Premier of Besmenia

Prime Minster of the Federal Republic of Besmenia
Ministerpräsident der Bundesrepublik Besmenien
File:Elisabeth Rademacher2022.png Incumbent Elisabeth Rademacher since 9 September 2021
Status	Head of Government
Residence	Federal House
Nominator	President of Besmenia
Term length	4 years, renewable
Constituting instrument	Basic Law of Besmenia
Formation	2 July 1920
Deputy	Vice Prime Minister of Besmenia
Salary	260,000 BS annually

The Prime Minister of Besmenia (Besmenian: Ministerpräsident von Besmenien) is the head of government in the Federal Republic of Besmenia.

Together with the federal ministers, he forms the Besmenian government. According to the Basic Law, the Besmenian Prime Minister determines the guidelines for politics. In practice, however, he must take into account the ideas of his own party and the coalition partners. He is also considered to be the most powerful Besmenian politician in the country, even though he is third in the protocolary ranking. The Prime Minister proposes the Federal Ministers to the President. Without this proposal, the President cannot appoint anyone as Federal Minister. Without the participation of the President, the Prime Minister appoints one of the Federal Ministers as his official deputy, who is officially referred to as Vice Prime Minister.

The current Prime Minister is Elisabeth Rademacher (BVP). She was elected as the 16th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Besmenia on September 9, 2021 and was subsequently appointed by the President. She is at the head of a coalition made up of BVP, SDU and GPB.

Election

Similar to the President, there are three rules that a Prime Minister candidate must adhere to.

• The Prime Minister candidate must be a citizen of Besmenia
• The Prime Minister candidate must be at least 28 years old
• The Prime Minister candidate must have lived in Besmenia for at least 15 years

The Prime Minister candidate is nominated and confirmed by his political party for the four-year federal election.

Residence

The Federal House

The Prime Minister's office and residence has been in the Federal House since 1973. The Federal House was built between 1969 and 1973 on Leina Island in the Mitte district in Laitstadt. After the construction was completed in May 1973, Robert Gleitzmann moved into the Federal House in September 1973 as the first Prime Minister. It replaced Bertrecht's Palace as the seat of the Prime Minister from 1920-1973. The building also houses a private apartment for the Prime Minister and his family. The private apartment is voluntary, which means that the Prime Minister can decide for himself whether he will use it or not. So far Kurt Stöger, Theodor Sidemann and Richard Benkel have waived the private apartment of the Federal House.

List of Prime Minsters of Besmenia since 1920

No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Years and days	Party	Government
1		Robert Falk (1872-1955)	2 July 1920	1 September 1924	4 years, 61 days	Besmenian Democratic Party	Falk (1920-1924)
			Robert Falk was elected provisional prime minister by the East Besmenia transitional government. After the 1920 federal election in August 1920, Falk was confirmed in office. After the election he formed a coalition with the SDU. His term of office was shaped by the poor position of the East Besmenia at the time. He and his cabinet were accused of failing to tackle poverty during this period.
2		Heinz Dimmler (1871-1965)	1 September 1924	2 September 1940	16 years, 1 day	Besmenian People's Party	Dimmler I (1924-1928) Dimmler II (1928-1932) Dimmler III (1932-1936) Dimmler IV (1936-1940)
			The basic goal of Dimmler and the BVP in the 1924 election campaign was the introduction of the social market economy in East Besmenia.
3		Friedrich Bock (1888-1979)	2 September 1940	4 September 1944	4 years, 2 days	Besmenian People's Party	Bock (1940-1944)
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4		Albrecht Neumann (1878-1969)	4 September 1944	3 September 1956	11 years, 365 days	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	Neumann I (1944-1948) Neumann II (1948-1952) Neumann III (1952-1956)
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5		Günther Brecht (1896-1964)	3 September 1956	17 June 1962	5 years, 287 days	Besmenian People's Party	Brecht I (1956-1960) Brecht II (1960-1962)
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6		Wolfgang Butz (1897-1975)	17 June 1962	7 September 1964	2 years, 82 days	Besmenian People's Party	Butz (1962-1964)
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7		Johannes Schmidt (1908-1996)	7 September 1964	4 September 1972	7 years, 363 days	Social Democratic Union	Schmidt I (1964-1968) Schmidt II (1968-1972)
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8		Robert Gleitzmann (1915-1999)	4 September 1972	6 October 1980	8 years, 32 days	Besmenian People's Party	Gleitzmann I (1972-1976) Gleitzmann II (1976-1980)
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9		Martin Beiter (1945-1991)	6 October 1980	5 May 1991 †	10 years, 211 days	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	Beiter I (1980-1981) Beiter II (1981-1985) Beiter III (1985-1989) Beiter IV (1989-1991)
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10		Kurt Stöger (1933-2021)	15 May 1991	25 September 1993	2 years, 133 days	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	Stöger (1991-1993)
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11		Erik Tautenbach (1937-2019)	25 September 1993	1 October 2001	8 years, 6 days	Besmenian People's Party	Tautenbach I (1993-1997) Tautenbach II (1997-2001)
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12		Laura Kummstein (1950-)	1 October 2001	25 January 2011	9 years, 116 days	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	Kummstein I (2001-2005) Kummstein II (2005-2009) Kummstein III (2009-2011)
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13		Jörg Rautenberg (1960-)	1 February 2011	24 September 2012	1 year, 236 days	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	Rautenberg (2010-2012)
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14		Theodor Sidemann (1968-)	24 September 2012	8 May 2021	8 years, 226 days	Besmenian People's Party	Sidemann I (2012-2016) Sidemann II (2016-2020) Sidemann III (2020-2021)
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15		Richard Benkel (1957-)	8 May 2021	9 September 2021	124 days	Independent	Benkel (2021)
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16	File:Elisabeth Rademacher2022.png	Elisabeth Rademacher (1977-)	9 September 2021	Incument	3 years, 100 days	Besmenian People's Party	Rademacher (2021-)
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Living former prime ministers of Besmenia

