Lord High Chancellor of Begon
| Lord High Chancellor of Begon and all of its realms | |
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Incumbent Matthew T. since August 19th, 2024 | |
| Inaugural holder | Unknown |
| Formation | c. 2019 |
The Lord High Chancellor (abbreviated as LHC; previously Lord President, Chancellor and Prime Minister) is the chief officer of state and head of government of the Tsardom of Begon.
History
The position of Lord High Chancellor was originally established in late 2019 as the position of Prime Minister. The Prime Minister served as "co-head advisor" to the Kaiser of Begonia alongside the Kaiserin-Queen. In 2020, this position was renamed to Chancellor. It was again renamed to Lord High Chancellor by royal decree on 22 January 2021. The office was temporarily dissolved on 5 January 2022 until the appointment of Sean G. as Lord High Chancellor on 17 February 2022.
After the assumption of Augustine Edward, the position was renamed to Lord President in a constitution enacted on 30 December 2022. It was reverted back to Lord High Chancellor on 14 April 2024.
Role
According to the 2024 constitution of Begon, the Lord High Chancellor is the chief officer of state and head of government of Begon. The Lord High Chancellor is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Tsar, and – on his behalf – conducts ordinary business, serves as chief diplomat and plenipotentiary, and has the power to discipline the Council of State.
The Lord High Chancellor is expected to be a Christian, at least 15 years old, and a resident of North Carolina or Begon for at least 1 year.
List of Lord High Chancellors
| No. | Head of government | Term of office | Notes | Monarch | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name | Start | End | Duration | |||
| Prime Minister | |||||||
| 1 | Z. Fields | 22 November 2019 |
Unknown | Unknown |
Only attested head of government for the Kingdom of Begonia. |
Christoph | |
| 2 | A. Roddy (1st term) |
30 June 2020 |
18 September 2020 |
80 days | Charged with treason after refusing to take the oath of office on 26 October 2020, though was pardoned the following day. Took the oath on 31 August 2020. | ||
| 3 | Alvin Matthews | September/October 2020 |
15 October 2020 |
Unknown | Removed after trial for two counts of treason. | ||
| 4 | A. Roddy (2nd term) |
15 October 2020 |
November 2020 |
Unknown | |||
| 5 | Maximillian M. (1st term) |
November 2020 |
18 November 2020 |
Unknown | |||
| Lord High Chancellor | |||||||
| 6 | David Augustus (1st term) |
18 November 2020 |
3 September 2021 |
289 days | Originally appointed as Chancellor – raised to Lord High Chancellor on 22 January 2021. Term excludes a period from 15–24 August 2021, where he was dismissed from his position. | ||
| Begon dissolved 3 September 2021 – 3 January 2022 Vacancy 3 January – 17 February 2022 | |||||||
| 7 | Sean G. | 17 February 2022 |
15 April 2022 |
57 days | First LHC since the dissolution of Begon. | Christoph | |
| 8 | John O'Donnaghue | 15 April 2022 |
22 May 2022 |
37 days | |||
| 9 | Maximillian M. (2nd term) |
22 May 2022 |
6 July 2022 |
45 days | |||
| 10 | Joshua Sutil (1st term) |
6 July 2022 |
1 January 2023 |
179 days | |||
| Lord Protector | |||||||
| 11 | Eugene Smith | 1 January 2023 |
15 June 2023 |
165 days | Augustine Edward | ||
| Begon dissolved 15 June – 24 November 2023 | |||||||
| 12 | Joshua Sutil (2nd term) |
24 November 2023 |
28 November 2023 |
4 days | Johann Hieronim | ||
| 13 | David Augustus (2nd term) |
28 November 2023 |
8 January 2024 |
41 days | |||
| Lord High Chancellor | |||||||
| 14 | Christoph Billung | 8 January 2024 |
19 August 2024 |
224 days | |||
| 15 | Matthew T. | 19 August 2024 |
Incumbent | 121 days | |||