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Satavian Federation (1976-present)

Parties

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) Constituency	Term of office			Elected (Parliament)	Political party	Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
—		Lt. Col. Johannes Klopper (1930-2009) —	27 September 1976	29 November 1976	63 days	—	—	Klopper
			Klopper overthrew the National Party dictatorship during the 1976 Satavian coup d'état, installing himself as temporary Prime Minister. Despite fears that Klopper would refuse to relinquish power, just two months after the coup he handed power over to Eric Edwards, Satavia's first democratically elected Prime Minister since 1936.
27		Eric Edwards (1935-2017) MP for Division of Baxter, Hope Province	29 November 1976	22 August 1984	7 years, 267 days	1976 (30th) 1980 (31st)	Liberal	Edwards I–II
			First elected Prime Minister of Satavia since 1936. Edwards lead the campaign to defeat right-wing reactionary forces during the Satavian Crisis, and pursued closer ties with Rizealand, the NVO and the Euclean Community. Edwards won a supermajority in the 1980 federal election.
28		Leander Kokkinakis (1951-) MP for Division of St George, Western Freestate	22 August 1984	3 April 1987	2 years, 193 days	1984 (32nd)	Liberal	Kokkinakis
			Leander Kokkinakis became Satavia's youngest elected Prime Minister as well as the first Satavian Prime Minister of Piraean descent when he was elected with a supermajority in the 1984 federal election. Kokkinakis introduced a number of public welfare reforms, in addition to a system of food stamps popularly known as Kokkinakis Coupons, which remain in use across Satavia. Kokkinakis was forced to resign after the Hope Post published revelations of an affair Kokkinakis was having with a younger man. Despite the criminal status of homosexuality, Kokkinakis was never charged by police but the affair ended his political career.
29		Maximilian Dumfries (1939-1996) MP for Division of Katter, Hope Province	5 April 1987	1 December 1987	212 days	—	Liberal	Dumfries
			Dumfries was elected Prime Minister by parliamentary members of the Liberal Party after a two-day period of indecision between the left-wing and centrist elements of the party. Dumrfries - a member of the extreme left of the party - soon moved to ensure stability within the party, by threatening to expel members of the centrist factions. Many MPs and Senators of the Liberal Party crossed the floor to join the Conservatives, SDP, United or became independents. Dumfries was forced to call for a general election, in wich both houses (Senate and Representatives) are dismissed, held in December 1987, which saw a resounding defeat for the Liberal party.
30		Ben De Villiers (1946-) MP for Division of Werlaigh, New Borland	1 December 1987	24 June 1994	6 years, 205 days	1987 (33rd) 1990 (34th)	Conservative & Country	De Villiers I-II
			De Villiers was elected in a landslide as a result of the unpopularity of the Liberal party. De Villiers was the first Conservative Prime Minister since 1903 and the first Country Party Prime Minister since 1906. De Villiers launched massive spending cuts as well as a huge privatisation programme that saw several state owned enterprises, most notably Satavian Airlines, sold off or publicly floated. De Villiers called an early election in 1990, looking to capitalise off the continued instability and unpopularity of the Liberal opposition. Ultimately, De Villiers' popularity would wane as cost of living increased, and proposals made by the De Villers government to cut federal benefits saw him lose the 1994 federal election to the Liberal party.
31		John Barrett (1958-) MP for Division of Pienaar, Hope Province	24 June 1994	7 September 1996	2 years, 75 days	1994 (35th)	Liberal	Barrett
			Barrett won his electoral campaign prosper by promising huge government handouts in the wake of the ongoing Satavian cost of living crisis that disproportionately affected minorities living in Satavia. Barrett also campaigned for increased provisions of universal healthcare and fought a long and costly legal battle with the governments of the Orange Province, Western Freestate and New Borland, that argued that healthcare provisions were within the remit of the provincial governments and not the federal government. Barrett ultimately failed to deliver on his promise after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of the provincial governments, and was forced into making an embarrassing public u-turn that ultimately lost him the support of the Conservative-controlled Senate. Barrett called on the President to dismiss parliament for a general election, but his request was controversially refused by Damian de Jager, who instead called for a federal election that did not dismiss the Senate.
