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Revision as of 20:25, 23 November 2022

44th Government of the Federal Republic of Alsland
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44th Cabinet of Federal Republic of Alsland
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Date formed12 October 2022
People
Head of statePresident Hepke Veltman
Head of governmentLiekele Ykema (LA)
Deputy head of governmentDeputy Premiers
Kairi Sokk (TFA)
Elsert Wassenaar (ORP)
Hilda Schaaf (HSU)
Ottila Möller (PA)
No. of ministersPremier + 15 ministers
Total no. of members16
Member party
41 / 201
Liveable Alsland (LA)
32 / 201
Together for Alsland (TFA)
31 / 201
Orange Party (ORP)
15 / 201
Humanist Sotirian Union (HSU)
10 / 201
Progressive Alliance (PA)
Status in legislatureMajority government
129 / 201
Opposition cabinetNone
History
Election(s)2022 election
Legislature term(s)27th Folkssenaat
Predecessor43rd Government of Alsland
Successor45th Government of Alsland

44th Government of Alsland (also known as the third Ykema cabinet) was formed after the 2022 election in Alsland. It is comprised of 15 ministers including the Premier, Liekele Ykema. As part of the coalition deal the current government will remain in place until September 2024 when Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairi Sokk will replace Ykema as Premier and Ykema will in turn take over Sokk's position as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

History

Background

Shortly after the initial results were released from the 2022 Alslandic legislative election, Together for Alsland and Liveable Alsland announced their intention to enter a rotation coalition with each other to pursue constitutional reforms. The two parties initially went into talks with the Orange Party to form a right-wing government led by Kairi Sokk. The talks were abandoned after the onset of the 2022 Alslandic financial crisis and instead talks shifted towards forming a national unity government. After a marathon meeting involving all major party leaders Kairi Sokk recommended to President Hepke Veltman to invite Liekele Ykema to form a government. Ykema agreed to lead the government shortly afterwards with the support of Together for Alsland, Orange Party, Humanist Sotirian Union and Progressive Alliance. The government would be a technocratic government that would sit only for the duration of the economic crisis before resigning to hold elections according to Liekele Ykema, unlike previous governments a key condition to the formation of the coalition was the introduction of a de facto directorial system as the Premier and Deputy-Premiers - styled as Co-Premiers - would have to make decisions together. The cabinet also agreed to pursue radical constitutional and electoral reforms before the end of it's term.

Investiture

Investiture
Liekele Ykema (LA)
Ballot → 10 October 2022
Required majority → 101 out of 201 ☑Y
Yes
129 / 201
No
69 / 201
Abstentions
3 / 201
Sources: Folkssenaat

Composition

Government

The coalition agreement meant that Liveable Alsland, Orange Party, Together for Alsland, HSU and the Progressive Alliance would all be represented by their candidates within the cabinet and all other positions would be held by unelected officials with expertise in their relative fields. University Professor Luka Bodenschatz was appointed to be Minister of Finance due to his expertise and knowlege in the field and was tasked with reducing Alsland's budget deficit and public debt as well as negotiating with the Euclean Conference for a potential bailout of Alsland's public debt.

Alongside this two non-portfolio positions were created: the position of Minister for Digital Alsland was given to Heli Jogi, a major financial backer of Together for Alsland and entrepreneur. Jogi was tasked with digitalising Alsland's government, society and promote digitalisation for private companies as well as public services such as education and healthcare. Jogi's appointment was criticised by some within Alliance who felt that it was a sign of the technology sector's influence over Together for Alsland and by extenension the government. Meanwhile the position of Minister for Government Accountability and transparency was created and given to former Labour Affairs minister and whistleblower Urjo Eenpalu. Eenpalu's position would be to increase government transparency and help legislate for reforms to improve government accountability.

Position Name Party Office
Start date End date
Premier Liekele Ykema Liveable Alsland 12 October 2022 Present
Deputy Premier(s)
Minister of Defence Ottila Möller Progressive Alliance 12 October 2022 Present
Minister of Federal Affairs Hilda Schaaf Humanist Sotirian Union 12 October 2022 Present
Minister of Foreign Affairs Kairi Sokk Together for Alsland 12 October 2022 Present
Minister of Social Affairs Elsert Wassenaar Orange Party 12 October 2022 Present
Ministers
Minister for Constitutional Reforms Karl Muff Independent 12 October 2022 Present
Minister of Culture, Media, Technology and Sports Oberta Bron Independent 12 October 2022 Present
Minister of Finance Luka Bodenschatz Independent 12 October 2022 Present
Minister of Education Aaf de Boer Independent 12 October 2022 Present
Minister of the Environment Sjitske Nauta Independent 12 October 2022 Present
Minister of Health Rykholt Schaap Independent 12 October 2022 Present
Minister of Justice Jörg Schöpfer Independent 12 October 2022 Present
Minister for Labour Affairs Heense Oosterhof Independent 12 October 2022 Present
Minister of Transport Sekou Bayero Independent 12 October 2022 Present
Ministers without portfolio
Minister for Digital Alsland Heli Jogi Together for Alsland 12 October 2022 Present
Minister for Government Accountability and transparency Urjo Eenpalu Radical 12 October 2022 Present

See also