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Premier of Federation of Ottonian Republics
Premier of Federation of Ottonian Republics
	Flag of North Ottonia
	Incumbent; Junn Andrsunn; since July 1st, 2019
Style	His Excellency (formal, international correspondence);
Term length	3 years, renewable up to six times for a total of 21 years
Inaugural holder	Harald Baltrsun; September 21st, 1922
Formation	New Foundation of Ottonia, effective 1 January, 1950
Salary	Ø31,300,000 annually

Latest revision as of 19:32, 15 December 2023

The Premiership is the highest office in the Federation of Ottonian Republics, serving as the chief executive of the Federation, charged with enforcing and implementing the law as passed by the federal legislature, known as the Folksmoot. Despite this nominal separation of power, the Ottonian premier has typically had significant de facto legislative power, using executive orders and other measures to both make and enforce laws. Still, a Premier acting without at least the tacit consent of the Folksmoot can quickly find themselves boxed-in by the legislature, thus representing a significant constraint on an executive who wishes to act unilaterally.

The Premier is the commander-in-chief of the Ottonian Federal Defense Service and the Ottonian Guard Service, and serves as the nation's chief diplomat and performs the ceremonial functions of a head of state. They are also required to sign all acts of the Folksmoot into law, and as a result also have the ability to veto legislation. The Premier is considered to have a bully pulpit and, despite not having any actual legislative powers of their own, is often influential in the legislature due to their duties in signing acts into law, as well as the public support they represent.

The current Premier is Junn Andrsunn.

Selection and Election

The Premier is elected every 3 years, with each term beginning in January. The process by which the Premier is elected involves a nominating election for the parties in the year leading up to the election (to have their candidates set no later than 1 September of the election year, barring unforeseen emergencies such as a candidate becoming incapacitated by illness or death), a direct national election on the first Monday of October, and the Premier-elect's approval by the Folksmoot in November.

The last part of the process can potentially derail an election; the Folksmoot's approval is required for a Premier to take office, although the actual mechanism is that the Premier will assume office on 2 January of the year they are elected unless a 65% supermajority of the Folksmoot votes to block their inauguration. In practice, the Folksmoot has never had to deny office to a Premier-elect, but the mechanism exists as a check should the general public attempt to elect an egregiously unsuitable person to the Premiership. In the event that a Premier-elect were to be blocked from office by the Folksmoot, the Chancellor at the time would assume the duties of the Premier for a period of 30 days, during which the election would be held again. The party of the blocked Premier-elect would have to choose to either run a different candidate, or withdraw entirely, as blockage by the Folksmoot would render the blocked Premier-elect ineligible to assume the Premiership for 3 years.

All registered political parties are permitted to advance a candidate for the Premiership, although in practice it is common for coalitions of parties to compromise on candidates as part of a slate of candidates for different positions.

Each term for the Premier lasts for 3 years; a person may serve up to 7 terms as Premier (consecutively or non-consecutively), for a maximum of 21 years, although in practice it is rare for a Premier to serve more than 4 or 5 terms.

Duties & Powers

Officially, the Premier is the Federation's chief diplomat, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state and government. They are charged with enforcing the law as written and passed by the Folksmoot. They are permitted to declare states of emergency, mobilize national assets (military and civilian) in times of crisis, and mediate disputes between states. They also are generally considered to be the head of the national bureaucracy, although in reality this status is more complicated.

The Premier is tasked with signing all acts of the Folksmoot into law; the Premier's assent is the final stamp of approval allowing an act of the Folksmoot to become an active law. The Premier can also veto legislation, and this is an explicit act that the Premier must make. A veto sends an act back to the legislature, who then have the opportunity to modify the law, attempt to pass it as-is with a 65% supermajority (which will override the veto), or allow the act to die. Premiers also have a "soft veto" which they can use to request changes to the would-be law by refusing to give it assent, although this has been hampered by a 1994 Constitutional amendment that made it so that after 90 days on the Premier's desk, an un-signed and un-vetoed act of the legislature automatically becomes law anyway.

The Premier is also required to approve the Folksmoot's appointments to the Directorate, the executive council of the country. The Premier can revoke their approval of these appointments to force out a Director and demand a new appointment from the Folksmoot.

