President of The Netherlands
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80px Role of the President in the Netherlands
Historically
The President in the Netherlands had a somewhat different role than in most other countries. Although starting off as pretty much the most important man there was, the biggest party generally also delivered the country president. In the beta period of eRepublik there weren't many parties, but since late 2008 the number of parties rose. The government eventually was formed by a majority in Congress[citation needed], forcing parties to work together in coalitions.
The Prime Minister therefore became politically more powerful in the Netherlands, and for two years the role of the Country President was generally considered a military and symbolic one.
After a year of debating and experimenting, in October 2010 the Netherlands switched from a Party-Coalition-based government to a semi-Presidential government. This was enforced after a constitutional change proposed by then Prime Minister Daniel Parker, abolishing his post of Prime Minister in the process.
Today
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Presidential History
The list of all Presidents in the history of the Netherlands, including the Presidents of the United Netherlands):
President | Party | Tenure | Comments | Version | |||
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1 | 80px | mathijs | DEPP | December 5th, 2007 | January 5th, 2008 | First Country President, and founder of Dutch National Bank (DNB) | Beta |
2 | 80px | Unkki | FOK | January 5th, 2008 | March 5th, 2008 | Built the first hospital | |
3 | 80px | Overmaze | GoT | March 5th, 2008 | April 5th, 2008 | ||
4 | 80px | Metsadah | I&W | April 5th, 2008 | May 5th, 2008 | Was also elected in May, but due to a bug Jazar became Country President | |
5 | 80px | Jazar | GoT | May 5th, 2008 | June 5th, 2008 | Became Country President due to a bug | |
6 | 80px | Dionysus | I&W | June 5th, 2008 | August 5th, 2008 | Created training and state companies (OE_Volksgezondheid) | |
7 | 80px | Chielio | I&W | August 5th, 2008 | October 5th, 2008 | ||
8 | 80px | Cocoamok | SPV / LN | October 5th, 2008 | February 5th, 2009 | Served four consecutive terms in office as Country President | V1 |
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9 | 80px | DanielB1989 | I&W | February 5th, 2009 | April 5th, 2009 | First Country President of the United Netherlands | |
10 | 80px | Dionysus | I&W | April 5th, 2009 | June 5th, 2009 | ||
11 | 80px | Jazar | I&W | June 5th, 2009 | July 5th, 2009 | Was righfully elected Country President this time | |
12 | 80px | ThomasRed | BP | July 5th, 2009 | October 5th, 2009 | First Real-life Belgian Country President of the United Netherlands | |
13 | 80px | ArtemIvanov | LSD | October 5th, 2009 | November 2009 | Resigned his office, ThomasRed took over his position[citation needed] | |
14 | 80px | ThomasRed | BP | December 5th, 2009 | January ?th, 2010 | Longest non-consecutive serving Country President of the (United) Netherlands (5 terms+2 half terms), resigned in January, DanielB1989 took over[citation needed] | |
15 | 80px | DanielB1989 | I&W | January ?th, 2010 | February 5th, 2010 | Returned in office after ThomasRed resigned in January 2010 | |
16 | 80px | Mitch Rapp | I&W | February 5th, 2010 | May 5th, 2010 | First elected Country President of the Netherlands after the split with Belgium | |
17 | 80px | Auggustus | I&W | May 5th, 2010 | June 5th, 2010 | Formed the first presidential government, and implemented the restructuring of all the government ministries | |
18 | 80px | Myers11 | GLD | June 5th, 2010 | July 5th, 2010 | First real-life American Country President | |
19 | 80px | Garmr | I&W | July 5th, 2010 | September 5th, 2010 | Founded Het Catshuis and the Presidential Newspaper | V2 |
20 | 80px | Tim Veltkamp | I&W | September 5th, 2010 | November 5th, 2010 | Native Dutchman, but a Real-Life Australian | |
21 | 80px | AndreasIsaksson | LSD / DemNL | November 5th, 2010 | January 5th, 2010 | Began serving as a member of the LSD, becoming a member of DemNL halfway his first term | |
22 | 80px | Antiko | VN | January 5th, 2010 | February 5th, 2010 | During his term in office the country was wiped by mega-power Poland | |
23 | 80px | Garmr | VN | February 5th, 2010 | April 5th, 2010 | Garmr was elected on the forum in February, but was forgotten in-game subsequently sharing his Presidency with Antiko | |
24 | ChristiaanB94 & Dennis Baks | VN | April 5th, 2010 | May 5th, 2010 | Shared duo-presidency, ChristiaanB94 was elected in-game | V3 | |
25 | 80px | Daniel Parker | DemNL | May 5th, 2011 | June 5th, 2011 | Signed the Poznan Treaty with Poland in order to get the Netherlands back on the map | |
26 | 80px | ArtemIvanov | DemNL | June 5th, 2011 | August 5th, 2011 | A popular Country President who received support from most political parties | |
27 | 80px | Heikanu | I&W | August 5th, 2011 | September 5th, 2011 | ' | |
28 | 80px | Maartenw | I&W | September 5th, 2011 | October 5th, 2011 | For a short while liberated the country from Poland, tried to establish an exodus into the UK | |
29 | 80px | ElGorro | DemNL | October 5th, 2011 | November 5th, 2011 | Started a trainingwar with Belgium | |
30 | 80px | Luuklag | I&W | November 5th, 2011 | December 5th, 2011 | Tried to get the country out of Polish control | |
31 | 80px | Joep O | DemNL | December 5th, 2011 | January 5th, 2012 | Arranged for the Netherlands to become a Trial Member of EDEN
Liberated the Netherlands from Polish occupation | |
32 | 80px | NoTie112 | TDP | January 5th, 2012 | February 27th, 2012 | Was impeached on his own initiative after the Dutch National Bank was robbed | |
33 | 80px | Joep O | DemNL | February 27th, 2011 | March 5th, 2012 | Took office on February 27th, due to his predecessor's impeachment | |
34 | 80px | Auggustus | I&W | March 5th, 2012 | April 5th, 2012 | Started a war with Belgium | |
35 | 80px | Mattio | DemNL | April 5th, 2012 | May 5th, 2012 | ||
36 | 80px | ElGorro | GPN | May 5th, 2012 | June 5th, 2012 | Liberated one region from Hungary
Signed a treaty making the Netherlands a full member of EDEN | |
37 | 80px | van Spijck | GPN | June 5th, 2012 | January 5th, 2013 | Served six consecutive terms in office as Country President | |
38 | 80px | Kimberly McCullouch | DemNL | January 5th, 2013 |