Vorsitzender

Vorsitzender of the Abeldane Empire
This is the Official Flag of the Vorsitzender of the Federal Government of the Abeldane Empire.
Incumbent Anthony Clark since 30 September 2020
Style	The Right Honourable
Term length	At His Imperial and Royal Exalted Majesty's pleasure 6 months per term
Inaugural holder	Donald West
Formation	11 June 2014

The Vorsitzender is the head of government of the Abeldane Empire. It is the highest elected office in the Empire and is only one of the two directly elected offices at federal level aside from the Stellvertreter. The Vorsitzender is elected through federal elections, which in turn the Monarch appoints the newly elected Vorsitzender then takes office.

Originally known as the Prime Minister of the Abeldane Empire, the Vorsitzender has the task of heading the Reichsregierungskabinett, which consists of the ministerial departments and cabinet members as well as their secretariats, and making sure that the executive is delivering its functions properly and orderly. The Vorsitzender is also responsible for being questioned in the Reichsversammlung and delivering the current state of the government and its business.

The position of Vorsitzender is currently held by Anthony Clark, who heads the First Clark ministry.

Constitutional background and role

The main role of the Vorsitzender is to oversee the activities of the Cabinet and co-ordinate with the ministers and to act as the voice of the government to the public. The Vorsitzender has the power also to advice the Monarch on what to do and has the power to declare war, with gracious consent of the Monarch. The Vorsitzender has also the power to veto laws made by the Reichsversammlung. Following the federalisation of Abelden in June 2016, the Vorsitzender has the power to appoint his cabinet and to remove them at the same time.

The Vorsitzender is regarded as the second most powerful person in the Empire, after the Monarch. Previously, the Monarch was regarded as the most powerful person in the Empire but following the constitutional changes in 2016 and the federalisation of Abelden, the Vorsitzender has since then been considered a powerful figure within the Empire and the politics in both federal and at-state level.

Under the constitution, the deputy of the Vorsitzender is the Stellvertreter, who is formally called the Stellvertreter des Vorsitzender. The Stellvertreter is elected separately from the Vorsitzender and therefore there may be instances that two different parties may hold the positions together. He is responsible for acting on behalf of the Vorsitzender when he is on other business outside the Empire. The Stellvertreter succeeds the Vorsitzender if he resigns or is incapacitated/dead and one example can be that of Michael Thomas Brazeau. Following Henry Twain's resignation as Vorsitzender on 29 March 2017, Brazeau immediately assumed the office of the Vorsitzender and is not considered acting as he holds the right to hold the office until a general election is called by the Monarch, which he did a few days later and was succeeded by Patrick Renwick.

Election and term length

The Vorsitzender is usually elected during general elections alongside with the Stellvertreter. He/She may also be appointed or removed by the Monarch at his or her pleasure, with an approval from the Reichsversammlung. Elections are held every 4 months; 3 times a year: April, August, and December. The position of Vorsitzender and the Stellvertreter are the only positions directly elected at federal executive level; the rest of the government positions are appointed by the Monarch with the advice from the Reichsversammlung. Before August 2017, the office was among the only electable positions in the Empire, the other being the Stellvertreter.

The term length of the Vorsitzender is at His Imperial and Royal Exalted Majesty's pleasure and the same follows with his deputy, the Stellvertreter. While there is no term limit that is prescribed by law, three terms are the normal term limits. Patrick Renwick is currently the longest-serving Vorsitzender, serving for over 12 months.

Etymology

Originally, the position was officially known as Prime Minister and the deputy of the Prime Minister was official known as Deputy Prime Minister but following a reform, the offices were both renamed to Vorsitzender and Stellvertreter des Vorsitzender, respectively. The position was renamed on 14 July 2015 effectively in all places and all previous mentions of the word Prime Minister were either retained or renamed.