List of Premiers of Ottonia

Color key: Federalist Alliance National Front Popular Front

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office	Faction/Party
1		Harald Baltrsun (1892 - 1965)	(1950 - 1958)	Democratic Consensus (PODA/UPP)
1		Harald Baltrsun (1892 - 1965)	The country's first Premier was part of the leadership of the United Front during the Great Ottonian War and of the Popular Front during the North Ottonian Revolution, as well as a survivor of the worst of the Great Ottonian War and a long-time labor activist and Dunnmaar city councilor. After fifteen years of turmoil and upheaval, Baltrsun's steady presence, comforting demeanor, and affable personality helped create a stable, functional government to set the precedent for the New Foundation era, as well as to keep the country calm and deliver a firm defense and counter-attack when the South Ottonian Klausunn regime invaded the eastern territories in the winter of 1955 to 1956. In the 1958 elections, Baltrsun opted not to seek reelection, and instead supported his popular deputy, Eleonur Hendrsun for the PODA premiership nomination.
2		Eleonur Hendrsun (1914 - 1993)	(1959 - 1973)	Democratic Consensus (PODA/AOPP)
2		Eleonur Hendrsun (1914 - 1993)	Eleonur Hendrsun had been one of the standout members of the Baltrsun-and-PODA-led Directorate of 1950-1959, serving at various times as the Director of Housing, the Director of Education, and the Director of Health, achieving excellent results in directing the reforms of the first decade of the FOR's existence, and becoming quite popular with the public, especially as rationing lessened and the country started a march towards prosperity. This, along with your youthful, photogenic image, helped her capture PODA's nomination for the Premiership (with the help of her friend and mentor in Baltrsun) in the 1958 election, and then ride that popularity and PODA's general electoral goodwill to the Premiership proper. As Premier, Hendrsun would oversee the continued molding of the FOR into a democratic socialist state, establishing a competent and responsive bureaucracy, the easing of tensions between ethnic and religious sectarian groups, and the blooming of North Ottonian civil society. Hendrsun's particularly hands-on role in establishing North Ottonia's robust social safetynets and models of democratic participation would in particular endear her to the general public, and even though Hendrsunn would be defeated in the 1973 election (as would PODA as a whole), her place as an adored public figure and elder statesman for the country had been secured. Arguably no other Premier would command the same personal adoration as Hendrsun from the public.
3	[[File:\|150px]]	Ruger Smyth (1935 - 2010)	(1974 - 1976)	Revolutionary Front (AOPP/PDP)
3	[[File:\|150px]]	Ruger Smyth (1935 - 2010)	As the growth of the postwar recovery started to slow down and South Ottonia appeared to be on its back foot, a clamor for taking the fight to the old enemy, as well as carrying the ideals of the North Ottonian Revolution abroad more generally, combined with the fragmentation of PODA's big-tent Democratic Consensus coalition, created an opening for the more radical AOPP and PDP to form a coalition and push the young ideoleague Smyth for the Premiership. Smythe, unfortunately, was relatively inexperienced in high-level politics and, more importantly, in management, and it showed in a generally sloppier administration than the North Ottonian public had become accustomed to under Baltrsun & Hendrsun's administrations. This, combined with the economic lag worsening (largely as a simple result of the slowdown of rebuilding; there was simply less building and producing to do, and it had consequences for the economy) tarnished Smyth's public image, and resulted in the Revolutionary Front coalition of the AOPP & PDP only holding a majority and the Premiership for a single term; Smyth would suffer an electoral drubbing, and infighting would only worsen the Front's position, resulting in a major shift of North Ottonia's electoral politics.
4	[[File:\|150px]]	[[]] ( - )	(1977 - 1982)	Reform Movement
4	[[File:\|150px]]	[[]] ( - )
5	[[File:\|150px]]	[[]] ( - )	(1983 - 1991)	Reform Movement
5	[[File:\|150px]]	[[]] ( - )
6		Anders U'Daanyl (1930 - 2021)	(1992 - 2000)	Popular Front
6		Anders U'Daanyl (1930 - 2021)
7	[[File:\|150px]]	Alicia Rodrigus (b. 6/18/1956)	(2001 - 2009)	National Front
7	[[File:\|150px]]	Alicia Rodrigus (b. 6/18/1956)
8	[[File:\|150px]]	Sofya Rudulf (b. 10/29/1968)	(2010 - 2018)	Popular Front
8	[[File:\|150px]]	Sofya Rudulf (b. 10/29/1968)
9	[[File:\|150px]]	Junn Andrsunn (b. 2/7/1974)	(2019 - present)
9	[[File:\|150px]]	Junn Andrsunn (b. 2/7/1974)
10	[[File:\|150px]]	[[]] ( - )	( - )
10	[[File:\|150px]]	[[]] ( - )

