Grand Pensionary (Montescano)

Grand Pensionary of the Principality of Montescano
File:Krishtofvondrakon.jpg Incumbent Lord Christoffel van Achterbergen, Marquess of Goedeweg-Achterbergen since 29 May 2019
Style	The Right Honourable
Residence	Château Nov Asenovgrad (unofficial)
Term length	at the absolute discretion of the Monarch
Inaugural holder	Lord Christoffel van Achterbergen, Marquess of Goedeweg-Achterbergen
Formation	29 May 2019

The Grand Pensionary of Montescano (Dutch: Raadpensionaris van Montescano) was the head of government of the Principality of Montescano. The Grand Pensionary was appointed by the Monarch, from amongst the members of the Council of State. While the Monarch was free to chose any of its members, the Monarch had up to date only picked candidates which can command confidence from the Council.

Etymology

Its Dutch name, raadpensionaris, can be literally translated as "councillor pensionary". A pensionary in general was a lawyer paid by a city council to advise them on a permanent basis. Because of the regular payments he was a pensionarius in mediaeval Latin. Such a person was called a stadsadvocaat in the Dutch language. The States of Holland and West-Friesland had a pensionary who was a council member, a raad, himself. He was, therefore, Raedt ende Pensionaris in seventeenth-century Dutch, which later was simplified to raadpensionaris or raadspensionaris. French diplomats referred to the raadpensionaris of Holland as the Grand-pensionnaire, to discern him from comparable officials in Dutch provinces of lesser importance. This embellishment was not used by the Dutch themselves. In English the French was translated as "Grand Pensionary".

List of Grand Pensionaries

#	Portrait	Name Honorifics and County	Term of office		Other offices held	Party	Monarch
1	File:Krishtofvondrakon.jpg	Lord Christoffel van Achterbergen Marquess of Goedeweg-Achterbergen	29 May 2019	Present	-Privy Councillor	Conservative	HH Sovereign Prince Dionisiy
			Appointed Chancellor of the Principality upon her foundation, saw the transformation of the Principality into a Multi-continental State with claims in Europe, Africa and Asia. Led the country through the fallout of the "Hasanistan" secession.