List of Vorsitzenden

Portrait		Vorsitzender Constituency/State	Term of office and mandates Duration in years and days			Party	Government	Legislature	Monarch (Reign)
		HI&RH Donald West Baron Westness MP for Alexton	11 June 2014	16 December 2014	—	Independent	West I	1	Stephen I (2014)
									Rachel (2014)
			188 days
		The Right Honourable Andrew Janiszewski Duke of Nayhemia MP for None	16 December 2014	4 March 2015	—	Democratic Social later New Democratic	Janiszewski I		Donald I (2014)
					2015 I		Janiszewski II
					2015 II		Janiszewski III		Stephen I & II (2014–15)
			78 days
		The Right Honourable Pawel Sadowski MP for Brandburg	4 March 2015	4 March 2015	—	Bosmanish Minority	Sadowski
			24 mins
		The Right Honourable Vaughan Smith MP for Deoter	4 March 2015	5 March 2015	—	New Democratic	Smith
			1 day
		HI&RH Donald West Baron Westness MP for Alexton	5 March 2015	25 March 2015	—	New Democratic	West II		Donald I & II (2015)
			20 days						Stephen I, II & III (2015–18)
		HI&RH Rachel Kioya Baroness Reeness MP for Nayhemia	25 March 2015	17 July 2015	—	Independent	Kioya
			114 days
		The Right Honourable Damian Billbrough MP for Johnstown	17 July 2015	10 August 2015	2015 III	Conservative	Billbrough
			24 days
		The Right Honourable Llewelyn Lawton Duke of Creton MP for Johnstown later from Morgannwg	10 August 2015	12 July 2016	—	New Democratic	Lawton I
					2015 IV		Lawton II	2
					2016 I		Lawton III	3
			337 days
		The Right Honourable Michael Lewis Duke of Volkania MP from Demirelia	12 July 2016	24 July 2016	—	Liberal	Lewis
			12 days
		The Right Honourable Emiel Sebastiaan Hardy MP from St. Castle	24 July 2016	2 September 2016	2016 II	Conservative	Hardy I
			40 days
		The Right Honourable Ned Gunderson MP from East Nedland	2 September 2016	10 October 2016	2016 III	Democratic-Liberty	Gunderson
			38 days
		The Right Honourable Patrick Renwick MP from Demirelia	10 October 2016	14 October 2016	—	Democratic-Liberty	Renwick I
			4 days
		The Right Honourable Horatio Eden Duke of Brandburg MP from Alenshka	14 October 2016	4 November 2016	2016 IV	Conservative	Eden	4
			21 days
		The Right Honourable Emiel Sebastiaan Hardy MP from St. Castle	4 November 2016	18 November 2016	—	Independent	Hardy II
			14 days
		The Right Honourable [[John Smith Duke of Middleham]] MP from New Lviv	18 November 2016	27 February 2017	—	Conservative	Hawkins I
								Emergency Term
					2016 V		Hawkins II	5
			101 days
		The Right Honourable Henry Clement-Twain Earl of New Keutschen MP from Teodoria	27 February 2017	29 March 2017	2017 I	Independence	Twain
			30 days
		The Right Honourable Michael Thomas Brazeau Marquis of Caerdydd MP from Alexander	29 March 2017	4 April 2017	—	Conservative	Brazeau
			6 days
		The Right Honourable Patrick Renwick Marquis of Bessatre MP from Demirelia	4 April 2017	23 August 2017	2017 II	Democratic-Liberty later National	Renwick II
					2017 III		Renwick III	6
					—		Renwick IV
			141 days
	File:Newtonvonuberquie 1.jpg	The Right Honourable Newton von Uberquie Marquis of Middleham MP from Satirno	23 August 2017	19 September 2017	2017 IV	Social Ecology	Uberquie	7
			27 days
		The Right Honourable Countess of New Douala MP from St. Castle	19 September 2017	24 December 2017	—	Social Ecology	Neasa
			96 days
	File:Thomas M bubble.png	The Right Honourable Shiro Mephistopheles MP from Alenshka	24 December 2017	1 March 2018	2017 V	United Rhinoceros	Shiro
			67 days
		The Right Honourable Patrick Renwick Marquis of Bessatre MP from Demirelia	1 March 2018	21 April 2018	—	National Independence later Liberal National Alliance	Renwick V
			51 days						Griffin I (2018)
		The Right Honourable Alejandro Whyatt Marquis of Holmstein MP from Satirno later Morgannwg	21 April 2018	27 June 2018	2018 I	National Federalist later Die Rechte	Whyatt	8
			67 days						Newton Emperor of the Abeldane Empire (2018–20)
		HI&RH Stephen Freayth Duke of Claret MR from Alenshka	27 June 2018	7 January 2019	2018 II	Die Rechte	Freayth I
					2018 III		Freayth II	9
			194 days
		The Right Honourable Tarik Kârjasary Marquis of Batori MR from Rai	7 January 2019	1 April 2019	2018 IV	Social Ecology	Kârjasary	10
			84 days
		The Right Honourable Edward Daniels Earl of Hayerling MR from Demirelia later Morgannwg later Tusmore	1 April 2019	1 April 2020	2019 I	Liberty Front	Daniels I
								11
					2019 II		Daniels II
								12
			1 year
		The Right Honourable Patrick Renwick Marquis of Bessatre MR from Demirelia	1 April 2020	29 June 2020	2020 I	Populares later National Union	Renwick VI
			89 days						Griffin I & II (2020)
Position vacant 29 June 2020 - 10 July 2020								13
		The Right Honourable Patrick Renwick Marquis of Bessatre MV from Demirelia	10 July 2020	30 September 2020	—	National Royalists	Provisional
								None
					2020 II		Renwick VII
								14
			82 days
		The Right Honourable Anthony Clark Marquis of Amerston MV from Morgannwg	30 September 2020	Incumbent	2020 III	National Royalists	Clark I
			1510 days

