He served as his country's constitutionally elected president twice, from 1956 to 1960 and again from 1982 to 1985.

Which president was constitutionally elected although he did not receive the most popular votes in the general election?

Above all they were eager to find an acceptable constitution for the future, with a constitutionally elected and representative government.

Various initiatives to end the political crisis through the peaceful restoration of the constitutionally elected government failed.

He took office on August 10, as the first constitutionally elected president after nearly a decade of civilian and military dictatorships.

"I still consider myself the legal, constitutionally elected president," he said.

His regime began in 1973 with a military uprising against the constitutionally elected government he was sworn to serve.

At every encounter, the officials say, he insists he is still the constitutionally elected president.

As a result of domestic and international pressures, however, the constitutionally elected government was restored within a month.

No constitutionally elected president can negotiate with armed rebels that occupy 40% of his country.