Chancellor of Gemma Insulam
| Chancellor of Principality of Gemma Insulam | |
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[[File:[img] Incumbent [/img]|frameless|border]]Hubert Maxwell since 2017 | |
| Style | Chancellor (informal) The Right Honourable (Gemma Insulam) His Excellency (international) |
| Status | Head of Government |
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| Reports to | House of Commons and the Monarch |
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| Seat | Parliament of Gemma Insulam |
| Nominator | Liberal Party of Gemma Insulam |
| Appointer | The Monarch The incumbent monarch appoints the person who commands the confidence of the House of Commons |
| Term length | At Their Royal Highness's Pleasure While commanding the confidence of the majority of the House of Commons. No term limits are imposed on the office. |
The Chancellor of the Gemma Insulam is the head of government of the Gemma Insulam. The Chancellor leads the cabinet and the ruling party in parliament while remaining accountable to the monarch.
The Chancellor was not established into law until 1902. Until then the Chancellor was largely a constitutional convention where the party in parliament with the most seats was asked by the monarch to form a government in their name. The Constitutional Monarchy Act established the Chancellor into law along expectations of the constitutional conventions.
Authority & Powers
As the chair of cabinet, leader of the party with the most seats in parliament, and provisions of the Constitutional Monarchy Act the Chancellor is the head of government of Gemma Insulam.
As the chief executive in government, the Chancellor enjoys to privilege of recommending government appointments to the monarch, by convention all recommendations are accepted by the monarch. The highest appointments the Chancellor may make are Secretaries of the Crown and justices to the Supreme Court. The Chancellor maintains the right to refuse to submit senior civil servant recommendations to the monarch from Secretaries of the Crown
While the role of commander-in-chief rest in the monarch, the Chancellor, with the support of the Secretary of Defence, may declare war and move troops as deemed within the interest of the nation.
At the leader of the party with the most seat in parlaiment, the Chancellor maintains the power to guide all legislative actions of the house and government policy therein.
Precedence, Privileges and Form of Address
The Chancellor is outranks of digniaties besides members of the royal family and senior ecclesiastical figures.
While in office, the Chancellors enjoys use of 10 Downsview Road as the Official Residence of the Chancellor and Chancellor's Lodge as the Official Country Residence of the Chancellor. Additionally, the Chancellor has access to a comperhenisve transportation fleets of ground, air, and sea vessels.
Upon appointed Chancellor, the incumbent is made a member of the Privy Council of Gemmba Insulam and enjoyes the style of The Right Honourable and post-nominal of PC.