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-The Premiership is the highest office in the [[Ottonia|Ottonian Federation]], serving as the chief executive of the Federation, charged with enforcing and implementing the law as passed by the Federal Legislature, the [[Federal Assembly]]. Despite this nominal separation of power, the Ottonian premier has typically had significant de facto legislative power, using executive orders other measures to both make and enforce laws. This separation of power has only recently resumed being a reality, since the 1999 ascension of [[Andrik U'Daanyl]].
+The Premiership is the highest office in the [[North Ottonia|Federation of Ottonian Republics]], serving as the chief executive of the Federation, charged with enforcing and implementing the law as passed by the federal legislature, known as the [[Folksmoot]]. Despite this nominal separation of power, the Ottonian premier has typically had significant de facto legislative power, using executive orders and other measures to both make and enforce laws. Still, a Premier acting without at least the tacit consent of the Folksmoot can quickly find themselves boxed-in by the legislature, thus representing a significant constraint on an executive who wishes to act unilaterally.
-The current Allamunnic head of state is Premier [[Andrik U'Daanyl]].
+The Premier is the commander-in-chief of the [[Ottonian Federal Defense Service]] and the [[Ottonian Guard Service]], and serves as the nation's chief diplomat and performs the ceremonial functions of a head of state. They are also required to sign all acts of the Folksmoot into law, and as a result also have the ability to veto legislation. The Premier is considered to have a {{wp|bully pulpit}} and, despite not having any actual legislative powers of their own, is often influential in the legislature due to their duties in signing acts into law, as well as the public support they represent.
+The current Premier is [[Junn Andrsunn]].
 ==Selection and Election==
-The highest executive office of the [[Ottonia|Ottonian Federation]] is, at least nominally, selected by the [[Council of Regents]], an otherwise largely-ceremonial body made up of representatives of the state governments and former high officials. In practice, Premiers have often come to power riding support from the military, civil service, general public, or some combination thereof, with the Council essentially confirming an outside appointment.
+The Premier is elected every 3 years, with each term beginning in January. The process by which the Premier is elected involves a nominating election for the parties in the year leading up to the election (to have their candidates set no later than 1 September of the election year, barring unforeseen emergencies such as a candidate becoming incapacitated by illness or death), a direct national election on the first Monday of October, and the Premier-elect's approval by the Folksmoot in November.
+The last part of the process can potentially derail an election; the Folksmoot's approval is required for a Premier to take office, although the actual mechanism is that the Premier will assume office on 2 January of the year they are elected unless a 65% supermajority of the Folksmoot votes to block their inauguration. In practice, the Folksmoot has never had to deny office to a Premier-elect, but the mechanism exists as a check should the general public attempt to elect an egregiously unsuitable person to the Premiership. In the event that a Premier-elect were to be blocked from office by the Folksmoot, the Chancellor at the time would assume the duties of the Premier for a period of 30 days, during which the election would be held again. The party of the blocked Premier-elect would have to choose to either run a different candidate, or withdraw entirely, as blockage by the Folksmoot would render the blocked Premier-elect ineligible to assume the Premiership for 3 years.
+All registered political parties are permitted to advance a candidate for the Premiership, although in practice it is common for coalitions of parties to compromise on candidates as part of a slate of candidates for different positions.
-There are very few statutory limitations on who can be named Premier, with the only written requirements specifying an Allamunnic citizen of at least 35 years of age of sound mind. By tradition, Premiers are typically selected from among the military, civil service, or elected government, with only a few exceptions. The Premier officially serves a term of 20 years, although they are considered to be eligible for re-selection at the end of their term, and functionally most premiers have left office either through resignation, removal from office, or death.
