Leader of the Government (Mel-akkam)

The Leader of the Government, officially the Leader of Government Business in the Coordinating Council, is the de facto chief executive of Mel-akkam. If the Leader of the Government resigns, dies, or is otherwise rendered unable to perform their duties, they are replaced on a temporary basis by the Deputy Leader of the Government.

Basis

The Constitution of Mel-akkam does not specify a chief executive, but the Honoured Elder originally filled this role. However, in the 1980s, the rise of factionalism led to demands for a ceremonial, nonpartisan Elder, and Pramukh Yata was elected on such promises. A new position, therefore, was needed for the de facto chief executive. To create a new constitutional role, a saamaveshan (popular assembly) would need to be held, so to circumvent that necessity, the Coordinating Council used a constitutional clause allowing it to "designate and organise its leadership" in order to create the new post of "Leader of the Government in the Coordinating Council", with no de jure powers. However, the Leader of the Government quickly became recognised as the de facto chief executive.

List of Officeholders

Period	Officeholder	Party
May 1978 – September 1981	Namama Atrapu	Progressive Party (Left Faction)
September 1981 – March 1982	Rama Asadha	Progressive Party (National Faction)
March 1982 – March 1991	Namama Atrapu	Progressive Party (Left Faction)
March 1991 – September 1999	Krishna Patel	Progressive Party
September 1999 – March 2010	John Alberts	Progressive Party
March 2010 – September 2022	Ekabhi Prayam	Progressive Party
September 2022 – February 2023	Vyaparam Vedan	Liberal Democratic Party
February 2023 – March 2023	Ekabhi Prayam (acting)	Progressive Party (EP)
March 2023 – September 2023	Pujari Adhineta	Coalition of Independents
September 2023 – Present	Nirtyam Am'mayi	Joint Progressive Party List