Prime Minister of Saint-Baptiste
| Prime Minister of Saint-Jean-Baptiste | |
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| Premier ministre de Saint-Jean-Baptiste | |
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| Office of the Prime Minister | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Member of | Cabinet of Saint-Baptiste |
| Residence | Place Rose, Port-Anne |
| Nominator | Chamber of Deputies |
| Appointer | President of Saint-Baptiste |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Saint-Baptiste |
| Inaugural holder | Claude-Antoine Bachelet |
| Formation | 1 July 1947 |
| Salary | $85,000 annual |
| Website | www.pm.sb |
The Prime Minister of Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Principean: Premier ministre de Saint-Jean-Baptiste) is the head of government of Saint-Baptiste. The Prime Minister heads the Baptistois government, and is considered the highest legislative position in the country. The current Prime Minister is Robert Ménard, since 2022.
History
The role of Prime Minister originated in Saint-Baptiste's 1947 constitution, replacing the similar position of President of the Territorial Council (Principean: Président du Conseil Territorial) that led the colonial Territorial Council of Saint-Baptiste between 1930 and 1947. Despite de jure being a stronger position than the mostly symbolic role of President, between 1950 and 1984 the Prime Minister was de facto subservient to the President under the authoritarian Bachelet regime. With democratization in the 1980s and a new constitution in 1986, the position of Prime Minister would re-emerge as a stronger legislative role as the official head of government.
Role
The Prime Minister, as leader of the government, sets out the country's policies and goals for the Chamber's term, as well as providing leadership in the country's day-to-day administration. A perspective Prime Minister is first nominated by the Chamber of Deputies, in all prior cases from the largest party in the legislature. The nominated candidate is then officially appointed by the president to form a government. A governing cabinet is then selected by the Prime Minister and granted support by the Chamber. As much of the Prime Minister's power is kept by having majority support in the Chamber of Deputies, a failure to keep that support can mean a vote of no confidence in a Prime Minister and the resignation of the cabinet, including the possibility of a snap election if a government cannot be formed in twelve days.
List of Prime Ministers
Presidents of the Territorial Council (1930-1947)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Monarch (Term) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Claude-Antoine Bachelet Deputy for Sainte-Anne (1893–1984) |
1930 | 1 November 1930 |
1 July 1947 |
16 years, 242 days | Constitutional Party | William VI (1930–1947) |
| 1936 | ||||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||
Prime Ministers (1947-Present)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | President (Term) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 |
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Claude-Antoine Bachelet Deputy for Port-Anne Est (1893–1984) |
1947 | 1 July 1947 |
20 April 1950 |
2 years, 293 days | National Constitutional Party | Séverin Jaccoud (1947–1950) |
| 2 | 
|
Jean-Charles D'Aboville Deputy for Port-Anne Sud (1901–1978) |
— | 20 April 1950 |
17 March 1958 |
7 years, 331 days | Claude-Antoine Bachelet (1950–1984) | |
| 1951 | ||||||||
| 1955 | ||||||||
| 3 | 
|
Gaspard Abbadie Deputy for Port-Anne Est (1921–1973) |
— | 17 March 1958 |
2 September 1973 (died in office) |
15 years, 169 days | ||
| 1959 | ||||||||
| 1963 | ||||||||
| 1967 | ||||||||
| 1971 | ||||||||
| 4 | 
|
Élie Bettencourt Deputy for Sainte-Marie (1906–1980) |
— | 2 September 1973 |
25 July 1980 (died in office) |
6 years, 327 days | ||
| 1975 | ||||||||
| 1979 | ||||||||
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Édouard Bachelet Deputy for Fort-Royal (1926–2011) |
— | 25 July 1980 |
15 March 1984 |
3 years, 234 days | ||
| 1983 | ||||||||
| Vacant under National Transitional Government (15 March 1984 – 24 April 1986) | ||||||||
| 6 | 
|
Cyrille Bachelet Deputy for Port-Anne Ouest (born 1943) |
1986 | 24 April 1986 |
31 May 1992 |
6 years, 37 days | People's Action Party | Samuel Lucy (1986–1992) |
| 1990 | ||||||||
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Jean-Pierre Boisselot Deputy for Patois (1937–2018) |
— | 31 May 1992 |
21 April 1994 |
1 year, 325 days | Cyrille Bachelet (1992–2004) | |
| 8 | 
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Joseph Morin Deputy for Le Rocher (born 1952) |
1994 | 21 April 1994 |
5 September 2000 |
6 years, 137 days | Saint-Baptiste Labour Party | |
| 1998 | ||||||||
| 9 | 
|
Emmanuel Ménard Deputy for Pointe-à-L'anse (born 1944) |
2000 | 5 September 2000 |
10 September 2008 |
8 years, 5 days | People's Action Party | |
| 2004 | Jean-Marc Granet (2004–2010) | |||||||
| 10 | 
|
Paul Chappelle Deputy for Saint-Antoine (born 1961) |
2008 | 10 September 2008 |
4 September 2012 |
3 years, 360 days | Saint-Baptiste Labour Party | |
| Emmanuel Ménard (2010–2022) | ||||||||
| 11 | 
|
Marc-Antoine Vernier Deputy for Port-Anne Centre (born 1963) |
2012 | 4 September 2012 |
8 June 2022 |
9 years, 277 days | People's Action Party | |
| 2016 | ||||||||
| 2020 | ||||||||
| 12 | 
|
Robert Ménard Deputy for Pointe-à-L'anse (born 1977) |
— | 8 June 2022 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 154 days | Victor Azaïs (2022–present) | |
List of living former Prime Ministers
As of 2022, five former Prime Ministers are still alive. The last Prime Minister to pass away was Jean-Pierre Boisselot in 2018, at the age of 81.
Cyrille Bachelet
Served 1986-1992
Born 1943 (age 81)
Emmanuel Ménard
Served 2000-2008
Born 1944 (age 80)
Joseph Morin
Served 1994-2000
Born 1952 (age 71)
Paul Chappelle
Served 2008-2012
Born 1961 (age 63)
Marc-Antoine Vernier
Served 2012-2022
Born 1963 (age 60)
