Halivar ministry

Halivar ministry
File:Estmere.png 38th ministry of the Commonwealth of Estmere
Zoe Halivar
Date formed	3 June 2021 (2021-06-03)
People
President	Alice Roberts
Prime Minister	Zoe Halivar
Deputy Prime Minister	Andy Thompson
No. of ministers	23
Member party	PSD
Status in legislature	Minority 253 / 600 (42%)
Opposition party	SDU
Opposition leader	Reginald Wilton-Smyth (2021) Tristan Gardner (since 2021)
History
Election(s)	2021
Predecessor	Wilton-Smyth II

The Halivar ministry is the thirty-eighth and current government of the Commonwealth of Estmere. It was formed on 3 June 2021, following the 2021 election and its investiture by Parliament. It is headed by Zoe Halivar as Prime Minister, and consists of 23 members, of which 5 of are non-voting members. This figure only includes Secretaries of State and ministers who attend cabinet meetings, it does not include ministers who do not attend.

Halivar boasted that her ministry was "a reflection of modern-day Estmere", arguing that the ministers attending cabinet were representative of Estmerish society. When it was sworn in, it made several historic firsts; it was the first gender-balanced cabinet in Estmerish history, with 11 men and 11 women, and the first to appoint a minister who identifies outside of the gender binary and as transgender. It broke several records for inclusivity, with ministers 19 who attended comprehensives, 6 who belonged to ethnic minorities, and 3 who were LGBT+.

The Progressive Social Democrats also claimed this was a "cabinet of experts", and that each minister was qualified in their field, but this has been subject to scrutiny and some of the qualifications in question are only tangentally related to their office.

Investiture

See also: 2021 Estmerish general election

The Halivar ministry was invested on the 3 June 2021, with a minority government of the Progressive Social Democrats counting on the support of the Greens, the Left Party, Vox Estmere and future.es in the form of confidence and supply. Five MPs from the Reform Party and the entirity of the nationalities parliamentary group - PS, Ensemblle, ADA - abstained on the investiture. One MP from the Left Party broke the party whip to vote against the investiture.

Cabinet composition

← Halivar ministry → 3 June 2021−present
Political party		Progressive Social Democrats
		Non-partisan
Office	Minister
Prime Minister		Zoe Halivar
Deputy Prime Minister		Andy Thompson
Senior Secretaries of State
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs		Zac Chapman
Secretary of State for the Treasury		Jo Pierce
Secretary of State for Home Affairs		Cynthia Wheeler
Secretaries of State
Secretary of State for Defence		Karen Hunter
Secretary of State for Justice		Kit Marshall
Secretary of State for Labour, Business and Social Dialogue		Allie Luddington
Secretary of State for Health and Social Affairs		Rȯs Sċortiġe
Secretary of State for Energy and Natural Gas		Vara Varun
Secretary of State for Education and Youth Affairs
Secretary of State for Commerce and International Trade		Louis Lynch-Staunton
Secretary of State for Housing and Development		Michael Miller
Secretary of State for Transport
Secretary of State for Agriculture, Environment, Conservation and Rural Affairs
Secretary of State for Intergovernmental Affairs and Communities		Harvey Hassan
Secretary of State for Equalities and Inclusion		Danielle Wood
Secretary of State for Culture, Sport and Media		Stacy Brown
Non-voting ministers
Leader of the Chamber of Peers		Peer Bendix Klindworth
Leader of the Chamber of Commons		Catherine Tatchell
Secretary of State for the Euclean Community		John Harrison
Chief Whip
Attorney General		Rhianna Hampton

See also

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