Time in office

Below is the list of Vorsitzenders by total time in office:

• 1. Patrick Renwick - 367 days
• 2. Edward Daniels - 366 days
• 3. Llewelyn Lawton - 337 days
• 4. Donald West - &10000000000000208000000208 days
• 5. Stephen Freayth - 194 days
• 6. Elizabeth Legata - 114 days
• 7. John Smith - 101 days
• 8. Ava Neasa - 96 days
• 9. Tarik Kârjasary - 84 days
• 10. Andrew Janiszewski - 78 days
• 11. Anthony Clark - 1510 days
• 12. Alejandro Whyatt - 67 days
• 12. Shiro M. - 67 days
• 13. Emiel Hardy - &1000000000000005400000054 days
• 14. Ned Gunderson - 38 days
• 15. Henry Twain - 30 days
• 16. Newton von Uberquie - 27 days
• 17. Damian Billbrough - 24 days
• 18. Horatio Eden - 21 days
• 19. Mike Lewis - 12 days
• 20. Michael Thomas Brazeau - 6 days
• 22. Vaughan Smith - 1 day
• 23. Pawel Sadowski - 20 minutes

Vacancies

• 1. 11 days (caused by resignation of Patrick Renwick)

Timeline

Records and firsts

• Longest serving: Patrick Renwick, serving for 367 days
• Shortest serving: Paweł Sadowski, serving for 20 minutes
• Most ministries formed: 8 ministries under Patrick Renwick
• First elected Vorsitzender: Andrew Janiszewski
• First transgender: Rachel I, Empress of Abelden
• Oldest person to assume office: Shiro Mephistopheles
• Youngest person to assume office: Patrick Renwick
• First Vorsitzender to resign: Damian Billbrough
• Most reelections consecutively: Janiszewski, Lawton, Renwick, and Freayth all having two consecutive elections
• Two or more non-consecutive terms: West, Hardy, Renwick