+Each term for the Premier lasts for 3 years; a person may serve up to 7 terms as Premier (consecutively or non-consecutively), for a maximum of 21 years, although in practice it is rare for a Premier to serve more than 4 or 5 terms.
 ==Duties & Powers==
-Officially, the Premier is the Federation's chief diplomat, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of government. They are charged with enforcing the law as written and passed by the [[Federal Assembly]]. They are permitted to declare states of emergency, mobilize national assets (military and civilian) in times of crisis, and mediate disputes between states.
+Officially, the Premier is the Federation's chief diplomat, commander-in-chief of the armed forces, and the head of state and government. They are charged with enforcing the law as written and passed by the [[Folksmoot]]. They are permitted to declare states of emergency, mobilize national assets (military and civilian) in times of crisis, and mediate disputes between states. They also are generally considered to be the head of the national bureaucracy, although in reality this status is more complicated.
-Unofficially, the Premiership for most of the Federation's history has been autocratic in nature, issuing executive orders to make policy, using coercion (often via military force or security forces) to ensure confirmation by democratically-elected bodies and to keep the states in line. In a handful of cases, Premiers have voluntarily stayed within their official constitutional bounds, but these cases have been the exception rather than the norm.
+The Premier is tasked with signing all acts of the Folksmoot into law; the Premier's assent is the final stamp of approval allowing an act of the Folksmoot to become an active law. The Premier can also veto legislation, and this is an explicit act that the Premier must make. A veto sends an act back to the legislature, who then have the opportunity to modify the law, attempt to pass it as-is with a 65% supermajority (which will override the veto), or allow the act to die. Premiers also have a "soft veto" which they can use to request changes to the would-be law by refusing to give it assent, although this has been hampered by a 1994 Constitutional amendment that made it so that after 90 days on the Premier's desk, an un-signed and un-vetoed act of the legislature automatically becomes law anyway.
-To assist in their governing duties, the Premier is permitted to appoint a cabinet, as well as lower level federal officials including administrators of federal assets, federal judges, and high-ranking military officials. These appointments are nominally confirmed by the Federal Assembly, although traditionally said approval has been a foregone conclusion.
+The Premier is also required to approve the Folksmoot's appointments to the [[Directorate of the Federation of Ottonian Republics|Directorate]], the executive council of the country. The Premier can revoke their approval of these appointments to force out a Director and demand a new appointment from the Folksmoot.
 ==List of Premiers of Ottonia==
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-|rowspan=2|[[File:Eulalia_Ramos.jpg|150px]]
-|rowspan=2|[[Skaadi U'Daanyl]] <br> <small>(1804 - 1895)</small>
-|(1852 - 1872)
-|style="background: blue; color: silver"|Nationalist Coalition
-|-
-|colspan=2|Selected as Captain-General of the Pan-Ottonian Confederation in 1854. Led Nationalist forces through the [[War of Ottonian Unification]] (1858 - 1872). Oversaw the systematic destruction of organized resistance to Ottonian unification. Helped draft the [[Treaty of Ottonia]]. Resigned in 1872 as part of a compromise in the Treaty of Ottonia, creating the Ottonian Federation in exchange for her resignation and replacement by [[Rikard Filius]]. Length of time in office served as baseline for 20 year term of premiership. Unofficially considered to be the first Allamunnic head of state, despite never actually holding office during the Federation's existence. Sometimes referred to as "The Mother of the Federation".
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-|rowspan=2|[[File:Ulysses S Grant by Brady c1870-restored.jpg|150px]]
+|rowspan=2|[[File:Harald_baltrsun.jpg|150px]]
-|rowspan=2|[[Rikard Filius]] <br> <small>(1821 - 1892)</small>
+|rowspan=2|[[Harald Baltrsun]] <br> <small>(1892 - 1965)</small>
-|(1872 - 1892)
+|(1950 - 1958)
-|style="background: blue; color: silver"|Federalist Alliance
+|style="background: green; color: red"|Democratic Consensus (PODA/UPP)
 |-
-|colspan=2|First head of state of the Ottonian Federation, and a former leader of the Nationalist forces. Takes office as part of compromise with remaining anti-Nationalist forces to end fighting. Oversaw first national infrastructure and economic projects, including the [[First Ottonian Decade]], a massive public spending program designed to rebuild war-ravaged parts of the country and connect the nation. Died of a heart attack aged 71, only two months before his term was set to expire.
