Vice Prime Minister of Besmenia

Vice Prime Minster of the Federal Republic of Besmenia
Vizepremierminister der Bundesrepublik Besmenien
Incumbent Ivar Combrinck since 9 September 2021
Style	Mr. Vice Prime Minister (informal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Status	Deputy of the head of Government
Nominator	Prime Minister of Besmenia
Appointer	President of Besmenia
Constituting instrument	Basic Law of Besmenia
Formation	2 July 1920
First holder	Martin Bolstein

The Vice Prime Minister of Besmenia (Besmenian: Vizepremierminister von Besmenien) is the deputy for the Prime Minister of Besmenia.

The Vice Prime Minister is not the Prime Minister's successor if the Prime Minister's office ceases without a successor having been appointed (e.g. by resignation). The Prime Minister is obliged to continue in office on an executive basis if the Federal President requests him to do so. If, for example, the Prime Minister has passed away or other reasons speak against the management, the Federal President can also ask the vice prime minister or another minister. A new Prime Minister should be sworn in as soon as possible.

Appointment

The Prime Minister must appoint a permanent deputy, both when his cabinet is appointed and later when a deputy's office ends. The appointment must be made within a reasonable period of time. The decision is made by the Prime Minister alone, without the participation of the Federal President. This differs from the appointment of federal ministers in general: if someone is to become federal minister, the prime minister proposes them and the federal president appoints them.

Only one deputy is appointed. The prime minister is constitutionally free to select a deputy from among the federal ministers, so there is no federal minister that he cannot appoint. It is unimportant, for example, whether the federal minister leads a federal ministry or is a minister without portfolio. Due to his strong constitutional position, the Federal Chancellor always has the last word over the ministers, so that no minister could establish his own position of power through the deputy office.

List of Besmenian Vice Prime Ministers

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	Party	Portfolio	Cabinet
1	File:Martin Bolstein.png	Martin Bolstein (1869–1945)	2 July 1920	10 October 1924	4 years, 100 days	Social Democratic Union	Foreign Affairs	Falk I Falk II
2		Peter Gruber (1878–1960)	10 October 1924	1 October 1932	7 years, 357 days	Social Democratic Union	Internal Affairs	Dimmler I Dimmler II
3	File:Theodor Ernst.png	Theodor Ernst (1876–1945)	1 October 1932	21 October 1936	4 years, 20 days	Besmenian People's Party	Economic Affairs	Dimmler III
4	File:Josef Brocke.jpg	Josef Brocke (1881–1959)	21 Ocotber 1936	6 October 1940	3 years, 360 days	Social Democratic Union	Justice	Dimmler IIV
5		Albrecht Neumann (1878–1969)	3 October 1940	6 October 1944	4 years, 3 days	Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia	Foreign Affairs	Bock
6	File:Heinrich Farn.png	Heinrich Farn (1897–1987)	3 October 1944	1 October 1952	7 years, 364 days	Social Democratic Union		Neumann I Neumann II
7		Johannes Schmidt (1908–1996)	1 October 1952	7 October 1964	12 years, 6 days	Social Democratic Union	Internal Affairs	Neumann III Brecht I Brecht II Butz
8		Helmut Glaubrecht (1901–1985)	7 October 1964	6 May 1969	4 years, 211 days	Besmenian People's Party	Internal Affairs	Schmidt I Schmidt II
9	File:Rudolf Meindt.png	Rudolf Meindt (1912–2005)	6 May 1969	21 February 1972	2 years, 291 days	Besmenian People's Party	Justice	Schmidt II
10		Konrad Berger (1910–1993)	21 February 1972	13 March 1980	8 years, 21 days	Besmenian Republican Party	Foreign Affairs	Gleitzmann I Gleitzmann II
11		Erik Tautenbach (1937–2019)	15 September 1980	22 September 1983	3 years, 7 days	Besmenian People's Party	Health	Beiter I
12	File:Walter Saumer.png	Walter Saumer (1928–2018)	22 September 1983	13 February 1984	144 days	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	Health	Beiter I
13		Doris Klammer (1939–)	13 February 1984	21 September 1992	8 years, 221 days	Social Democratic Union	Internal Affairs	Beiter II Beiter III Stöger
14	File:Christoph von Gertz.png	Christoph von Gertz (1940–)	21 September 1992	2 October 2000	8 years, 11 days	Green Party of Besmenia	Foreign Affairs	Tautenbach I Tautenbach II
15	File:Wolfgang Brügmann.png	Wolfgang Brügmann (1947–)	2 October 2000	27 September 2004	3 years, 361 days	Social Democratic Union	Finance	Kummstein I
16		Franz Bauer (1953–)	27 September 2004	24 September 2012	7 years, 363 days	Besmenian People's Party	Economy	Kummstein II Kummstein III
17	File:Walter Fricke.jpg	Walter Fricke (1957–)	24 September 2012	6 September 2016	3 years, 348 days	Social Democratic Union	Defense	Sidemann I