32		Rian de Klerk (1939-) MP for Division of Williams, Western Freestate	7 September 1996	16 August 1998	1 year, 343 days	1996 (36th)	Conservative & Country	De Klerk-Pieterson
			Elected without a majority, De Klerk was forced to enter into a fractious coalition with the United Party's E. K. Pieterson. This coalition government proved deeply unpopular as policy clashes stunted De Klerk's agenda. The coalition's unpopularity was demonstrated by the loss of the presidency and overall control of the Senate in the 1997 senate elections. With the coaltion now unable to pass legislation through the Senate, De Klerk was forced to ask newly elected President Donald Pienaar to call for a double election.
33		Milo Malan (1959-) MP for Division of Clarke, Groenvelde Vrystaat	16 August 1998	21 July 2001	2 years, 339 days	1998 (37th)	Liberal	Malan
			Malan was elected in the narrowest margin in Satavian electoral history in a fiercely contested election against Conservative candidate Edward Norton. Despite allegations of electoral irregularities, Malan declined to launch an inquiry into the claims. Malan's premiership was tainted by persistent rumours and speculation which were outed after an investigation by the Hope Post in July 2001. Malan resigned on the seventh and was arrested by the Satavian Federal Police the following day. In 2004, he was found guily of massive electoral fraud (including ballot stuffing in several key marginal constituencies) and sentenced to nine years imprisonment.
34		Andries Kuiper (1960-) MP for Division of Kayle, Orange Province	21 July 2001	14 October 2001	85 days	—	Liberal	Kuiper
			After Malan's resignation, Kuiper was appointed Prime Minister as his replacement. Kuiper was not named as guilty of electoral fraud by the Hope Post and the SFP declined to investigate Kuiper. Nonetheless, Kuiper was forced to call a federal election later that year, which saw the Liberals suffer their worst electoral defeat since Satavia's return to democracy in 1976.
35		Edward Norton (1961-) MP for Division of Johnson, Hope Province	14 October 2001	27 June 2012	10 years, 257 days	2001 (38th) 2005 (39th) 2009 (40th)	Conservative & Country	Norton I-II-III
			Norton was elected with a landslide majority in the 2001 federal election, and perused conservative policies in his first term. However, as campaigning began for the 2005 election, Satavia was struck by the 2005 financial crash, crippling Satavia's economy. Nonetheless, the Government's rapid response saved Satavia from the worst effects being felt elsewhere internationally, and Norton remained personally popular - achieving a double majority in the 2005 election. Norton would win re-election again in 2009, based primarily upon his social and fiscally conservative policies. Norton resigned and retired from politics in 2012 after a car accident killed his wife and two young daughters, at the height of his popularity.
36		Jago Elliot (1973-) MP for Division of Cape Devon, Hope Province	27 June 2012	9 February 2017	4 years, 227 days	2013 (41st)	Conservative & Country	Elliot I-II
			Having previously served as Treasurer under the Norton government, Elliot took victory in the Conservative & Country Party leadership spill of 2012 unopposed after Norton endorsed him. His re-election in 2013 saw a strong majority for the Conservative party. Elliot was percieved as a continuation of the Norton government and his policies closely mimicked those of Edward Norton, leading to the popularly-coined ideology of "Nortonism". In early 2017, Elliot faced an unexpected leadership challenge from within his party, lead by right-wing Deputy Prime Minister Ella Van Schalkwyk. Elliot lost the leadership election by one vote and resigned as Prime Minister.
37		Ella van Schalkwyk (1968-) MP for Division of Marais, Orange Province	9 February 2017	4 December 2017	298 days	—	Conservative & Country	Van Schalkwyk
			Previously serving as Deputy Prime Minister, Ella van Schalkwyk, a member of the right wing of the Conservative & Country party, commenced a leadership spill that saw her defeat incumbent Prime Minister, Jago Elliot. She became Satavia's first female Prime Minister. Elliot's removal, although supported by the parliamentary Conservative & Country party, was deeply unpopular with the public and press. Huge negative publicity tarnished her electoral campaign and she was defeated by the Liberals, ending over fifteen years of Conservative & Country party electoral dominance.
38		Jan McKinley (1965-) MP for Division of Cornell, Hope Province	9 February 2017	22 August 2020	2 years, 262 days	2017 (42nd)	Liberal	McKinley
			Jan McKinley was elected in 2017 primarily due to public discontent at the removal of Jago Elliot by the Conservative & Country party. McKinley, ideologically part of the centrist faction within the Liberal Party, fought off constant opposition from within his party, surviving a record seven leadership spills in six months. When many of the left broke away from the Liberal Party and crossed the floor to join the minor Labour & Social Democrats, McKinley was forced to call for a general election as the Liberals had lost their majority in both houses. Ultimately, McKinley would lead his party to a wipeout in the 2020 election.