+|colspan=2|The country's first Premier was part of the leadership of the [[United Front (North Ottonia)|United Front]] during the [[Great Ottonian War]] and of the [[Popular Front (North Ottonia)|Popular Front]] during the [[North Ottonian Revolution]], as well as a survivor of the worst of the Great Ottonian War and a long-time labor activist and [[Dunnmaar]] city councilor. After fifteen years of turmoil and upheaval, Baltrsun's steady presence, comforting demeanor, and affable personality helped create a stable, functional government to set the precedent for the [[New Foundation of Ottonia|New Foundation era]], as well as to keep the country calm and deliver a firm defense and counter-attack when the [[United Kingdom of Ottonia|South Ottonian]] [[Karlus Klaussunn|Klausunn regime]] [[Highlands War of 1955/1956|invaded the eastern territories in the winter of 1955 to 1956]]. In the 1958 elections, Baltrsun opted not to seek reelection, and instead supported his popular deputy, [[Eleonur Hendrsun]] for the [[Pan-Ottonian Democratic Alliance|PODA]] premiership nomination.
 |- style="text-align:center"
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-|rowspan=2|[[File:William-Tecumseh-Sherman.jpg|150px]]
+|rowspan=2|[[File:eleonur_hendrsun.png|150px]]
-|rowspan=2|[[Moergyn Grahulm]] <br> <small>(1828 - 1908)</small>
+|rowspan=2|[[Eleonur Hendrsun]] <br> <small>(1914 - 1993)</small>
-|(1892 - 1908)
+|(1959 - 1973)
-|style="background: blue; color: silver"|Federalist Alliance
+|style="background: green; color: red"|Democratic Consensus (PODA/AOPP)
 |-
-|colspan=2|Trusted lieutenant to Filius, a former officer in the Nationalist forces, and de facto head of state to an ailing Filius early in 1892. Continued most of Filius' policies, while also enlarging the Federal Army and Federal Navy, as well as creating the Federal Guard as a national federal police and army reserve system. Implemented the first national health service and was noted for actively working against corporate consolidation and the formation of monopolies. Oversaw the design and completion of the first  true Trans-Allamunnic rail line which ran uninterrupted from Vaalhulmspurt to Aldhuld. Designated first federal public lands. Died in 1908, aged 80, from a consumptive respiratory disease.
+|colspan=2|Eleonur Hendrsun had been one of the standout members of the Baltrsun-and-PODA-led Directorate of 1950-1959, serving at various times as the Director of Housing, the Director of Education, and the Director of Health, achieving excellent results in directing the reforms of the first decade of the FOR's existence, and becoming quite popular with the public, especially as rationing lessened and the country started a march towards prosperity. This, along with your youthful, photogenic image, helped her capture PODA's nomination for the Premiership (with the help of her friend and mentor in Baltrsun) in the 1958 election, and then ride that popularity and PODA's general electoral goodwill to the Premiership proper.
+As Premier, Hendrsun would oversee the continued molding of the FOR into a {{wp|democratic socialism|democratic socialist state}}, establishing a competent and responsive bureaucracy, the easing of tensions between ethnic and religious sectarian groups, and the blooming of North Ottonian civil society. Hendrsun's particularly hands-on role in establishing North Ottonia's robust social safetynets and models of democratic participation would in particular endear her to the general public, and even though Hendrsunn would be defeated in the 1973 election (as would PODA as a whole), her place as an adored public figure and elder statesman for the country had been secured. Arguably no other Premier would command the same personal adoration as Hendrsun from the public.
 |- style="text-align:center"
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-|rowspan=2|[[File:Edith Wilson cropped 2.jpg|150px]]
+|rowspan=2|[[File:|150px]]
-|rowspan=2|[[Teresa Jaal]] <br> <small>(1860 - 1915)</small>
+|rowspan=2|[[Ruger Smyth]] <br> <small>(1935 - 2010)</small>
-|(1908 - 1915)
+|(1974 - 1976)
-|style="background: gray; color: navy blue"|National Front
+|style="background: red; color: yellow"|Revolutionary Front (AOPP/PDP)
 |-
