December 2022 Grand Unified Micronational election

December 2022 Grand Unified Micronational election

16 – 19 December 2022
Turnout	100%
Candidate Shiro Mephistopheles Henry Clémens James Bornstein Party Independent Unionist Democratic Socialist Home state Zenrax Uber-Esse Desert District Running mate Jonathan I Patrick Renwick Newton von Uberquie States carried 16 19 13 17 7 eliminated Percentage 44.4% 52.8% 36.1% 47.2% 19.4% -
Chair before election Jonathan I Elected Chair Shiro Mephistopheles

An election to select the 37th Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational took place in December 2022. Shiro Mephistopheles was elected chair and took office on 1 January 2023.

Background

Procedure

The Charter of the GUM provides that "The Chair shall be elected every six months". Pursuant to this, the chair is, by norm rather than specific policy, required to announce the opening of nominations within a reasonable time before the six-month period is up.

Any delegate to the GUM from a full member state may nominate themselves to run for the Chairmanship, provided they are not "already running for another post within the organization, such as the Supreme Court or another bureaucratic agency within the GUM". They may, however, "if they have been nominated to one of these offices... decline and be considered eligible to run for the post of Chair".

See also

• Grand Unified Micronational
• Chair of the Grand Unified Micronational