Prime Minister of Empherias
Prime Minister of Empherias | |
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Member of | Parliament of Empherias |
Seat | Empheri Parliament building, Rosetta, Wynnoa, Empherias |
Nominator | Leader of the party with confidence[1] |
Appointer | Rijkse George V |
Term length | Up to 5 years per term, unlimited terms |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of the High Kingdoms of Alaxia |
Inaugural holder | The Lord Mathias Haas, 2nd Duke of Rommes[2] or The Lord George Montgomery, 3rd Duke of Aalsmeer[3] |
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Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister |
The Prime Minister of Empherias is the head of the devolved government of Empherias, within the High Kingdoms of Alaxia. The prime minister leads the executive branch of government. They chair and set the agenda at cabinet meetings, appoint government ministers, and guide the legislative process. The prime minister is appointed, by convention, as the leader of the largest party or coalition in the House of Parliament - this means that the executive is formed within the legislature rather than separated. As such, the prime minister will have power of the largest party's whips and thus how they vote, wielding significant power within the legislature. The prime minister also holds significant public image as the face of the government's actions at home, within the union, and abroad.
As of 2527, there have been 101 prime ministers, but only 82 people who have held the position. This is because people who have held non-consecutive terms are counted multiple times. During the current Alaxian period, which began in 2448 following their admission into the High Kingdoms, there has been 13 prime ministers - the first being Lukas Knight in 2448 and the incumbent being Valorie Metz since 2519.
Out of the 82 people to have held the position, 14 have died in office. This has become a lot less common throughout the centuries, with the last being Alistair Walker in 2488, who was assassinated. Before him, the last to die of natural causes was Klara Willows in 2474 of complications during pregnancy.
History[edit | edit source]
The office of the prime minister has evolved throughout Empheri history. The first recorded instance of someone being appointed as the prime minister was George Montgomery's appointment in 1995 - technically the 6th prime minister. Prior to this, the prime minister is listed as the most senior member of government at the time. For example, the first counted PM Mathias Haas was only appointed as the Minister of War by the monarch at the time in 1945, but because he was the most senior minister and also carried out government agenda on behalf of the monarch, he is listed as the first de-facto prime minister.
Legislature[edit | edit source]
From 1945 to 2110, the legislative chamber was known as the Council of the Elite. It was later reformed by James Morgan into the House of Parliament in 2110 which is still in use today. The building hosting the parliament was moved from Esthullen to Wynnoa in 2443 by Katelyn Roberts following the death of Rijkdottir Abigail I.
Elections[edit | edit source]
Originally, the monarch appointed all members of the Council of Elite and also appointed government ministers. As such, there were no official elections until 1995. The first type of elections were to elect the Prime Minister by a vote within the Council, with the person with a plurality elected. The individual members of the council were still appointed by the Prime Minister or the monarch. The first elections to elect members of parliament came in the 2110 general election. However, due to a clause, this election only elected around half of members of parliament as the others would remain MPs for life. Following the deaths of all life-MPs, each election would elect all members of parliament using the first-past-the-post voting system in constituencies. New constituencies could be created by the Prime Minister, the government, the monarch, of the Committee on Representation in Parliament. This meant that the amount of seats available grew throughout time and rotten boroughs were prevalent. Elections took place within a mandatory period of seven years but often took place sooner as mandated by the prime minister or the monarch. The ability to vote was for men and women aged 35 or over and who owned land. The specifics of the land changed over time but in general, dwarves were not permitted to vote, and the age requirement remained high with no age limits.
