President of Vale

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The President of Vale is the head of state of the Republic of Vale. They reside in the Palais Présidentiel, in the capital of Vale. The Presidential Office's headquarters are also located in the palais.

Duties and responsibilities

The specific duties of the President include:

• Organizes and supervises the entire Vale Presidential Office.
• Responsible for the management and direction of all matters relating to the national defence of Vale and the Vale Armed Forces.
• Responsible of the appointment of diplomatic representatives to other nations, and on the acceptance or dismissal of representatives from other nations.
• Participates in high-level negotiations with other countries, either bilaterally or as part of an international conference or organisation, or appoints representatives to do so. This includes the negotiation of international treaties and other agreements.
• Responsible for overall direction, coordination, and supervision of interdepartmental activities of the Vale government overseas.
• Communicates issues relating the Vale foreign policy to the Senate, the Council of Ten and to Valois citizens.
• Responsible of the overall foreign and security policy of Vale.
• Promulgates laws; may refer the law for review to the Constitutional Council prior to promulgation.

The nature of the position means that the President engages in frequent travel around the United States of Kobol and the Galactic Republic.

Presidents of Vale (since the Valois Revolution)

#	Portrait	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Birth and Death
32		Vincent Poitou	6 March 1662 (interim) 12 April 1662	11 April 1662 (interim) 11 April 1670	b. 17 May 1614, Kamouraska, Vale d. 24 March 1669, Aix, Vale
			1662 - I round - elected by universal suffrage with 75% of votes. 1666 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 56% of votes.
33		Émile Beaufort	12 April 1670	11 April 1674	b. 14 July 1603, Tadoussac, Vale d. 2 October 1676, Baie-Saint-Paul, Vale
			1670 - I round - elected by universal suffrage with 51% of votes.
34		Jean Leonetti	12 April 1674	11 April 1678	b. 30 July 1629, Venice, Italy d. 31 October 1711, Lutèce, Vale
			1674 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 52% of votes.
35		Danielle Cardin	12 April 1678	11 April 1686	b. 10 March 1647, Florence, Vale
			1678 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 53% of votes. 1682 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 51% of votes.
36		Gildas Dupré	12 April 1686	23 February 1696	b. 19 January 1648, Lutèce, Vale d. 23 February 1696, Cayenne, Guiana
			1686 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 55% of votes. 1690 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 58% of votes. 1694 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 51% of votes.
-		François Hollande (interim)	24 February 1696	11 April 1696	b. 12 August 1954, Baie-Saint-Paul, Vale
			Acting as President-interim. Appointed by the Ten after the death of President Dupré.
37		Évelyne Guibal	12 April 1696	11 April 1700	b. 16 January 1640, Cassis, Vale
			1696 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 64% of votes.
38		Joseph Markiel	12 April 1700	11 April 1704	b. 9 August 1630, Lutèce, Vale d. 4 January 1705, Baie-Saint-Paul, Vale
			1700 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 58% of votes.
39		Jean-Luc Mélenchon	12 April 1704	11 April 1712	b. 19 August 1651, Roquefort, Vale
			1704 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 50.5% of votes. 1708 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 59% of votes.
40		Lionel Sarko	12 April 1712	Incumbent	b. 2 March 1668, Rimouski, Vale
			1712 - II round - elected by universal suffrage with 62% of votes.