Prime Minister of Batsweda
| Prime Minister of Batsweda رئيس وزراء البهودة | |
|---|---|
| Office of the Prime Minister | |
| Style | The Right Honourable (formal) Prime Minister (informal) |
| Abbreviation | PM |
| Member of | Cabinet, National Assembly |
| Reports to | National Assembly |
| Residence | Constitution House, Hamptons |
| Seat | Parliament House, Jakasse |
| Appointer | Presidency with the confidence of the National Assembly |
| Term length | No fixed term |
| Constituting instrument | Constitution of Batsweda |
| Precursor | Danya of the Pepper Coast |
| Inaugural holder | Joseph Baa |
| Formation | November 11, 1960 |
| Salary | ₲8,500,000 |
| Website | www.pm.bd |
The Prime Minister of Batsweda (Sahrabic: رئيس وزراء البهودة, Raiys wuzarāʾ āl-Bahūda) is the head of government of Batsweda. The prime minister's main responsibility is to head the central government, and is considered the highest legislative position in the country. Since 2022, the current prime minister is Samuel Nyantah, acting in an interim role since the outbreak of the Third Batswedan Civil War.
Role
As per the 2002 constitution, the prime minister's primary role is to head the government of Batsweda, and act as a both an appointer and representative of the cabinet. The prime minister is responsible for declaring the mandates of their ministries, overseeing the functions of their cabinet, and retaining the confidence of the National Assembly in the government.
The prime minister is officially appointed by the Presidency after a successful vote of confidence by the National Assembly, and can remain in the office as long as they can ensure legislative support. Prime ministers can be legally removed through resignation, an act of no confidence in their government, or by a successful act of impeachment.
History
The position of prime minister was first defined in the original 1960 constitution of the People's Republic of Batsweda, and first held by Joseph Baa under his provisional Committee of National Liberation Baa would reamin in the position until the end of the First Batswedan Civil War in 1969, where General Maajid al-Salek would temporarily head a military-backed transitional government until the official dissolvement of the prime minister's office in June 1969 after the passing of a new constitution enacting a presidential republic.
The role of prime minister was re-created with extremely reduced powers in 1982, after the formal declaration of the Kingdom of Batsweda. With the country still until military rule, James Rao, a right-hand lieutenant of al-Salek, would hold the de facto ceremonial position until the outbreak of the Second Batswedan Civil War in 1992. From then until 2002, the role of prime minister was headed on an interim basis until the end of the civil war.
With the enactment of the Jakasse Peace Accords in 2002, the prime minister's office returned to its place as the highest legislative position in Batsweda under a parliamentary republic. In 2022, after a military coup d'état and the start of the Third Batswedan Civil War, the position has returned to an interim statis under the Council of Transitional Governance, currently headed by General Samuel Nyantah.
List of prime ministers
- Political parties
- Other factions
- Status
People's Republic of Batsweda (1960–1969)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | 
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Joseph Baa (1908–1969) |
— | 11 November 1960 | 12 February 1969 (executed) |
8 years, 93 days | Communist Party of Batsweda (Batswedan Popular Front) |
Committee of National Liberation (BPF) |
| 1961 | Baa I (BPF) | |||||||
| 1965 | Baa II (BPF) | |||||||
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Maajid al-Salek (1925–2012) |
— | 12 February 1969 | 24 June 1969 | 132 days | Military | Government for National Unity (Military) |
Kingdom of Batsweda (1982–2002)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 2 | 
|
James Rao (1938–1999) |
— | 7 March 1982 | 15 April 1992 (deposed) |
10 years, 39 days | National Congress Party | Rao I (NCP) |
| 1983 | Rao II (NCP) | |||||||
| 1989 | Rao III (NCP) | |||||||
| — | 
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Phillip Adongo (born 1965) |
— | 15 April 1992 | 1 August 1993 | 1 year, 108 days | Military | Provisional Government for Stability and Unity (Military) |
| — | 
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Suliman Twumasi (1932–1999) |
— | 1 August 1993 | 18 November 1999 (assassinated) |
6 years, 109 days | Military | |
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John Odhiambo (born 1941) |
— | 18 November 1999 | 27 September 2002 | 2 years, 313 days | Military | |
Republic of Batsweda (2002–present)
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Government | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
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Ibrahim Nyarko (1933–2018) |
— | 27 September 2002 | 2 March 2003 | 156 days | Independent | Round Table Cabinet (ARC–COTOB–PAJU–UDP) |
| 3 | 
|
Mariam Akoto (1947–2011) |
2003 | 2 March 2003 | 24 December 2011 (assassinated) |
8 years, 297 days | Union of Democracy and Progress | Akoto I (ARC–UDP) |
| Akoto II (UDP–CPB) | ||||||||
| 2006 | Akoto III (UDP–PAJU–CPB) | |||||||
| 2010 | Akoto IV (UDP–UDA) | |||||||
| 4 | 
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Hasan Gyan (born 1964) |
— | 24 December 2011 | 14 January 2013 | 1 year, 21 days | Union of Democracy and Progress | Gyan (UDP–UDA) |
| 5 | 
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Muhamed Donkor (born 1944) |
— | 14 January 2013 | 24 June 2018 | 5 years, 161 days | Coalition for the Transformation of Batsweda | Donkor I (COTOB–UDA–MSV) |
| 2014 | Donkor II (COTOB–UDA) | |||||||
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Martin Clark (born 1960) |
2018 | 24 June 2018 | 16 August 2021 (impeached) |
3 years, 53 days | Union of Democracy and Progress | Clark (UDP–CLD–NRM–GPB) |
| 7 | 
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Abena Mmorosa (born 1978) |
— | 16 August 2021 | 22 May 2022 (deposed) |
279 days | Union of Democracy and Progress | Mmorosa (UDP–CLD–NRM–GPB) |
| — | 
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Samuel Nyantah (born 1968) |
— | 22 May 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 210 days | Military | Council of Transitional Governance (Military) |
List of living former Prime Ministers
As of 2024, six former Prime Ministers are still alive. The last Prime Minister to pass away was Ibrahim Nyarko in 2018, at the age of 85.
John Odhiambo (acting)
Served 1999–2002
Born 1941 (age 83)
Muhamed Donkor
Served 2013–2018
Born 1946 (age 78)
Martin Clark
Served 2018–2021
Born 1960 (age 64)
Hasan Gyan
Served 2011–2013
Born 1964 (age 60)
Phillip Adongo (acting)
Served 1992–1993
Born 1965 (age 59)
Abena Mmorosa
Served 2021–2022
Born 1978 (age 46)
