Halivar ministry
Halivar ministry | |
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| File:Estmere.png 38th ministry of the Commonwealth of Estmere | |
 Zoe Halivar | |
| Date formed | 3 June 2021 |
| People | |
| President | Alice Roberts |
| Prime Minister | Zoe Halivar |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Andrew Thompson |
| No. of ministers | 23 |
| Member party | |
| Status in legislature | Minority 253 / 600 (42%)
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| Opposition party | |
| 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 were considered visible 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
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 entire 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.
| Investiture Zoe Halivar (PSD) | ||
| Ballot → | 3 June 2021 | |
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| Required majority → | 301 out of 600 
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Yes
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330 / 600
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251 / 600
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19 / 600
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| Absentees | 0 / 600
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| Sources: Parliament of Estmere | ||
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