List of Ariddian Heads of State

This article lists Ariddian heads of State throughout history, starting with the official establishment of the colony in 1684. Prior to that date, there was no national government of the country’s twenty islands. From the early 1670s, settlers co-existed with the Indigenous Wymgani, either in small settlements or within Wymgani communities.

Colonial era

1684: proclamation of the Anglo-French Ariddian Condominium. It is decided there will be a Governor (of one nationality) and an Assistant Governor (of the other), rotating every five years. First Governor: Théophile Jardin. Most of the country remains effectively under Wymgani control.

1689: Governor Jonathan Earl.

1694: Governor Théophile Jardin.

1699: Governor Jonathan Earl.

1704: Governor Théophile Jardin.

1709: Governor Jeremy Castwood.

1714: Governor Jean-Charles Ledoux.

1719: Governor Andrew Ridges.

1724: Governor Jean-Charles Ledoux.

1729: Governor Andrew Ridges.

1734: Governor Jean-Charles Ledoux.

1739: Governor Stephen Lines.

1744: Governor Jean-Charles Ledoux.

1749: Governor James Freshton. (first Ariddian-born governor)

1754: Governor Gaspard Ferrand.

1759: Governor James Freshton.

1764: Governor Gaspard Ferrand.

To be continued.

Sovereignty

1810: independence. Governor James Knight to finish his mandate. Elections are organised for 1814. Suffrage to all sufficiently wealthy, property-owning males born in Ariddia or naturalised at least two years prior to the election, aged 25 or above, including Wymgani males aged 30 or above living within the boundaries of an electoral constituency (i.e., an area with a large majority of Whites). Collective ownership of land recognised for Wymgani, but granting suffrage to only one member of any such community.

1814: Prime Minister Cédric Pierre.

To be continued.

1833: Creation of the Land Party, first political party, conservative.

1834: Prime Minister Joseph Richards (Land Party).

1839: Prime Minister Joseph Richards (Land Party).

1844: Prime Minister Joseph Richards (Land Party).

1848: Richards dies in office; Prime Minister Martin Lorge (Land Party).

1849: Prime Minister Martin Lorge (Land Party).

1854: Creation of the Conservative Party (split-away); Prime Minister Ugolin Lami (Land Party); two year waiting period for new citizens before obtaining suffrage dropped.

1859: Prime Minister John Davidson (Land Party)

1864: Prime Minister John Miles (Conservative Party)

1869: Prime Minister John Davidson (Land Party)

1871: Monetary requirements for suffrage lowered; age lowered to 21 for both Whites and Wymgani.

1874: Prime Minister John Davidson (Land Party)

1879: Creation of the Liberal Party (conservative/capitalist); Prime Minister Donald Peers (Conservative Party)

1884: Prime Minister Serge Marchand (Liberal Party); land and monetary requirements for suffrage lowered

1889: Prime Minister Serge Marchand (Liberal Party)

1894: Suffrage extended to all eligible male Wymgani within the scope of communal ownership, and to those outside previously established constituencies. Marchand and the Liberals boosted by Wymgani support; Marchand re-elected.

1898: Wymgani Party and Socialist Party formed.

1899: Prime Minister Wesley Carrington (Conservative Party)

1904: Wymgani Party fuses into the Socialist Party. Prime Minister Henry Dover (Land Party).

1906: Radical Party formed (split-away from the Socialist Party)

1909: Prime Minister Hugh Vale (Liberal Party); property requirements dropped, monetary requirements greatly lowered.

1914: Prime Minister Hugh Vale (Liberal Party)

1919: Prime Minister Hugh Vale (Liberal Party); suffrage extended to women, Wymgani included, aged 26 or above; monetary requirements dropped.

1924: Prime Minister Richard Tenet (Liberal Party)

1929: Prime Minister Keith Noon (Conservative Party)

1930: Democratic Party (left-wing) formed

1934: Prime Minister Julien Desflots (Liberal Party)

1936: Democratic Party becomes Democratic Communist Party

1937: Radical Party fuses back into Socialist Party; voting age for women lowered to 21.

1939: Prime Minister Harold Jones (Conservative Party)

1944: Prime Minister Richard Tenet (Liberal Party)

1949: Prime Minister George Menningsworth (Liberal Party)

1954: Prime Minister Arnaud Andrews (Conservative Party)

1959: Prime Minister Arnaud Andrews (Conservative Party)

1964: Prime Minister Arnaud Andrews (Conservative Party)

1969: Green Party forms; Andrews dies in office; Prime Minister Terrence Edgegeare (Conservative Party)

1974: Prime Minister Sarah Jones (Liberal Party), first woman Prime Minister; Land Party disbands; voting age lowered to 18.

1975: Morality Party formed.

1979: Prime Minister Sarah Jones (Liberal Party)

1984: Prime Minister Martin Grazer (Conservative Party)

Communism

1985: Political crisis: Communists, Socialists, Greens and Liberals form a majority Opposition in Parliament, and force new elections. Prime Minister Xavier Gris (Democratic Communist Party). Beginning of radical social reforms. People’s Democratic Social Republic proclaimed. Function of Prime Minister changed to Prime Secretary.

