Premier of Rodavia

The premier of Rodavia (Rodavian: Premier van Stijerland) is the official head-of-government of the Kingdom of Rodavia. They preside over the National Assembly and are elected by the populace via single transferable vote every six years.

The position of premier was created in 1878 as per the constitutional reforms of Willem III. Until 1964, the official definition of the position of premier was "the chief advisor to the King/Queen of Rodavia and the administrator and head of His/Her Government", however the position of premier had been functionally elevated to primary importance with the conclusion of the Great Asuran War in the early 20th century.

List of premiers

Portrait		Name (Born–Died)	Election	Term of office			Political Party	Cabinet		Monarch (Reign)
				Took office	Left office	Time in office		Name	Composition
		Ard Kommerkamp (1822–1888)	1878	January 27, 1878	March 13, 1884	6 years, 46 days	Liberal	Kommerkamp I	Lib.	Willem III (1868–1905)
		Lars Buitenhuis (1830–1909)	1884 1890 1896	March 13, 1884	November 4, 1902	18 years, 236 days	Liberal	Buitenhuis I Buitenhuis II Buitenhuis III	Lib./Conservative
		Sebastiaan van der Helm (1859–1920)	1902 1908	November 4, 1902	August 27, 1914	11 years, 296 days	Liberal	Van der Helm I Van der Helm II	Lib./Con./Ref./Mon.	Reinier (1905–1962)
		Jan-Peter Hollak (1866–1933)	1914	August 27, 1914	June 1, 1920	5 years, 279 days	Democratic Socialists	Hollak I	Dem.soc
		Marcel Otman (1861–1940)	1920 1926	June 1, 1920	May 30, 1932	11 years, 364 days	Liberal	Otman I Otman II	Lib./Conservative
		Jos Olthuys (1878–1961)	1932	May 30, 1932	December 6, 1938	6 years, 190 days	Conservative	Olthuys I	Conservative
		Henkie Verenhannes (1891–1974)	1938	December 6, 1938	August 2, 1944	5 years, 240 days	SdP	Verenhannes I	SdP
		Jos Olthuys (1878–1961)	1944 1950	August 2, 1944	October 9, 1956	12 years, 68 days	Conservative	Olthuys II Olthuys III	Conservative (II) Conservative/Lib. (III)
		Emiel de Wilde (1919–1967)	1956	October 9, 1956	March 17, 1962	5 years, 159 days	Conservative	De Wilde I	Conservative/NVP
		Ron Noordik (1901–1963)	1962	March 17, 1962	February 22, 1963 (died in office)	342 days	NVP	Noordik I	NVP/Conservative	Hendrik II (1962–1979)
		Machiel Hankamp (1919–1984)	1963	February 22, 1963	October 1, 1965 (resigned)	2 years, 221 days	AC	Hankamp I	AC/NVP/Conservative
		Jensen van der Haar (1926–1989)	1965	October 1, 1965	April 16, 1971	5 years, 197 days	Conservative	Van der Haar I	Conservative/NVP
		Vincent Schulten (1925–2000)	1971	April 16, 1971	September 10, 1977	6 years, 147 days	Conservative	Schulten I	Conservative
		Rikkert Pohlman (1928–1999)	1977 1983	September 10, 1977	February 2, 1989	11 years, 145 days	SdP	Pohlman I Pohlman II	SdP	Louis III (1979–)
		Willem Biltmans (1939–2014)	1989	February 2, 1989	May 9, 1995	6 years, 96 days	SdP	Biltmans I	SdP/GEB
		Stans Croese (1944–)	1995	May 9, 1995	January 16, 2001	5 years, 252 days	Conservative	Croese I	Conservative
		Alie Hendrix (1960–)	2001	January 16, 2001	August 5, 2007	6 years, 203 days	Conservative	Hendrix I	Conservative/NVP
		Marcel de Boer (1968–)	2007	August 5, 2007	September 29, 2013	6 years, 55 days	SdP	De Boer I	SdP/GEB
		Klaas-Jan Gerner (1938–)	2013 2019	September 29, 2013	Incumbent	10 years, 273 days	SdP	Gerner I Gerner II	SdP/GEB (I) SdP (II)

See also

• Rodavia