offices terminate automatically. These measures are designed to help the President to function in a more independent and impartial manner.

The President is elected by the Assembly of Sitka or a special electoral college for a five-year term. The electoral college is convened in the event no candidate secures a two-thirds supermajority in the Assembly after three rounds of balloting. The electoral college consists of all 100 members of the Assembly and approximately 150 delegates chosen by the various local government councils. A candidate is deemed elected if she receives a majority of the votes validly cast by the members of the electoral college.

The President holds office for five years. She can be re-elected any number of times, but not more than twice consecutively.

The current President is Anechka Yevdokymenko, who has held the office since 1 May 2012.