Minister-President of West Miersa

Minister-President of West Miersa
Minister-President of West Miersa
	Emblem
	Incumbent; Adrian Rozak; since 3 October, 2016
Term length	Five years
Constituting instrument	Constitution of West Miersa
Inaugural holder	Więcesław Pawlicki
Formation	3 October, 1936

The Minister-President of the Miersan Sotirian Republic (Miersan: Minister-Prezydent mierskiej rzeczpospolitej sotyrskiej), commonly known as the Minister-President of West Miersa (Minister-Prezydent Mierski Zachodniej) is the head of government of the Miersan Sotirian Republic. Created in 1936 with the establishment of West Miersa, it was constitutionally defined as being the head of government, but for most of its history, it has largely been subordinated to the West Miersan presidency.

History

With the independence of West Miersa from Soravia following the implementation of the Godfredson Plan in 1936, the drafters of the West Miersan constitution sought to create a head of government modelled on the Soravian Minister-Presidency, elected every five years by the people of the Miersan Sotirian Republic.

However, following its promulgation, the position of Minister-President quickly became subordinated to that of the West Miersan presidency, with Minister-Presidents often only serving for as long as they cooperated with the President. This was largely the case until the turn of the twenty-first century, with the only exceptions being Więcesław Pawlicki, who served from 1936 to 1937, Lesław Przybyszewski who served from 1956 to 1960, and Stanisław Kantorowicz, who served from 1980 to 1982.

However, from 2001 onwards, Tomisław Sobolewski began exercising some of his powers, and by the time Sobolewski became President in 2006, he allowed Oskar Palubicki to exercise all of the powers assigned to Minister-President, serving until his defeat in 2011. However, this was reversed during Sobolewski's second term as President, leading to a constitutional crisis between Sobolewski and Gerard Wojdyla, ultimately leading to Wojdyla becoming acting President in 2013.

These changes were reversed in 2016, after the election of Sylwester Wrzesiński to the Presidency: Adrian Rozak became a puppet of the President once more. This culminated to the point that in October 2020, following the passage of the Third Amendment, the Minister-President was replaced with the vice-presidency, with the Minister-President to be replaced with the Vice-President with immediate effect from the 2021 general elections.

Role

Under the West Miersan constitution, the Minister-President serves as the head of government of the Miersan Sotirian Republic. He oversees the cabinet, and is answerable to both the President and the National Assembly.

Thus, on paper, the Minister-President exercises tremendous power, with the Minister-President of the Miersan Sotirian Republic being allowed to propose legislation (via his position as member of the National Assembly), and to oversee the domestic activities of the Miersan government. However, for most of West Miersa's history, the Minister-President has generally served at the President's pleasure, effectively limiting their independence from the Presidency, and making the President substantially more powerful de-facto, at the expense of the Minister-President.

The Minister-President is a member of the National Assembly of the Miersan Sotirian Republic, and is traditionally the parliamentary leader of the governing political party.

Official residence

The Minister-President of the Miersan Sotirian Republic, unlike the President, has no official residence, with each Minister-President residing in a private home in the capital city of Żobrodź. Although proposals have been floated for an official residence, most prominently during Oskar Palubicki's tenure as Minister-President, the cost of a residence, combined with the perceived powerlessness of the role have hindered any effort to construct an official residence for the use of the Minister-President.

However, the Minister-President has an office at the National Assembly building in West Żobrodź, which is used by the Minister-President, his cabinet, and their staff.

List of Minister-Presidents

№	President		Term of office			Political Party	Elected
№	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Took Office	Left Office	Days	Political Party	Elected
1936-present • Minister-President of the Miersan Sotirian Republic •
1		Więcesław Pawlicki (1895-1969)	3 October, 1936	27 November, 1937	420	Nationals	1936
2		Cezary Wojdyla (1871-1942)	27 November, 1937	5 March, 1942	1559	Nationals	1941
3		Maurycy Wojdyla (1877-1963)	8 March, 1942	3 October, 1946	1670	Nationals	none
4		Tobiasz Wojdyla (1877-1949)	3 October, 1946	7 July, 1949	1008	Nationals	1946
5		Kacper Niemczyk (1879-1974)	9 July, 1949	3 October, 1951	816	Nationals	none
6		Iwon Wojdyla (1906-1989)	3 October, 1951	3 October, 1956	1827	Nationals	1951
7		Lesław Przybyszewski (1896-1966)	3 October, 1956	1 June, 1960	1337	Nationals	1956
8		Romuald Wojdyla (1909-1992)	1 June, 1960	3 October, 1961	489	Nationals	none
9		Eliasz Kempisty (1895-1978)	3 October, 1961	11 February, 1963	496	Nationals	1961
(5)		Kacper Niemczyk (1879-1974)	11 February, 1963	3 October, 1966	1330	Nationals	none
10		Tadeusz Wojdyla (1913-2001)	3 October, 1966	3 October, 1971	1826	Nationals	1966
11		Inocenty Wojdyla (1928-1979)	3 October, 1971	25 December, 1979	3005	Nationals	1971 1976
12		Stanisław Kantorowicz (1927-2020)	26 December, 1979	3 October, 1982	1012	Nationals	none
13		Arkadiusz Stuczynski (1929-2014)	3 October, 1982	27 September, 1985	1090	Nationals	none
14		Florentyn Wojdyla (1934-2005)	27 September, 1985	3 October, 1986	371	Nationals	none
15		Ksawery Sulewski (1930-2019)	3 October, 1986	28 August, 1990	1425	Naprzód	1986
16		Korneli Krasowsky (1959-)	28 August, 1990	9 July, 1993	1046	Naprzód	1991
17		Damian Jackowiak (1943-)	9 July, 1993	3 October, 1996	1182	Naprzód	none
18		Korneliusz Cygan (1946-)	3 October, 1996	3 October, 2001	1826	Naprzód	1996
19		Tomisław Sobolewski (1954-)	3 October, 2001	3 October, 2006	1826	Naprzód	2001
20		Oskar Palubicki (1968-)	3 October, 2006	3 October, 2011	1826	Naprzód	2006
21		Gerard Wojdyla (1959-)	3 October, 2011	23 June, 2013	629	Nationals	2011
22		Aleksandra Wojdyla (1963-)	23 June, 2013	3 October, 2016	1198	Nationals	none
23		Adrian Rozak (1972-)	3 October, 2016	incumbent	2975	Naprzód	2016

List of living former Minister-Presidents

Since the death of Stanisław Kantorowicz on 3 March, 2020 at the age of 92, there are seven surviving former Minister-Presidents of the Miersan Sotirian Republic.