President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall be Head of State

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall be a guarantor of the Constitution and laws of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, of rights and freedoms of person and citizen; he shall ensure strict observance of the Constitution and the laws. In established by the Constitution order, he shall take measures for protection of sovereignty of the Republic, its independence and territorial integrity, and ensure concerted functioning and cooperation of all organs of state power.   

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, within his powers provided by this Constitution, shall represent the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic within the state and in its international relations.        

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, in accordance with the Constitution and the laws, shall build up a concept of domestic and foreign policy of the state. President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall carry out general management of the foreign policy of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, therewith concluding international treaties of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, shall sign instruments of ratification in case of ratification of an international treaty by the Supreme Council, and take credentials and letters of recall of diplomatic representatives.    

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall be Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall have the right to pardon.     

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall deal with questions related to citizenship of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and granting political asylum. President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall institute national decorations of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, honorary and special titles, shall award national decorations, confer honorary titles of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, top military ranks and special ranks, highest qualification classes and class ranks.      

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall address with messages the people and the Supreme Council of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, shall periodically inform of most important matters of the domestic and foreign policy activity of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, shall present annual reports to the Supreme Council on the situation in the Republic, and propose to its consideration the measures he considers necessary and useful. 

In case of aggression against the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic or immediate threat of aggression, President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall introduce martial law on the territory of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic and immediately inform the Supreme Council.        

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic under the circumstances and in the order envisaged by the constitutional law, shall introduce the state of emergency on the territory of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic or in its particular localities and immediately inform the Supreme Council.

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall be elected for the term of five years. 

The moment of swearing the oath is that of taking the office by the President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. The outgoing President performs his duties pending taking the office by a newly elected President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.      

President of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic shall issue decrees and orders that shall be binding throughout the territory of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic.