Provisional Military Government of Socialist California (1981-1983)[]
No.
Name
Portrait
Birth-Death
Term
Previous Office
Party
Remarks
3
Albert Wood
1949-1983
1981-1983
N/A
All-California Socialist Movement (Free Officers Union for Disease Control and Clean Government)
Declared Northern California a socialist republic;
Killed in an air crash in 1983
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James Wood
1951-
1983
N/A
All-California Socialist Movement; (Free Officers Union for Disease Control and Clean Government)
Acting President
Second Republic (1983-1986)[]
No.
Name
Portrait
Birth-Death
Term
Previous Office
Party
Remarks
4
Arnold Gaitan
1907-1983
1983
Prime minister (1971-1974)
Vice President (1974-1976)
Liberal Vanguard Party
Resumed term; Died in office of cardiac arrest in 26 April 1983
5
Louis Hummerton
1951-
1983-1984
Vice President (1976-1981;1983)
Republican Party
Elected to succeed Gaitan to the presidency
6
Louis Arthur Pittankel
1951-1987?
1984-1986
N/A
Legion Party (Iron Shield)
Won by landslide victory in the 1984 elections; established an extreme-right dictatorship
Greater Californian State (1986-1988)[]
No.
Name
Portrait
Birth-Death
Term
Previous Office
Party
Remarks
1
Louis Arthur Pittankel
1951-
1986-1987
N/A
Legion Party (Iron Shield)
Won by landslide victory in the 1984 elections; established an extreme-right dictatorship
2
Gen. Bill Edwards
1947-
1987-1988
N/A
Legion Party (Iron Shield)
Succeeded Pittankel as head of state after his alleged suicide
—
Dr. Francis Wood
1967-
1988
Prime minister (1987)
Legion Party (Iron Shield)
Succeeded Edwards after a no-confidence vote by the National Assembly. Ruled only for two days as provisional head of state.
Transitional Committee of California (1986-1988)[]
No.
Name
Portrait
Birth-Death
Term
Previous Office
Party
Remarks
—
Ronald Reagan
1911-
1986-1988
Prime Minister (1974-1979)
California Freedom Party
Chairman of the rival government established by rebels in Jefferson.
Third Republic (1988- 2002)[]
No.
Name
Portrait
Birth-Death
Term
Previous Office
Party
Remarks
7
Ronald Reagan
1911-
1988-1994
Prime Minister (1974-1979)
Chairman of the Transitional Committee (1986-1988)
California Freedom Party
First democratically elected president of Northern California since 1984.
8
Margarita Perez
1964-2002
1994-2002
N/A
Republican Party
First female president of Northern California. Also the wife of former prime minister Manuel Perez. Was overthrown and killed by Communists during a coup.
People's Republic of California (2002)[]
No.
Name
Portrait
Birth-Death
Term
Previous Office
Party
Remarks
9
Cruz Miguel Bustamante
1953-
2002
N/A
All-California Socialist Movement
Fourth Republic (2002-Present)[]
No.
Name
Portrait
Birth-Death
Term
Previous Office
Party
Remarks
10
Abel Maldonado
1967-
2003-
N/A
California Freedom Party
The youngest elected leader in recent years
Interim Government of California (in exile) (1986- 1991)[]
No.
Name
Portrait
Birth-Death
Term
Previous Office
Party
Remarks
—
Mark Robinson
1953-
1986-1991
N/A
California Freedom Party
Founder of the government-in-exile based in Seattle