Prime Minister of Besmenia

Prime Minster of the Federal Republic of Besmenia
Ministerpräsident der Bundesrepublik Besmenien
Incumbent Richard Benkel since 8 May 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.

Election

Similar to the President of Besmenia, 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	Cabinet
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 (1888-1981)	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 (1899-1964)	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 (1917-1995)	17 June 1962	7 September 1964	2 years, 82 days	Besmenian People's Party	Butz (1962-1964)
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7		Johannes Schmidt (1908-2003)	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	File:Robert Gleitzmann2.png	Robert Gleitzmann (1915-1999)	4 September 1972	1 September 1980	7 years, 363 days	Besmenian People's Party	Gleitzmann I (1972-1976) Gleitzmann II (1976-1980)
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9		Martin Beiter (1945-1991)	1 September 1980	5 February 1991 †	10 years, 157 days	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	Beiter I (1980-1984) Beiter II (1984-1988) Beiter III (1988-1991)
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10		Kurt Stöger (1933-2021)	15 February 1991	21 September 1992	1 year, 219 days	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	Stöger (1991-1992)
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11		Erik Tautenbach (1937-2019)	21 September 1992	2 October 2000	8 years, 11 days	Besmenian People's Party	Tautenbach I (1992-1996) Tautenbach II (1996-2000)
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12		Laura Kummstein (1950-)	2 October 2000	24 September 2012	11 years, 358 days	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	Kummstein I (2000-2004) Kummstein II (2004-2008) Kummstein III (2008-2012)
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13		Theodor Sidemann (1969-)	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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14		Richard Benkel (1957-)	8 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 204 days	Independent	Benkel (2021-)
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Trivia

Term of office

Heinz Dimmler served the longest with a term of 16 years. Kurt Stöger served the shortest time with a term of about 19 months.

Living former prime ministers of Besmenia

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  Laura Kummstein (age 74)
  (2000–2012)

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  Theodor Sidemann (age 55)
  (2012–2021)