Following the 2395 revolution, the Populist prime minister Felix D'laminet passed the Election Procedure Act 2402 which set the amount of members of parliament at a stable 600, and changed the electoral system to party-list proportional representation to be democratic. The Parliamentary Term Act 2402 set into law that an election must take place before 2000 days (5 and a half years approximately) had passed following the previous general election. As per terms of the Constitution of the High Kingdoms, this changed in 2448 to be a maximum of exactly five years after the previous unless given expressed permission by the President of the High Kingdoms to be delayed in emergency. There must be a mandatory 6 week campaign period after the dissolution of parliament but before the general election. The 2402 election acts set a precedent of universal franchise and ability to vote for any person with Empheri citizenship over the age of 18 years old. This excluded skaven and elves from voting, as they were ineligible from getting citizenship, but maintained small minorities. Furthermore, those currently in prison or abroad did not have the ability to vote. As per terms of the Constitution of the High Kingdoms, since 2448 it has been mandatory to vote and a national holiday is to take place on the day with many businesses closing early to give people the chance to vote. The punishment for not voting is a small fine unless you can give adequate reasoning for not voting. Those over 75 years old do not have to vote.
After the election is finished and all the seats were allocated, the prime minister would then be selected. If a single party has a majority of seats (301 or more), then the leader of that political party automatically becomes Prime Minister. If no party has a majority, then the plurality party must demonstrate that they control the parliament via a vote in the house, or by enacting a formal coalition. The vote in the house can be on any subject as long as the incoming government wins the vote. If a coalition is formed with a majority of seats then the terms of the coalition agreement would be obliged by: this means that if the coalition determined that the somebody other than the leader of the largest party in the coalition became prime minister, then that would be the case automatically. Even though these votes might happen one or two days after the finalisation of the election, prime ministerial terms are counted backwards to the election date.
After the next prime minister is confirmed within the house structure, they would then be formally inaugurated in the following week. The first inauguration would likely be a ceremonial known as the 'masquerade inauguration'. This dates back to before the High Kingdoms where the Rijkse or Rijkdottir of Empherias would meet the incoming prime minister in a royal palace to appoint them as the babysitter of the nation. However, since the royal family of Empherias no longer rules Empherias since 2448, this inauguration is illegitimate and not legally binding. Therefore, since 2448, the prime minister would meet the head of the royal family of Empherias (as of 2527, this is the Emperor of the Hveden Federation and Rijkse of Grensalbourg) likely in their royal palaces in either Sistyn, Grensalbourg or Hweins, Hvede. Within the first month of the prime minister taking office, they'd officially meet with the President of the High Kingdoms, and sometimes one or both monarchs of the HKA to be formally inaugurated - although the power had already transferred.
List of Prime Ministers[edit | edit source]
