Prime Minister of the Erishlands
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| Confederal Minister for the Erish Realm | |
|---|---|
| Bondsyegnen Ärscrejcem | |
 Flag of the Erishlands | |
.jpg) Eric Geralcson since 3 January 2021 | |
| Realm Cabinet Confederal Affairs Bureau Confederal Council | |
| Style | The Honorable |
| Status | Federal head of government Presiding officer |
| Abbreviation | R.Y. |
| Member of | Realm Cabinet Realm Diet Confederal Council |
| Residence | Realm Embassy, Fzorzborg |
| Nominator | Senators of the Realm Diet |
| Appointer | The Queen Appointed on advice of majority of Senators |
| Term length | No term limits The prime minister serves at the confidence of the Senators of the Realm Diet. |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of the Erish Confederation |
| Precursor | Realm Minister |
| Inaugural holder | Grejme Yorfaltson (Realm Minister) |
| Formation | 3 January 1840 |
| Unofficial names | Realm Minister |
| Salary | Ƕ214,000 |
The Confederal Minister for the Erish Realm (Erish: Bondsyegnen Ärscrejcem), also officially and commonly referred to in the Erishlands as the Realm Minister (Erish: Rejcesyegnen), and also known in English as the prime minister of the Erishlands, is the head of government in the Erishlands. The Erish prime minister chairs both the Realm Cabinet and the Confederal Council, and represents the former to the latter. The Realm Minister was not originally head of government, but instead later gained the de facto and then de jure status as one. They are required to, like all other Cabinet ministers, be a member of the Realm Diet, and are specifically required to be a Senator.
The Constitution of 1839 established the Realm Minister as a member of the Realm Cabinet, but left all other ministers to be established by legislation. Despite this unique status, the Realm Minister was not head of government, which the Constitution originally established to be the Cabinet as a collective body; though influential, they were just the cabinet minister in charge of representing it to the Confederal Council. Their stature in the Cabinet grew over time, until their status as head of government was constitutionalized in 1897. In comparison to other prime ministers, the Erish prime minister still has fairly limited power.
Unlike many prime ministers, the Erish prime minister, as well as all other ministers of the Realm Cabinet, is not accountable to the entirety of the Erish lower house, the Realm Diet. Instead, they must only be nominated by and keep the confidence of the majority of the Senators of the Realm Diet; in practice, the prime minister is always the leader of the Government (majority party of Senators). By tradition, an Erish prime minister whose Government loses an election immediately resigns along with the rest of the Cabinet, and helps nominate the Opposition Cabinet instead of waiting for the next term to begin.
Senator Eric Geralcson of the Democrats (FS) has been the prime minister since 6 December 2020, after his Royalist predecessor Ulle Naesz and her cabinet, in response to the results of the 2020 federal election, resigned and joined in nominating him and his Opposition Cabinet as the new Realm Cabinet.
History
Under the original constitution of 1839, the Erish federal government lacked a singular office that filled the role of head of government. The one constitutionally established minister of the Realm Cabinet, the Realm Minister, was the Confederal Minister for the federal cabinet to the Confederal Council, much like the Land Ministers (Erish: Landsyegnes) represent the state cabinets in the Council. They were, and even to an extent still are, just the ambassador of the federal government in the Council.