1989: Socialist Party fuses into the Democratic Communist Party. Prime Secretary Xavier Gris (Democratic Communist Party).

1994: Prime Secretary Xavier Gris (Democratic Communist Party).

1999: Prime Secretary Serge Lheureux (Democratic Communist Party).

2004: Prime Secretary Serge Lheureux (Democratic Communist Party).

2009: Prime Secretary Audrey Valclair (Democratic Communist Party). Second woman head of State in Ariddian history.

Democratic Communist Party continually returned to power every 5 years ever since.

2011: Liberal Party becomes Movement for a Democratic Alternative.

2012: Secession of Limea: Sovereign State of West Ariddia formed. Rêvane refuses to recognise the new State; all travel between the two countries banned by both sides.

2017: People’s Party formed.

2019: Ariddian Communist League formed.

2031: Conservative Party disbands.

Modern era: 2074 to 2144 in the PDSRA

2074: Prime Secretary Aj Ud (Democratic Communist Party), elected at the age of 42. Continually re-elected for the next 40 years.

2079: Prime Secretary Aj Ud (Democratic Communist Party)

2084: Prime Secretary Aj Ud (Democratic Communist Party)

2089: Prime Secretary Aj Ud (Democratic Communist Party)

2094: Prime Secretary Aj Ud (Democratic Communist Party)

2099: Prime Secretary Aj Ud (Democratic Communist Party)

2104: Prime Secretary Aj Ud (Democratic Communist Party)

2109: Prime Secretary Aj Ud (Democratic Communist Party)

2112: 80 year-old Ud hospitalised after a mild heart-attack; 36 year-old Secretary Nuriyah Khadhim appointed de facto head of State by the Council of Secretaries

2114: Prime Secretary Aj Ud (Democratic Communist Party), re-elected at the age of 82 despite worsening health. Secretary Khadhim exercises most real head of State functions. Composition of People’s Prime Parliament: DCP: 98 seats, People’s Party: 1 seat. MDA has no seat.

2116: Green Party fuses into the Democratic Communist Party.

2118: Movement for a Democratic Alternative announces it will not be fielding a candidate for the following year’s elections, and disbands a few months later. People’s Party, Ariddian Communist League and Morality Party remain the only Opposition parties. Also: Aj Ud announces he will not stand for re-election; Khadhim chosen to represent DCP.

2119: Prime Secretary Nuriyah bint Rashad Khadhim (Democratic Communist Party)

2120: People’s Party disbands.

2124: Prime Secretary Nuriyah Khadhim (Democratic Communist Party); Ariddian Communist League fuses into DCP; several months later, Morality Party disbands. Ariddia now has only a single Party.

2129: Prime Secretary Nuriyah Khadhim (Democratic Communist Party)

2134: Prime Secretary Nuriyah Khadhim (Democratic Communist Party)

2136: Ariddian Blank Party (ABP), Ariddian Isles Reunification Party (AIReP) and Confederalist Communalist Party (CCP) formed: return to multi-partyism.

2139: Prime Secretary Nuriyah Khadhim (Democratic Communist Party)

2144: PDSRA cedes sovereignty to the new Federation of the Ariddian Isles; Second Secretary Turei Lauru

West Ariddia

The island of Limea became the Sovereign State of West Ariddia in 2012. President Luc Sands of the Free Democratic Party was first elected in 2107, and re-elected in 2112. He stood for a third term in 2117, facing Ea L'lew of the Democratic Communist Party, and was re-elected.

2122: Ea L'lew promises to hold a referendum on re-unification with Ariddia should she be elected to the Presidency of West Ariddia, although she herself opposes the idea. Anti-communist association Citizens For Democracy calls for DCP to be barred from the election, as such a referendum would violate legal guarantees of sovereignty. Courts bar DCP from taking part; Jean-Charles Paon (FDP) elected. Massive demonstrations and strikes continue for four months; country paralysed. Paon resigns; new elections. L’lew elected, having promised not to hold a referendum on the rescinding of national sovereignty. Radical social policies implemented.

2127: Ea L’lew (DCP)

2132: Jean-Charles Paon (FDP)

2137: Jean-Charles Paon (FDP)

2142: Thomas Brown (FDP)

2143: President Brown abolishes the State; communist take-over of the government four months later; Ea L'lew (DCP) proclaims herself president; political crisis defused: President L'lew steps down; President Frank Helm leads interim government, organises immediate elections

2143: Banita Sho (FDP)

North-West Ariddia

Nouvel Espoir became the City of North-West Ariddia in 2021. Second Secretary Jasmina Wu was first elected in 2106, and re-elected in 2111 and 2116.

2121: Eric Pétillon (DCP)

2126: Eric Pétillon (DCP)

2131: Sandra Michaelson (DCP)

2136: Sandra Michaelson (DCP)

2140: Jeremy Cohen (DCP)

2144: North-West Ariddia cedes sovereignty to the new Federation of the Ariddian Isles; Second Secretary Jeremy Cohen (DCP)

Federation of the Ariddian Isles

2144: Prime Secretary Nuriyah bint Rashad Khadhim (DCP); foundation of the Federation