Prime Minister of Aurisia
| Prime Minister of Aurisia | |
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| File:Coat of arms of Aurisia.svg | |
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| Aurisian Government | |
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| Status | Head of government |
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| Reports to | House of Representatives |
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| Seat | Koloberra |
| Appointer | Governor-General |
| Term length | At the Governor-General's pleasure |
| Formation | January 1, 1905 |
| First holder | Edmund Hallingsworth |
| Deputy | Deputy Prime Minister |
| Salary | A$564,360 annually (2022) |
| Website | pm.gov.au |
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The Prime Minister of Aurisia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Aurisia. Formally appointed by the Governor-General under the Westhaughton system, the Prime Minister heads the executive branch of the Aurisian federal government, with the majority confidence in the House of Representatives. As such, the Prime Minister typically sits as a member of Parliament (MP) and leads the largest party or coalition. Prime ministers do not have a set duration or number of terms, but an individual's term generally ends when their political party loses a federal election, or they lose or relinquish the leadership of their party.
Melinda Thayer of the Labor Party is the ??th and current Prime Minister. She took office on May 20, 2019.
Executive power is formally vested in the monarch and exercised by the Governor-General on advice from government ministers, who are nominated by the Prime Minister and form the Federal Executive Council. The most senior ministers form the federal cabinet itself, which the Prime Minister chairs. Administrative support is provided by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. The prime minister has two official residences: The Lodge in Koloberra and Kirirenga House in Keatney, as well as an office at Parliament House.
??? people have served as Prime Minister, the first of whom was ??? taking office on January 1, 1905, following Federation. The longest-serving Prime Minister was Robert Menzies, who served over 18 years, and the shortest-serving was ???, who served one week. There is no legislated line of succession, however convention determines that the Governor-General shall commission the Deputy Prime Minister on a caretaker basis in the event of a vacancy.
Constitutional basis and appointment
Powers and duties
Amenities of office
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Since the office's establishment in 1905, ??? men and two women have served as Prime Minister. Robert Menzies and ??? served two non-consecutive terms in office whilst ??? served three non-consecutive terms. There are currently ??? living former prime ministers. The most recent former prime minister to die was ???, on May 16, 2016.
The prime ministership of ???, who was prime minister for seven days in 19??, was the shortest in Aurisian history. Menzies served the longest, with eighteen years over two non-consecutive periods.
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) Constituency |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Sir Edmund Hallingsworth | 1905 | January 1, 1905 | September 26, 1907 | 2 years, 268 days | Protectionist | Hallingsworth | |
| 2 | Albert Deakin | 1907 | September 26, 1907 | September 23, 1909 | 2 years, 58 days | 1st Deakin | ||
| 3 | James Griffiths | 1909 | September 23, 1909 | April 7, 1913 | 3 years, 197 days | Labor | 1st Griffiths | |
| 4 | Chris Wells | 1913 | April 7, 1913 | July 29, 1914 | 478 days | Liberal | Wells | |