This is a list of the Prime Ministers of Empherias, but if you want a more detailed list, see the full list.
# | Name | Term | Party | Election wins | |
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1 | Mathias Haas | 1945–1969 | Royalist (Left) | none | |
2 | James Mayweather | 1969–1973 | Royalist (Right) | none | |
3 | Henry Cecil | 1973–1984 | Royalist (Left) | none | |
4 | John Massey | 1984–1993 | Royalist (Left) | none | |
5 | Oswald Ignesse | 1993–1995 | Royalist (Left) | none | |
6 | George Montgomery | 1995–2009 | Royalist | none | |
7 | Viktoria Gascoyne | 2009–2010 | Rhetorist | none | |
8 | Beaumont Ives | 2010–2013 | Royalist | none | |
– | Viktoria Gascoyne | 2013–2014 | Rhetorist | none | |
9 | Alistair Cyril | 2014–2021 | Royalist | none | |
– | Viktoria Gascoyne | 2021–2024 | Rhetorist | none | |
10 | Horatio Lowe | 2024–2026 | Royalist | none | |
– | Viktoria Gascoyne | 2026–2032 | Rhetorist | none | |
11 | Lewis Sword | 2032–2034 | Rhetorist | none | |
12 | Spencer Cunningham-Wells | 2034–2035 | Rhetorist | none | |
13 | Henry Alamekas I | 2035–2043 | Royalist | none | |
14 | Frederick Robyn-Fitz | 2043–2051 | Rhetorist | none | |
– | Henry Alamekas I | 2051–2060 | Royalist | none | |
15 | Elizabeth Stone | 2060–2065 | Royalist | none | |
16 | James Sinister | 2065–2077 | Royalist | none | |
17 | Charlotte Wallace | 2077–2080 | Rhetorist | none | |
18 | Duncan Mackenzie-King | 2080–2081 | Rhetorist | none | |
– | Henry Alamekas I | 2081–2083 | Royalist | none | |
19 | Henry-Cellar Alamekas | 2083–2085 | Royalist | none | |
20 | Maria Oswald | 2085–2089 | Rhetorist | none | |
– | Henry-Cellar Alamekas | 2089–2092 | Royalist | none | |
21 | Edward Alamekas | 2092–2095 | Royalist | none | |
– | Duncan Mackenzie-King | 2095–2097 | Rhetorist | none | |
– | Edward Alamekas | 2097–2099 | Royalist | none | |
22 | Nanou Keys | 2099–2106 | Rhetorist | none | |
23 | Henry Russell | 2106–2109 | Royalist | none | |
24 | James Morgan | 2109–2114 | Democratic | 2110 | |
25 | Edward Lloyd | 2114–2120 | Democratic | 2115 | |
26 | Spencer Winslow | 2120–2129 | Democratic | 2121, 2124 | |
27 | John Whimscott | 2129–2130 | Democratic | 2129 | |
28 | Henry Mayflower | 2130–2135 | Royalist (Alamekas Pijk) | 2130 | |
29 | Katelyn Nyssa-Green | 2135–2145 | Conservative | 2135, 2139, 2144 | |
– | Henry Mayflower | 2145–2152 | Royalist (Alamekas Pijk) | 2145, 2150 | |
– | Katelyn Nyssa-Green | 2152–2157 | Conservative | 2152 | |
– | Henry Mayflower | 2157–2160 | Royalist (Alamekas Pijk) | 2157 | |
30 | Harry Haus | 2160–2166 | Conservative | 2160, 2164 | |
31 | Lewis Morris | 2166–2172 | Conservative | 2167 | |
32 | Henry Ironknight | 2172–2180 | Royalist (Alamekas Pijk - Hulgerists) | 2172, 2176 | |
33 | Edwin Holt | 2180–2187 | Evergreens (Holtites) | 2180, 2184 | |
34 | Theodore Holt | 2187–2192 | Evergreens (Holtites) | 2187 | |
35 | Augustus Waterhouse | 2192–2200 | Conservative | 2192, 2196 | |
36 | Lukas Kelementine | 2200–2205 | Conservative | 2201 | |
– | Theodore Holt | 2205–2206 | Evergreens (Holtites) | 2205 | |
37 | John Edward | 2206–2211 | Evergreens (Georginas) | 2206 | |
38 | Peter Jenkins | 2211–2211 | Conservative | 2211 | |
39 | Miles R. Miller | 2211–2212 | Conservative | none | |
40 | Rhys Kennedy | 2212–2212 | Conservative | Mar. 2212 | |
– | John Edward | 2212–2231 | Evergreens (Georginas) | Dec. 2212, 2217, 2222, 2227, 2230 | |
41 | James Edward | 2231–2250 | Evergreens (Georginas) | 2232, 2237, 2242, 2246 | |
42 | George V. Lawrence | 2250–2255 | Conservative | 2250, 2251 | |
43 | Loris George Edgar | 2255–2260 | Evergreens (Georginas) | 2255 | |
44 | Peter Beckers-Tybalt | 2260–2269 | Conservative | 2260, 2263, 2267, 2269 | |
