Prime Minister of Laeral

Prime Minister of the Second Allied Provinces of Laeral
Seal of Laeral
Incumbent Nicolas Martin since June 4, 2019
Style	Mister/Madam Prime Minister, or His/Her Excellency
Reports to	Laeralian Assembly of Commons
Appointer	President of Laeral By holding the confidence of the National Assembly
Term length	While they hold the confidence of the National Assembly
Formation	1954
First holder	Sun Jia-wei
Salary	LRM200,000
Website	nationalassembly.gov.lr/pm

The Prime Minister of the Second Allied Provinces of Laeral (French: Premier Ministre Laeralien) is the head of government of Laeral under the constitution of 1954. Although the position of Prime Minister existed under the Republic of Laeral, this position was clearly subordinate to that of the president; prior to that, the Prime Minister was the head of state and head of government under the First Allied Provinces of Laeral.

The prime minister is the holder of the second-highest office in Laeral, and can be nominated (but not appointed or dismissed) by the president. The government of Laeral, referring to the prime minister and his or her ministers, is appointed by majority vote in the Assembly of Commons, and is accountable to that body through a vote of no-confidence. The prime minister presides over meetings of the Council of State (also known as the cabinet). The actual power of the Prime Minister with regards to that of the President varies based on the parties controlling the National Assembly; when the presidency and the legislature are controlled by the same party, the president typically takes the leading role in implementing party policy through the legislature, but when the two are of different parties, the prime minister's majority in the National Assembly leaves them better-able to execute policy decisions.

The current Prime Minister is Nicolas Martin of the New Democratic Alliance, who was selected by the National Assembly on June 4th, 2019.

Nomination

The president possesses the sole ability to nominate a candidate for Prime Minister, but this choice must be approved by simple-majority vote of all voting members of the Assembly of Commons (the investitute vote). As such, the president is often compelled to nominate whichever candidate can muster a majority in the Commons, even if this candidate is of a different party. For example, in 1973 President Joseph Carlier, a Progressive, was forced to nominate Paul Evrard, of the Laeralian National Congress, as prime minister when it became clear that Carlier's preferred left-wing coalition could not muster the votes to take power.

The prime minister is not required to be a member of the Assembly of Commons or even hold elected office, although in practice the majority of prime ministers are serving members of the National Assembly. Moïse Sellem, for instance, was a career civil servant who had risen as high as Chief Cabinet Secretary, the highest-ranking official of the Laeralian civil service, before being appointed as prime minister by President Gramont.

Role

The prime minister is responsible for "directing the actions of the government", primarily through chairing the meetings of the Council of State. The prime minister typically exerts major influence over the direction of legislation in the National Assembly. In the event of the death or incapacitation of the president, the prime minister serves as their replacement until a special election is held.

Officeholders

Laeral has had 21 prime ministers, of which the incumbent is Nicolas Martin, of the New Democratic Alliance (Laeral). The three longest-serving prime ministers were Li Suilang (7 years, 7 months, and 10 days), Sun Jia-wei (7 years, 2 months, and 12 days), and Léon Zeng (6 years, 5 months, and 23 days). The shortest-serving prime minister was Germain Rouquet, who served for just 179 days. Three prime ministers (Georges Auriol, Paul Evrard, and Michel Baudry) were later elected president of Laeral, while several others, including Sun Jia-wei, Felix Maurel, and Monique Courtin, have sought the presidency as candidates. The first woman to become prime minister was Monique Courtin, while the second woman was Tanvi Misra. The Laeralian People's Party has produced more prime ministers than any other party, with four. Every prime minister has been Rén or Arrivée with the exception of Tanvi Misra. Laeral's prime ministers have originated from a variety of faiths; notably, Moïse Sellem remains the only Jewish person to hold significant political office in Laeral.

Prime Ministers of the Second Allied Provinces of Laeral
Color key	Social Democratic Party      Laeralian National Congress      Progressive Party      Republic Party      People First Democratic Party      Laeralian People's Party      Socialist Party      Conservative Party      New Democratic Alliance
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Parties in Government	Election(s)
1		Sun Jia-wei (1887-1964)	1 July 1954	12 September 1961	Social Democratic (1954-1958); Social Democratic, Communist, Liennese National Conference (1958-1961)	1954, 1958
2		Tsai Ming-yan (1898-1967)	12 September 1961	12 March 1964	Social Democratic, Communist, Liennese National Conference	1962
3		Georges Auriol (1897–1980)	12 March 1964	26 May 1964	Laeralian National Congress, National Peasant's	1964
4		Moïse Sellem (1904-1986)	26 May 1964	19 February 1965	Unclear (National Assembly suspended) (1964); Social Democratic (1964); Majority of parties (1964-1965)	N/A
5		Emmanuel Jenet (1911-1978)	19 February 1965	18 January 1969	Laeralian National Congress, Citizen's Movement	1965
6		Zhou Wei-lin (1898-1976)	18 January 1969	18 January 1971	Progressive, Republic	1969
7		Ren Jian-kuan (1905-1993)	1 February 1971	14 January 1973	Progressive, Republic	1969
8		Paul Evrard (1926–2007)	14 January 1973	6 January 1977	Laeralian National Congress, Progressive	1972
9		Felix Maurel (1912-2002)	6 January 1977	7 January 1981	Progressive, Republic, Communist	1976
10		Léon Zeng (1927–2005)	7 January 1981	29 June 1987	Conservative, People First Democratic, Laeralian National Congress	1980,1984
11		Michel Baudry (1929–2015)	29 June 1987	6 January 1989	Laeralian People's, Conservative	1987
12		Li Suilang (1923-2018)	6 January 1989	15 August 1996	Laeralian People's, Conservative (1989-1993); Laeralian People's (1993-1996)	1989, 1993
13		Germain Rouquet (1918-2009)	15 August 1996	9 February 1997	Laeralian People's	1993
14		Aurélien Demange (1953- )	9 February 1997	7 January 2000	Socialist, Progressive, Justice and Advancement	1996
15		Liao Qinjun (1935- )	7 January 2000	4 September 2003	Socialist, Justice and Advancement	2000
16		Monique Courtin (1953- )	4 September 2003	9 January 2007	Socialist (2003-2004);Socialist, Progressive (2004-2007)	2000, 2004
17		Wu Taiqin (1949- )	9 January 2007	16 April 2009	People's Party, Conservative	2007
18		Chen Ting-fei (1952- )	16 April 2009	31 July 2012	Progressive, Socialist	2009
19		Gérald Barre (1948- )	31 July 2012	7 January 2015	Conservative, Progressive	2010
20		Tanvi Misra (1959- )	7 January 2015	4 June 2019	Progressive, Conservative, Socialist	2014
21		Nicolas Martin (1963- )	4 June 2019	Incumbent	Progressive, New Democratic, Conservative, Green	2018