Vice President of the Arstotzkan Union
| Vice President of the Arstotzkan Union | |
|---|---|
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| Office of the Presidency of the Arstotzkan Union | |
| Style | Comrade Vice President (informal & diplomatic) |
| Status | Third highest executive member Executive Chairman of the Federal Assembly |
| Abbreviation | VPOTAU |
| Member of | Executive Committee Politburo of the Socialist Party of the Arstotzkan Union House of Representatives People's Armed Forces |
| Residence | 16 Chernobyl Road, Kholmistaya Rayon Territory Rangitaiki, Arstotzkan Union |
| Term length | For-Life |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of the Arstotzkan Union |
| Precursor | Lachlan Deans |
| Formation | 22 August 2019 |
| First holder | Zion Ormsby |
The Vice President of the Arstotzkan Union (VPOTAU) is the deputy head of state and third in command of the executive Branches of Arstotzkan governance and the third highest ranking official in the Arstotzkan Union. The Vice President unifies the differences in the Office of the Presidency (unifies the First Presidents military standing and the Second Presidents civil standing).
The duty of Vice President has changed a lot since the office was established on August 22, 2019. Zion Orsmby was the 1st, 3rd, 5th and the 7th Vice President of the Arstotzkan Union. Tyler Brazier was also the 4th and 6th Vice President of the Arstotzkan Union and Peter Gedye was the 2nd Vice President of the Arstotzkan Union (which to this day stands as the shortest term of a Vice President of the Arstotzkan Union). Peter was the Vice President for eleven days.
On 1 June 2023, Wesley Von Dookington became the 8th Vice President of the Arstotzkan Union. He is the first person not to come from New Zealand as an Arstotzkan citizen and become a member of government.
Vice Presidents
In the history of the nation, the Arstotzkan Union has had eleven Vice Presidents in comparison to four First or Second Presidents.
| No. | Name | Term | Party | Deputy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took Office | Left Office | Duration | ||||
| 1 | Zion Ormsby | 22 August 2019 | 6 September 2019 | 16 days | Arstotzkan People's Party | Peter Gedye (Chief of Staff) |
| 2 | Peter Gedye | 6 September 2019 | 18 September 2019 | 11 days | Arstotzkan People's Party | Zion Ormsby (Chief of Staff) |
| First Civil Conflict of the Arstotzkan Union (18 Sept. - 25 Nov. 2019) | ||||||
| 3 | Zion Ormsby | 25 November 2019 | 9 April 2020[1] | 5 months, 15 days | Arstotzkan People's Party (until 23 March 2020) United Government Alliance (from 23 March - 7 April 2020) Arstotzkan Labour Party (from 7 April 2020) |
Tyler Brazier (Lieutenant of the AUSIS) |
| 4 | Tyler Brazier | 9 April 2020 | 18 May 2020 | 1 month, 9 days | United Government Alliance (until 12 May 2020) Second Democratic People's Party of the Arstotzkan Union (from 12 May 2020) |
Zion Ormsby (Head of the Chernobyl Program) |
| 5 | Zion Ormsby | 18 May 2020 | 4 February 2021 | 8 months, 17 days | Second Democratic People's Party of the Arstotzkan Union | Tyler Brazier (Minister of Health) |
| 6 | Tyler Brazier | 4 February 2021 | 1 June 2021 | 3 months, 29 days | Second Democratic People's Party of the Arstotzkan Union | Ethan Brinkman (Prime Minister of Arstotzka, until 9 March) Ethan Brinkman (State Governor of Arstotzka, from 9 March) |
| 7 | Zion Ormsby | 1 June 2021 | 1 June 2023 | 2 years | Second Democratic People's Party of the Arstotzkan Union (until 8 August 2022) Arstotzkan Social Liberal Democratic Party (from 8 August 2022) |
Tyler Brazier (Minister of Health) |
| 8 | Wesley von Dookington | 1 June 2023 | 18 January 2024 | 7 months, 17 days | Arstotzkan Social Liberal Democratic Party | Zion Ormsby (Executive Chairman of the Federal Assembly) |
| 9 | Lachlan Deans (Acting) |
18 January 2024 | 30 June 2024 | 5 months, 13 days | Arstotzkan Social Liberal Democratic Party (until 16 February 2024) Socialist Party of the Arstotzkan Union (from 16 February 2024) |
Zion Ormsby (Executive Chairman of the Federal Assembly) |
| 10 | Zion Ormsby | 30 June 2024 | 2 August 2024 | 142 days | Socialist Party of the Arstotzkan Union | Tyler Brazier (Minister of Health) |
| 11 | Peter Gedye | 2 August 2024 | Incumbent | 109 days | Socialist Party of the Arstotzkan Union | Tyler Brazier (Minister of Health) |
Role
The Vice President of the Arstotzkan Union has always been an interesting role. Created on 22 August 2019 as the second in command to the President of the Arstotzkan Union, the role served as a check on presidential power. It has always been a highly respected position and has always held the most respected members of government.
The role of Vice President in the modern context of Arstotzkan politics is to act as a third party in official decision making. They also provide a crucial role in supporting the functions of the Arstotzkan Federal Government by acting as the Executive Chairman of the Federal Assembly and passing on any information and requests from government to the Office of the Presidency.
The Vice President also holds the role of supporting both presidents in the event they are unable to carry out their duties. As they are in the third position for presidency, the Line of Succession in the Arstotzkan Union requires them to be ready to be appointed to either be the First or Second President at a moments notice. This has happened a few times in the past. On 5 January 2021, incumbent First President Ethan Brinkman resigned and announced he would step down from major Arstotzkan politics for six months and appointed Zion Ormsby as the First President. This was the first time a sitting president used the line of succession to have a Vice President take over.
More recently in January 2024, Second President Peter Gedye also stepped down and Vice President Wesley von Dookington took over after being approved by an emergency session of the Executive Committee.
References
Footnotes
- ↑ From 6 December 2019 till 5 February 2020, Zion served as the Vice President and deputy head of the Underground Government a.k.a. the Arstotzkan National Government in Exile during the Second Civil Conflict.