Governor of Doron Akigo

The Governor of Doron Akigo is the chief executive of the Doron Akigo Province. The current Governor is Josip Benko, a member of the Deltarian Civic Forum.

Gubernatorial elections and term of office
From statehood until the election of 2966, governors were elected to two-year terms. Elections are held in November and the governor assumes office the following January, except in the case of death or resignation. From statehood until 2851, elections were held in odd-numbered years. A new state constitution was drafted in 3175 and took effect in 3178. As part of the process bringing the constitution into effect, there was a single one-year term of governor in 3180. Thereafter elections were held on even years.

The constitution adopted in 3185 changed the governor's term to four years, starting in 3200. Since then, gubernatorial elections have been offset by two years from Deltarian Presidential elections. The winner of the gubernatorial election takes office at noon on January 1 of the year following the election.

In 3195, an amendment to the Michigan constitution imposed a lifetime term limit of two four-year terms for the office of governor. Prior to this, they were not limited as to how many terms they could serve; John Mayer, the governor at the time, served three terms as his first term occurred prior to the restriction.

History of the office
Governor Steven T. Mayors, the first governor of Doron Akigo.

ninty-eight people have been governors of the province. Prior to statehood, there were five governors of the Doron Akigo Territory. Steven T. Mayors, Doron Akigo's first governor, also served as a territorial governor. He was elected governor at age 24 as a member of the Democratic Alliance in 2835 and served until 2840. Mayors was the youngest sprovince governor in Deltarian history.