45 | Axel Moors | 2269–2271 | Conservative | 2270 | |
46 | Maria Alexandria | 2271–2278 | Evergreens (Georginas) | 2271, 2275 | |
47 | Isaac Campbell | 2278–2290 | Evergreens (Campbellites) | 2279, 2284, 2289 | |
48 | Paige West Coleman | 2290–2292 | Conservative | 2290 | |
– | Isaac Campbell | 2292–2301 | Evergreens (Campbellites) | 2292, 2294, 2299 | |
49 | Edgard Merigold | 2301–2304 | Evergreens (Campbellites) | 2302 | |
– | Isaac Campbell | 2304–2311 | Evergreens (Campbellites) | 2306, 2310 | |
50 | James B. Sterling | 2311–2316 | Conservative | 2311 | |
– | Isaac Campbell | 2316–2321 | Evergreens (Campbellites) | 2316, 2320 | |
51 | Spencer Young | 2321–2324 | Evergreens (Campbellites) | 2322 | |
– | Isaac Campbell | 2324–2335 | Evergreens (Campbellites) | 2325, 2327, 2332 | |
52 | Charles Bates-Bennett | 2335–2338 | Conservative | 2335 | |
53 | Alice Rusbridge | 2338–2347 | Liberal | 2338, 2343, 2346 | |
54 | Wyatt Rory-Wells | 2347–2348 | Conservative | May. 2347, Nov. 2347 | |
– | Alice Rusbridge | 2348–2358 | Liberal | 2348, 2352, 2354 | |
55 | Henry Hugh Duncan | 2358–2363 | Conservative | 2358 | |
56 | Alexander Reyes | 2363–2373 | Liberal | 2363, 2365, 2369 | |
57 | Thomas Wright | 2373–2378 | Conservative | 2373 | |
58 | Wigfred Marksdottir | 2378–2386 | Liberal | 2378, 2382 | |
59 | Jack Kaur | 2386–2392 | Conservative | 2386, 2389 | |
60 | Russell Montgomery | 2392–2395 | Conservative | 2393 | |
61 | Maisie Zoey King | 2395–2397 | Royalist (Abigailites) | none | |
62 | Felix D'laminet | 2397–2411 | Populist (D'laminite) | 2402, 2407 | |
63 | Elizabeth Rose | 2411–2412 | Socialist | 2411 | |
64 | Henry Watford | 2412–2414 | Populist (D'laminite) | 2412, 2414 | |
65 | Robert Webber | 2414–2415 | Populist (D'laminite) | none | |
– | Elizabeth Rose | 2415–2424 | Socialist | 2415, 2420, 2423 | |
66 | Alice Rettels | 2424–2433 | Socialist | 2425, 2429, 2432 | |
67 | Edward Broedesmore | 2433–2435 | Socialist | none | |
68 | Skylar Lawrence | 2435–2441 | Liberal | 2435, 2440 | |
69 | Katelyn Roberts | 2441–2447 | Socialist | 2441, 2445 | |
70 | Sofia Hopkins | 2447–2448 | Socialist | none | |
71 | Lukas Knight | 2448–2453 | Alaxian Socialist | 2448, 2449 | |
– | Sofia Hopkins | 2453–2468 | Socialist | 2453, 2455, 2459, 2463 | |
72 | Melanie Monroe | 2468–2470 | Socialist | 2468 | |
73 | Klara Willows | 2470–2474 | Socialist | 2473 | |
74 | Steven Rettels | 2474–2474 | Socialist | none | |
75 | Vincent Burken | 2474–2475 | Socialist | none | |
76 | Scarlett May | 2475–2487 | Liberal | 2475, 2480, 2485 | |
77 | Alistair Walker | 2487–2488 | Socialist | 2487 | |
78 | Lucy King | 2488–2500 | Socialist | 2491, 2495, 2499 | |
79 | James Williams | 2500–2501 | Socialist | none | |
80 | William Turner | 2501–2507 | Liberal | 2501, 2506 | |
81 | Pippin Pierre | 2507–2513 | Nationalist | 2507, 2510 | |
82 | Kasper Simons | 2513–2513 | Nationalist | none | |
83 | Spencer Wright | 2513–2515 | Nationalist | 2513 | |
84 | John Malkey | 2515–2519 | Labour | 2515, 2518 | |
85 | Valorie Metz | 2519–present | Liberal | 2519, 2524 |
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ able to command a majority or plurality of MEPs
- ↑ if you believe that 1945 was the formation of the position
- ↑ if you believe that 1995 was the formation of the position
- ↑ This is the first time that a de-facto Prime Minister position is filled, by Mathias Haas - however, it was not known by that position at the time.
- ↑ This is the first time that the position of Prime Minister was named specifically in law, being filled by George Montgomery, elected by the Council of the Elite