List of Chancellors of Sydalon
The de facto head of government of the Kingdom of Sydalon since 1921, is the Chancellor. Though the office of Chancellor of Sydalon has existed in various forms since the country's formation, 19 individuals have served as Chancellor since the 1920. The longest serving head of government was Belandra de Magro, Lady de Magro, who served from 1975 until 1992 for a total 17 years; the shortest official term was held by Adeodata Saabi, who served for three months from October 2017 until January 2018.
The position was first created out of the Haut Cour, an unelected advisory body for the Monarch. The official power of the office remained weak, and appointed by the Monarch to serve a term that lasted until the Monarch lost confidence in the the sitting First Secretary. All First Secretary were required to be ennobled, or serve in the Senate, whether they held a hereditary seat or were appointed. Until 1946, there were no restrictions to prevent the First Secretary to be a member of political parties, but following the sudden abdication of King William VII, amid the Sydalene occupation of the Yarden River Valley, newly anointed Queen Elissa IV sought to remove the overly nationalist influences on the office of First Secretary. This ushered in the era of non-partisan Chancellors, with a Royal decree mandating that individuals holding "ancient offices" were unable to join political parties found in the National Assembly of Sydalon.
Chancellors
Parties
- 1921–1946: (single-party state)
- 1946–present: (informal multiparty system)
Nationalist-Far Right Conservative-Right Moderate-Center Liberal-Left
List of Chancellors
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Tenure (Years and days) |
Party | Monarch | ||
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His Highness Charles I, Duke of Esebon (1866–1940) |
1921 |
1923 |
1 year, 310 days | Independent | Emmanuelle I (1919–1944) | ||
The Right Honorable Lord Karm de Xuereb (1863–1940) |
21 March 1926 |
22 August 1933 |
7 years, 154 days | National Populist Front | |||
The Right Honorable Lord Charles Pinsonneau Lord de Pinsonneau (1885–1951) |
22 August 1933 |
3 January 1939 |
5 years, 134 days | National Populist Front | |||
William VII (1944–1948) | |||||||
The Right Honorable Lord Charles Pinsonneau Lord de Pinsonneau (1885–1951) |
22 August 1933 |
3 January 1939 |
5 years, 134 days | National Populist Front | |||
His Grace Charles Pinsonneau Count of Gharb (1890–1969) |
7 June 1940 |
8 May 1945 |
4 years, 335 days | National Populist Front | |||
The Right Honorable Oliver Difesa, Baron Haffa (1890–1969) |
15 March 1947 |
25 March 1950 |
3 years, 10 days | Spiterianist | Elissa IV (1944–1948) | ||
His Grace Gregory II, Count of Vecchia ((1890–1961) |
2 February 1952 |
3 August 1961 |
9 years, 182 days | Conservative | |||
His Serene Grace Bohemond V, Duke of Philippopolis ((1920–1977) |
3 August 1961 |
5 March 1964 |
2 years, 215 days | Moderate | |||
File:ClarkHull2.jpg | The Right Honorable Michael de Kourtene, Baron de Kourtene (1922–1990) |
5 March 1964 |
14 July 1967 |
3 years, 131 days | Spiterianist | ||
The Right Honorable Lady Anna de Brinkat du Duminka (1916–1982) |
14 July 1967 |
10 August 1975 |
8 years, 27 days | Conservative | |||
Jordan IX (1975–2017) | |||||||
The Right Honorable Belandra de Magro, Lady de Magro (1920–2009) |
13 September 1975 |
29 April 1992 |
16 years, 229 days | Moderate | |||
The Right Honorable Lord Valent de Lunkatel de Vecchia (1936–2006) |
7 May 1992 |
16 October 1998 |
6 years, 164 days | Conservative | |||
The Right Honorable Valentin Mifsud, Baron Mifsud (1947–) |
16 October 1998 |
10 February 2002 |
3 years, 117 days | Liberal | |||
Lord Henry de Xuereb (1940–) |
10 February 2002 |
9 December 2009 |
7 years, 302 days | Moderate | |||
His Grace Adro III, Lord of Caeseti (1948–) |
17 January 2010 |
27 June 2011 |
1 year, 161 days | Spiterianist | |||
His Grace Konstans III, Lord of Ibelin (1967–) |
27 June 2011 |
11 October 2017 |
6 years, 106 days | Moderate | |||
Melisende III (2017–) | |||||||
The Right Honorable Adeodata Haddad, Hereditary Lady of Araman (1975–) |
11 October 2017 |
10 January 2018 |
91 days | Liberal | |||
The Right Honorable Fernande Mifsud (1971–) |
15 May 2018 |
3 December 2018 |
207 days | Independent |
Living former chancellors
As of 2018 there are five living former chancellors:
Valentin Mifsud, Baron Mifsud
served 1998–2002
born 1947 (age 77)Adro III, Lord of Caeseti
served 2009–2011
born 1948 (age 76)Konstanse Balbie, Lord of Ibelina
served 2011–2017
born 1967 (age 57)Adeodata Haddad de Saabi
served 2017
born 1975 (age 49)Fernande Mifsud
served 2018
born 1971 (age 53)