• 

  Laura Kummstein (age 74)
  (2001–2011)

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  Jörg Rautenberg (age 64)
  (2011–2012)

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  Theodor Sidemann (age 56)
  (2012–2021)

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  Richard Benkel (age 67)
  (2021)

Statistics

Prime Minister	Date of birth	Assumed office (first term)	Age at ascension (first term)	Time in office (total)	Left office (last term)	Age at retirement (last term)	Length of retirement	Date of death	Lifespan
Robert Falk	5 April 1872	2 July 1920	48 years, 88 days	4 years, 71 days	11 September 1924	52 years, 159 days	30 years, 127 days	16 January 1955	82 years, 286 days
Heinz Dimmler	14 April 1871	11 September 1924	53 years, 150 days	16 years, 5 days	16 September 1940	69 years, 155 days	22 years, 293 days	6 July 1963	91 years, 83 days
Friedrich Bock	9 April 1888	16 September 1940	52 years, 160 days	4 years, 10 days	26 September 1944	56 years, 173 days	34 years, 182 days	17 March 1979	90 years, 342 days
Albrecht Neumann	22 October 1878	26 September 1944	65 years, 340 days	11 years, 346 days	6 September 1956	77 years, 320 days	13 years, 6 days	12 September 1969	90 years, 325 days
Günther Brecht	28 March 1896	6 September 1956	60 years, 162 days	5 years, 284 days	17 June 1962	66 years, 81 days	23 years, 351 days	3 June 1986	90 years, 67 days
Wolfgang Butz	8 December 1897	17 June 1962	64 years, 191 days	2 years, 82 days	7 September 1964	66 years, 274 days	11 years, 50 days	27 October 1975	89 years, 323 days
Johannes Schmidt	31 May 1908	7 September 1964	56 years, 99 days	8 years, 20 days	27 September 1972	64 years, 119 days	23 years, 323 days	15 August 1996	88 years, 76 days
Robert Gleitzmann	23 February 1915	27 September 1972	57 years, 217 days	8 years, 9 days	6 October 1980	65 years, 226 days	19 years, 46 days	21 November 1999	84 years, 271 days
Martin Beiter	10 January 1945	6 October 1980	35 years, 270 days	10 years, 211 days	5 May 1991	46 years, 115 days	0	5 May 1991	46 years, 115 days
Kurt Stöger	17 July 1933	15 May 1991	57 years, 302 days	2 years, 133 days	25 September 1993	60 years, 70 days	27 years, 218 days	1 May 2021	87 years, 288 days
Erik Tautenbach	8 February 1937	25 September 1993	56 years, 229 days	8 years, 4 days	1 October 2001	64 years, 235 days	17 years, 361 days	27 September 2019	82 years, 231 days
Laura Kummstein	5 March 1950	1 October 2001	51 years, 210 days	9 years, 116 days	25 January 2011	60 years, 326 days	13 years, 328 days	Living	74 years, 288 days (Living)
Jörg Rautenberg	22 April 1960	1 February 2011	50 years, 285 days	1 year, 236 days	24 September 2012	52 years, 155 days	12 years, 85 days	Living	64 years, 240 days (Living)
Theodor Sidemann	13 July 1968	24 September 2012	44 years, 73 days	8 years, 226 days	8 May 2021	52 years, 299 days	3 years, 224 days	Living	56 years, 158 days (Living)
Richard Benkel	25 March 1957	8 May 2021	64 years, 44 days	124 days	9 September 2021	64 years, 168 days	3 years, 100 days	Living	67 years, 268 days (Living)
Elisabeth Rademacher	30 September 1977	9 September 2021	43 years, 344 days	3 years, 100 days	Incumbent	Incumbent	Incumbent	Living	47 years, 79 days (Living)