Prime Minister of Batsweda

Prime Minister of Batsweda رئيس وزراء البهودة
Incumbent Samuel Nyantah Interim since 22 May 2022
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 (1960-11-11)
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

Constitution House, the residence of the Prime Minister.

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

Joseph Baa (1960-1969) was the first prime minister of Batsweda.

James Rao (1982-1992) was the longest-serving prime minister for 10 years and 39 days.

Mariam Akoto (2003-2011) was the first female prime minister.

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

  Communist Party of Batsweda (CPB)

  National Congress Party (NCP)

  Union of Democracy and Progress (UDP)

  Coalition for the Transformation of Batsweda (COTOB)

Other factions

  Military

  Independent

Status

  Acting prime minister

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		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)
—		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)
—		Phillip Adongo (born 1965)	—	15 April 1992	1 August 1993	1 year, 108 days	Military	Provisional Government for Stability and Unity (Military)
—		Suliman Twumasi (1932–1999)	—	1 August 1993	18 November 1999 (assassinated)	6 years, 109 days	Military
—		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
—		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		Hasan Gyan (born 1964)	—	24 December 2011	14 January 2013	1 year, 21 days	Union of Democracy and Progress	Gyan (UDP–UDA)
5		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)
6		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		Abena Mmorosa (born 1978)	—	16 August 2021	22 May 2022 (deposed)	279 days	Union of Democracy and Progress	Mmorosa (UDP–CLD–NRM–GPB)
—		Samuel Nyantah (born 1968)	—	22 May 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 213 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.

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  John Odhiambo (acting)
  Served 1999–2002
  Born 1941 (age 83)

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  Muhamed Donkor
  Served 2013–2018
  Born 1946 (age 78)

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  Martin Clark
  Served 2018–2021
  Born 1960 (age 64)

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  Hasan Gyan
  Served 2011–2013
  Born 1964 (age 60)

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  Phillip Adongo (acting)
  Served 1992–1993
  Born 1965 (age 59)

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  Abena Mmorosa
  Served 2021–2022
  Born 1978 (age 46)