Prime Minister of Aurisia

Prime Minister of Aurisia
File:Coat of arms of Aurisia.svg Coat of arms of Aurisia
Flag of Aurisia
Incumbent Melinda Thayer since May 20, 2019
Aurisian Government
Style	Prime Minister (informal) The Honourable (formal) His Excellency (diplomatic)
Status	Head of government
Member of	Parliament Cabinet National Cabinet Federal Executive Council National Security Committee
Reports to	House of Representatives
Residence	The Lodge (primary) Kirirenga House (secondary)
Seat	Koloberra
Appointer	Governor-General
Term length	At the Governor-General's pleasure
Formation	January 1, 1905 (1905-01-01)
First holder	Edmund Hallingsworth
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister
Salary	A$564,360 annually (2022)
Website	pm.gov.au

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.

List

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
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Sir Edmund Hallingsworth (1852–1925) MP for Hunter, NSW	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 1911	September 23, 1909	April 7, 1913	3 years, 197 days	Labour	1st Griffiths
4		Chris Wells	1913	April 7, 1913	July 29, 1914	478 days	Liberal	Wells