-|colspan=2|A popular member of the [[Federal Assembly]] with ties to numerous wealthy Allamunnae, Jaal was the beneficiary of vigorous lobbying and campaigning by corporate and private benefactors to succeed [[Moergyn Grahulm]]. Jaal was corrupt almost from the start, selling offices to the highest bidders and to loyalists, regardless of qualification. She significantly scaled back anti-trust measures and corporate taxes, and slashed budgets on public works and public assistance programs. Her use of federal troops to break strikes and protests further eroded her support among the military and civil service, and she failed to combat the alliance of the [[House of Sproek]] and the [[House of Kristhulm]]. It is unclear which of these factors lead to her assassination in 1915, at the age of 55, via cyanide poisoning, but regardless, the [[Royalist Revolt]] erupted within weeks of her death.
+|colspan=2|As the growth of the postwar recovery started to slow down and South Ottonia appeared to be on its back foot, a clamor for taking the fight to the old enemy, as well as carrying the ideals of the North Ottonian Revolution abroad more generally, combined with the fragmentation of PODA's big-tent Democratic Consensus coalition, created an opening for the more radical [[All-Ottonian People's Party|AOPP]] and [[Popular Democratic Party (Ottonia)|PDP]] to form a coalition and push the young ideoleague Smyth for the Premiership.
-|- style="text-align:center;"
+Smythe, unfortunately, was relatively inexperienced in high-level politics and, more importantly, in management, and it showed in a generally sloppier administration than the North Ottonian public had become accustomed to under Baltrsun & Hendrsun's administrations. This, combined with the economic lag worsening (largely as a simple result of the slowdown of rebuilding; there was simply less building and producing to do, and it had consequences for the economy) tarnished Smyth's public image, and resulted in the Revolutionary Front coalition of the AOPP & PDP only holding a majority and the Premiership for a single term; Smyth would suffer an electoral drubbing, and infighting would only worsen the Front's position, resulting in a major shift of North Ottonia's electoral politics.
+|- style="text-align:center"
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-|rowspan=2|[[File:GEN Pershing as Chief Of Staff.jpg|150px]]
+|rowspan=2|[[File:|150px]]
-|rowspan=2|[[Otto Kraag]] <br> <small>(1863 - 1930)</small>
+|rowspan=2|[[]] <br> <small>( - )</small>
-|(1915 - 1928)
+|(1977 - 1982)
-|style="background: blue; color: silver"|Federalist Alliance
+|style="background: yellow; color: black"|Reform Movement
 |-
-|colspan=2|Otto Kraag was head of the Federal Army at the time of Jaal's death. Facing an armed insurrection by royalist supporters of self-styled [[Henrik Sproek|Henrik I of Allamunnika]], and his supporters among Sproek and Kristhulm loyalists, Kraag was confirmed Premier by the [[Council of Regents]] three weeks after Jaal's death. Kraag spent the first seven years of his regime organizing the suppression of the [[Royalist Revolt]], ultimately ordering the campaigns that led to the extinction of the [[House of Kristhulm]], the deaths of both pretenders to a proposed pan-Allamunnic monarchy, and the repulsion of an invasion of Onneria by [[Robert of Ghant]], ending in the Ghantish prince's death. Following the end of the war, Kraag set about with an active rebuilding program, as well as carrying out administrative reforms to place tighter federal control over the activities of the Allamunnic state monarchies. Kraag became seriously ill in 1928, receiving a terminal lung cancer diagnosis that led to his resignation that same year in favor of a long-time supporter, one [[Junna Braandur]]. Kraag died out of office early in 1930 at the age of 67.
+|colspan=2|
 |- style="text-align:center;"
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-|rowspan=2|[[File:JunnaBraandur.jpg|150px]]
+|rowspan=2|[[File:|150px]]
-|rowspan=2|[[Junna Braandur]] <br> <small>(1882 - 1934)</small>
+|rowspan=2|[[]] <br> <small>( - )</small>
-|(1928 - 1934)
+|(1983 - 1991)
-|style="background: blue; color: silver"|Federalist Alliance
+|style="background: yellow; color: black"|Reform Movement
 |-
-|colspan=2|A long-time supporter and subordinate of Otto Kraag, Braandur was the Premier's choice to replace him following his resignation. As a life-long public servant and former military officer with significant support within the civil service, Braandur was confirmed relatively easily and went about continuing Kraag's rebuilding programs. Due to the damage wrought by the [[Royalist Revolt]], Braandur forced herself to cut the Federal Armed Forces' budget, angering many former supporters and high-ranking officers. Those budget cuts, along with a tendency to micromanage high command decisions within the Federal Army are quite possibly what led to a 1934 coup which ousted her, led by [[Kaarlus Klaussunn]]. Eight days after the coup, Braandur died under suspicious circumstances at the age of 52, although the regime change ensured that the investigation into her death was perfunctory and reached no solid conclusion.
