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| − | In [[the Resurgent Dream]], the Prime Minister is the head of government, exercising many executive powers in his or her own right as well as heading the [[Danaan Cabinet|Cabinet]]. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet are both responsible to [[Danaan Parliament]] of which they are required to be members by the [[Danaan Constitution|Constitution]]. The current Prime Minister is [[Sarah Sacker]] (of the [[Progressive Democratic Party]]) who has been in office since 2005.
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| − | The title of Prime Minister has officially existed since 1538 when it was given to Duke [[Arakus ap Gwydion|Arakus]] ap [[Gwydion]], chief advisor to [[High King of the Resurgent Dream|High Queen]] [[Corrina ni Gwydion]]. The first Prime Minister in the modern sense was Lord [[Percival ap Dougal|Percival]] ap [[Dougal]] who assumed office in 1641. Prior to this, the chief advisor to the High Queen was the [[Lord Chancellor of the Resurgent Dream|Lord Chancellor]], a position which still exists in the [[High Court]] but no longer has any governmental role. Unlike in some constitutional monarchies, the Prime Minister of the Resurgent Dream does not traditionally hold any other ministerial or court position.
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| − | A Prime Minister first receives a mandate to form a government from the High King. This mandate almost always goes to the leader of the party which has a plurality or to the leader of the strongest party in an established coalition which has a majority. After receiving the mandate, the Prime Minister then has one month's time to form a government which can receive the confidence of Parliament, as determined by majority vote. This vote concerns the entirety of the Cabinet, not individual ministers. If this task is not completed in one month's time, Parliament is dissolved and new elections are called. If, at any subsequent point, Parliament passes a motion of no confidence in the government, the leaders of the various parties have one week to form a new coalition. If, during this time, a coalition whose member parties include a majority of Parliament is formed, then a new mandate will be issued to the leader of the strongest party in such a coalition. If this does not occur, Parliament will be dissolved and new elections called. Regardless of whether or not Parliament has withdrawn its confidence, a Prime Minister who has been confirmed by Parliament remains Prime Minister from the time they are confirmed until the time Parliament confirms another Prime Minister.
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| − | ==History==
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| − | [[Wikipedia:Duke|Duke]] [[Arakus ap Gwydion]], the first to bear the title of Prime Minister, had essentially nothing in common with modern prime ministers except the title itself. He was the chief advisor to the [[Danaan Monarchy|High Queen]] and had no authority in his own right, not even delegated authority. [[Wikipedia:Lord|Lord]] [[Percival ap Dougal]], appointed in 1641, is widely considered the first Prime Minister. He was appointed based upon his strength in [[Danaan Parliament|Parliament]], hardly a democratic body at the time, and he exercised a great deal of authority over the state, managing the various departments of governance aptly.
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| − | When [[Agwene ni Gwydion|High Queen Agwene]] democratized [[the Resurgent Dream]] in 1990, the Prime Minister began to be identified as the representative of the Danaan people, a claim which greatly enhanced the moral authority of the position. The [[Agwenian Edicts]] increased the power of the Prime Minister and the [[Danaan Government|Government]] at the expense of the Crown's personal involvement in governance. However, [[the Resurgent Dream]] did not become a full modern, constitutional, liberal democratic state until the creation of the [[Danaan Constitution|Constitution of the Resurgent Dream]] early in the reign of [[Owain ap Cunedda|High King Owain]].
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| − | The place of the Prime Minister in the [[Danaan Order of Precedence]] of the Prime Minister has been an issue of historical controversy. Originally, the Prime Minister received no special place on account of his office but only whatever place he would have had by reason of his birth. [[Corrina ni Gwydion|High Queen Corrina]] later granted the Prime Minister a position somewhere among the [[Peers of the Resurgent Dream]] in an edict of 1745. Agwene raised the place of the Prime Minister in an edict of 1996 which had never been altered or revoked. Based upon the edict of 1996, the [[Office of the Royal Herald]] currently places [[Sarah Sacker]] immediately beneath [[Prince|The Princess]] [[Bahiah Abdelsatta|Bahiah]] and immediately above the [[Wikipedia:Duke|Duchess]] of [[Charles]].
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| − | The retirement of [[Vincenzo Lacau]], the first Prime Minister not to bear noble title in his own right, marked the beginning of a new tradition whereby a Prime Minister leaving office who is not already a [[Peers of the Resurgent Dream|Peer of the Resurgent Dream]] is created a [[Wikipedia:Peer|Peer]]. This new tradition has led to [[Vincenzo Lacau]] being created [[Wikipedia:Baron|Baron]] [[Langmore]], [[Minerva Karamanlis]] being created [[Wikipedia:Viscount|Viscountess]] [[Kairis]], and to [[Adair Scott]] being created [[Wikipedia:Baron|Baron]] [[Scobie]].
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| − | ==The office==
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| − | Unlike in many countries, the Prime Minister of [[the Resurgent Dream]] is an official office and its holder is not expected to hold any other [[Danaan Cabinet|Cabinet]] post. The Prime Minister holds a great deal of power in his or her own right in addition to his or her influence as the president of the Cabinet. The general authority of the office of the Prime Minister is convered in the [[Danaan Constitution]]. However, many specifics of Prime Ministerial authority are determined by the Resolution on the Cabinet.
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| − | ==Term==
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| − | The office of the Prime Minister is based upon the [[Danaan Constitution]] and is given further shape by Acts, Resolutions, and conventions which have defined, but never deviated from, the position established in the Constitution. The underlying principle is that the Prime Minister and her [[Danaan Government|Government]] must maintain the support of [[Danaan Parliament|Parliament]] in order to retain their positions. As a constitutional monarch, the [[Danaan Monarchy|High King]] of [[the Resurgent Dream]] is bound, in part by law and in part by convention, to act accordingly as are prime ministers themselves.
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| − | When it is time for a prime minister to resign, either because of electoral defeat, a change in the leadership of her party, or a personal decision, the High King first gives the mandate to form a government to the presumptive sucessor. Only after the new prime minister has formed a government in which [[Danaan Parliament|Parliament]] has voted its confidence is the resignation of the former prime minister accepted and the new one formally appointed to office in a ceremony of [[Wikipedia:Kiss Hands|Kissing Hands]]. The only time the office of Prime Minister can be vacant is if a prime minister dies in office. Generally speaking, the mandate to form a government is given to the leader of the largest party or established coalition of parties in Parliament. The position of [[Danaan Shadow Cabinet|Leader of the Opposition]] is given to the leader of the largest party outside the government.
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| − | The term of the prime minister is linked to terms of [[Member of Parliament|Members of Parliament]]. The [[Danaan Parliament]] has a maximum term of seven years. However, Parliaments usually last for much shorter periods of time. Parliament is dissolved by the High King if no government can be formed within a month after a new person has been issued a mandate to form a government, if no new coalition can gain majority support within a week after a vote of no confidence, or if the Prime Minister requests a dissolution. In theory, the High King also has the right to dissolve Parliament on his own authority so long as new elections are immediately called but this has not been done in decades.
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| − | As soon as Parliament has been dissolved, for whatever reason, a general election is called. If the prime minister's party loses the general election, she is expected to offer her resignation, which will not be formally accepted until a new government has been duly formed.
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