President of the New Republic

Commander-in-Chief/ Head of State/Government
The highest office in the New Galactic Republic is the President, and is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, and also Head of State/Government. The President can serve an unlimited number of terms of four years each. The first President to the New Republic was Serinna Vylantis, also the first woman President of the New Republic. The first actual election of the President in 0 ABY was organized by the Inner Council, since the galaxy was in a transition from the Empire to a New Republic. (4 ABY was the first true election by laws and rules according to the New Constitution)

The President of the New Republic is the leader of the military, and governs its might with the advisement of the Provisional Council and Congress. Serving alongside the President is the Vice President, usually picked by that President during the election season to serve together.

Election to the Galactic Presidency.......
In order to win the Presidency, one must run through their political faction's party. The major political factions of the New Republic are the; Centrist Party, Populist Party, and Conservative Party of the Republic. Throughout a standard Coruscant year, primary elections are held at each Republic galactic sector; where Populists vote for their Populist choice, and so on for the other parties. Each sector has a designated number of delegates; people who will in turn have one vote each, pledging their allegiance to a single candidate. Delegate numbers vary for each sector, and the larger populated sector, the more delegates they have. For example, Coruscant has a total of 7,556 delegates (the most of any sector). Now, based on the primary election in that system; delegates can either be rewarded proportionally, or winner takes all (depending on the sector). For instance, candidate 1 wins the Coruscant Primary with 75% of the vote, and candidate 2 only wins 25%. Candidate 1 is rewarded 75% of those delegates....

Each party holds a convention about 3/4 through the election cycle to nominate their final Presidential Nominee. During this convention, each sector announces their votes during the Roll Call Vote. This process takes about three days since there are so many Republic sectors.

Each party has a delegate-count goal that has to be reached in order to win that party's nomination. For example, the Populist Party Nomination requires 15,800 delegates. Centrist Party Nomination requires 12,785, and Conservative Party requires 6,012. However, before nominating the Presidential nominee, a Vice Presidential candidate is nominated through the same system. The hundreds upon hundreds of sectors announce their VP pick vote, usually the same as the candidate's pick.