+|colspan=2|
 |- style="text-align:center;"
 |rowspan=2|6
-|rowspan=2|[[File:Kaarlus_Klaussunn_Portrait.jpg|150px]]
+|rowspan=2|[[File:Andrik_UDaanyl.jpg|150px]]
-|rowspan=2|[[Kaarlus Klaussunn]] <br> <small>(1875 - 1950)</small>
+|rowspan=2|[[Anders U'Daanyl]] <br> <small>(1930 - 2021)</small>
-|(1934 - 1949)
+|(1992 - 2000)
-|style="background: gray; color: navy blue"|National Front
+|style="background: blue; color: white"|Popular Front
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-|colspan=2|Klaussunn was the primary ringleader of the coup that ousted Junna Braandur from office, claiming she was a weak leader leading the country towards destruction. Klaussunn greatly expanded the military's budget and oversaw the expansion of the Federal Guard Service amid rising tensions with [[Ghant]]. In 1935, the forces of [[Nathan III of Ghant]] invaded the Federation's western coast. Klaussunn spent five of the first six years of his premiership overseeing the defense of Allamunnika and the repulsion of both invasions. Although the invasions were repulsed, hundreds of thousands of Allamunnic lives were lost and many of the Federation's most-economically-important cities were severely damaged. Klaussunn undertook a major rebuilding program, awarding sizable contracts to industrialists, Allamunnic corporations, and traditional nobility to undertake the reconstruction work on the government's behalf. He made liberal use of the Federal Guard to silence critics and enemies of his regime, fomenting civil unrest. While the economy began to recover and the cities rose from the rubble, these policies often did little to benefit the majority of the Allamunnic populace, who saw stagnant wages and persistently-terrible living conditions continuing with no real end in sight. This tension culminated in the [[General Strike of 1943]], in which civil servants, students, and laborers walked out of their jobs en masse, bringing the country to a halt. Dissension within the Federal Army and Federal Guard came to a head when soldiers and guardsmen were ordered to use force to break the strike, resulting in armed confrontations between strikers, Klaussunn loyalists, and soldiers and guardsmen on both sides. The situation devolved into the civil war that would become the [[Great Allamunnic Revolution]], with pro-labor forces coalescing under the leadership of [[Eleonur Hendrsunn]], ousting Klaussunn from power in 1949 before trying and executing him for crimes against the Allamunnic people in 1950 at the age of 74.
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-|rowspan=2|[[Eleonur Hendrsunn]] <br> <small>(1912 - 1981)</small>
+|rowspan=2|[[Alicia Rodrigus]] <br> <small>(b. 6/18/1956)</small>
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+|(2001 - 2009)
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-|colspan=2|Eleonur Hendrsunn rose to prominence as one of the civilian leaders of the pro-strike movement during the [[General Strike of 1943]] and the ensuing [[Great Allamunnic Revolution]], first serving as a firebrand and figurehead leader before becoming a key leading figure in the civilian government set up in areas liberated from the Klaussunn regime. In 1949 the revolutionaries succeeded in removing Klaussunn from power and forcing the surrender of the remainder of his government, and Hendrsunn was confirmed by the [[Council of Regents]] in February of 1949. Hendrsunn ordered the public trial of her predecessor, who was executed for his crimes against the Allamunnic people, as well as the trials of other high-ranking figures in the previous regime suspected of war crimes. However, Hendrsunn also notably issued large-scale pardons for soldiers and bureaucrats who had remained loyal to the previous regime, and she undertook another series of rebuilding projects, with efforts made to provide large scale general employment and to spread economic growth among the general populace. Hendrsunn shrunk the Federal Guard while expanding the welfare state and government service programs, all while becoming the first leader since Moergyn Grahulm to make an effort to include the [[Federal Assembly]] in directing legislation and new projects. Widespread employment and the success of the rebuilding programs resulted in an era of national prosperity for the Federation. Hendrsunn also oversaw a detente with Ghant, and helped to begin laying the groundwork for the [[Northern Ajax Treaty Association]]. Hendrsunn remained broadly popular, and saw her term extended in 1969 amid widespread popular and governmental support. Ultimately, she was forced to retire from governing in 1980 amidst failing health, and she died peacefully in 1981 at the age of 69.
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-|rowspan=2|[[Theodur Junnsunn]] <br> <small>(1912 - 1986)</small>
+|rowspan=2|[[Sofya Rudulf]] <br> <small>(b. 10/29/1968)</small>
-|(1980 - 1986)
+|(2010 - 2018)
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-|colspan=2|A former military supporter of the [[Great Allamunnic Revolution]] and a staunch ally of Eleonur Hendrsunn, Theodur Junnsunn was recommended as Hendrsunn's successor at the time of her retirement and was easily confirmed by the [[Council of Regents]]. Although he generally opted to continue Hendrsunn's policies, the slowing of economic growth frustrated him and he found governing to be far more difficult than military administration. Increasingly, Junnsunn found himself relying on a charismatic young member of the Assembly who found his way into a cabinet appointment. By 1985, Junnsunn himself was in poor health, and it was an open secret that that Delegate-turned-Cabinet-member, one [[Eddard Jaal]], was expected to succeed him. Junnsunn died in July of 1986 at the age of 74, and Jaal was easily confirmed his successor.
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-|rowspan=2|[[Eddard Jaal]] <br> <small>(1945 - 2001)</small>
+|rowspan=2|[[Junn Andrsunn]] <br> <small>(b. 2/7/1974)</small>
-|(1991 - 1999)
+|(2019 - present)
-|style="background: gray; color: navy blue"|National Front
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-|colspan=2|Jaal, a great nephew of Premier [[Teresa Jaal]], became Premier with the death of [[Theodur Junnsunn]]. Jaal had already made himself a name based on charismatic speeches, as well as railing against the threat of communism to the east (specifically in Liothidia) and so-called sympathizers at home (generally painting ardent Labor supporters as such), calling for a move to a more pro-business government to renew economic growth that was now solidly in retreat. Although his supporters greeted these calls with enthusiasm, there was substantial pushback among the civil service and lower and working classes against his demonization of unions and public government services, and it became clear that much of his support was drawn from wealthy financiers, industrialists, executives, and the traditional landed nobility. This pushback prompted Jaal to re-expand the Federal Guard for use as a state security service to silence opponents of his regime, while also prompting the beginnings of a descent into paranoia. Starting in 1991, Jaal's personal mannerisms and subjects of his speeches became increasingly erratic, and many officials began to privately question his mental competence. This decline only worsened over the next five years, and by 1996 his paranoia was justified, as leaders in the military and civil service were actively plotting to remove him from power. These plots came to a head in 1999, when several elements of the [[Allamunnic Federal Defense Service]] launched a coup that removed Jaal from power. This sudden removal triggered a civil war between more moderate elements and more radical communist forces backed by neighboring Rietumimark, which would last until 2002. Jaal himself was tried for crimes against the Allamunnic people and was executed in 2001 at the age of 56.
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-|rowspan=2|[[Andrik U'Daanyl]] <br> <small>(1943 - )</small>
+|rowspan=2|[[]] <br> <small>( - )</small>
-|(2000 - 2020)
+|( - )
-|style="background: blue; color: silver"|Federalist Alliance
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-|colspan=2|Andrik U'Daanyl was ultimately selected by the leaders of the coup from among themselves to lead the Federation first through the civil war that followed [[Eddard Jaal]]'s removal from power, then to establish a new, more technocratic government that could reform the Federation's government and restore the people's faith in the system. U'Daanyl was chosen in large part due to his nature as a consensus-builder who had generally avoided self-aggrandizement, along with his pedigree (as a descendant of Captain-General [[Skaadi U'Daanyl]] and his lengthy career of public service. U'Daanyl has over the course of his regime been relatively hands-off, focusing on finding capable subordinates to administer the various areas of Allamunnic public life and service. To that end, he has been mostly successful, overseeing a renewal of the Allamunnic welfare state, public works projects, and extensive anti-corruption efforts meant to combat the endemic corruption that took root during the Jaal regime. U'Daanyl has also been careful to leave substantial authority to the [[Federal Assembly]] and local governments (specifically at the prefectural level) while attempting to circumvent the monarchist state governments in many cases. U'Daanyl is the current Premier of the Federation as of 2018.
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