Prime Minister of Sivathra

Prime Minister of Sivathra
Prime Minister of Sivathra
ಶಿವತ್ರ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ; Śivatra pradhāni; (Sivathran)
	Coat of Arms of Sivathra
	Flag of the Prime Minister
	Incumbent; Sridhar Risheeven; since 4 November 2018
Style	The Right Honourable (Formal); Her Exellency (Diplomatic correspondence); Ms. Prime Minister (Informal);
Abbreviation	PM
Member of	Cabinet; Parliament
Reports to	President; Parliament
Residence	Bidar House; 7 Sir Arthur Billinghurst Rd
Appointer	President of Sivathra appoints the party leader who commands the confidence of the Parliament.
Term length	5 years or earlier, renewable.
Inaugural holder	Devaraj Ananthamurthy
Salary	₹279,530 (€57,000) December 2020
Website	pm.sv

The Prime Minister of Sivathra (Sivathran: ಶಿವತ್ರ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ; romanised: Śivatra pradhāni) is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Sivathra and the leading figure of the executive branch of power in the country. The office holder is appointed by the President after general elections and is usually held by the party leader that commands the confidence of the Parliament. The position is currently occupied by Sridhar Risheeven, member of National Renewal.

The position was formally created with the constitution of 1936 after the independence of Sivathra, being Devaraj Ananthamurthy, the first to hold the position. However, the office of the Prime Minister is a successor of the colonial Governor's Office. In practice, the office of the Prime Minister and the position have remained barely untouched over the years, although it is today considered to have considerably more power and influence in daily politics than the President. The office has been occupied during most terms since the independence of Sivathra by the National Renewal, although Manjula Gurushantha and Deepak Mohanty from the Democratic Action Party have occupied the position at different times, more specifically between 2002 and 2007, and 2015 and 207, respectively. The office's duties and roles lie on the Northabbey system convention; after general elections take place, the President is in charge of keeping contact with all party leaders represented in the new legislature to later appoint whoever will be capable of commanding the confidence of most MPs. As Prime Ministers are generally the party leaders in the Parliament, parties need to gain majorities or form alliances and coalition cabinets to gain confidence and govern with stability. The Constitution of Sivathra does not recognise a limit term length and administrations can be ended by petition of the office-holder to the President or after a five years long legislature. The Parliament can also end with the administration with a motion of confidence, voting a new candidate and presenting a date for new general elections.

Sivathra has seen 12 Prime Ministers since its independence, with the majority being from NR. From these, only one, Manjura Gurushanta, have been female. The Prime Minister's residence and usual office is the Bidar House in Mangalore, although a countryside holiday and state-visits manor exists in Bandipur.

Constitutional basis and appointment

Powers and role

Privileges of office

Salary

During the 2018 Budget, the office of the prime minister saw its numbers decreased by Divya Brahmin's personal solicitation. That same year, the total salary of the head of government of the Commonwealth was registered at ₹279,530 (€57,000), made up of a base of ₹200,000 (€40,782) received by all members of the parliament and whose salary is often taken for comparison to other high ranking officials of the country. Although administration budgets generally include the PM's salary, these are yearly studied and increased or decreased by a special commission.

Residences

Bidar House on 7 Arthur Billinghurst Road, Mangalore, is the official residence and office of the PM.

Bandipur Myanar is the vacation residence of the PM although it is most commonly used during state-visits.

The official residence of the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth is usually placed on Bidar House, a royal complex built during the Estmerish colony to host the residence of the Governor-General and other relevant colonial offices. However, the manor was never fully occupied, being Sir Graham Haleye, the Chief Minister of the dominion, the authority that used it for the most period of time. Shortly after the independence of Sivathra, it was during the administration of Devaraj Ananthamurthy, when the complex was remodelled and fully used as the residence of the Prime Minister, holding also the personal office of whose occupying the position. Between 1966 and 1982, with Puneeth Sriramulu and Jayanth Murthy as PMs, cabinet meetings were also held in the complex.

A second residence exists, the Bandipur Myanar in the city of Bandipur. It is a manor constructed in 1835 by the family of Estmerish tea merchants, the Greevenharps, the house and its gardens were designed following Sir Thomas Greevenharp directions to resemble a properly Estmerish hunting lodge. After Sir Thomas death, the house was donated to the Governor-General Lord Milton Hathwaye who considered left the manor on public hands of the dominion, serving since then as a vacation residence. Since the independence of Sivathra, few Prime Ministers have made use of Bandipur Myanar on a personal leisure style, however, it has been used several times during state-visits.

Honours and style

Prime Ministers are usually granted the style of The Right Honourable and His/Her Excellency. As a difference with other members of the parliament who wold this style during the time they serve, PMs retain the style for the remainder of their lives, being abled to use it as long as they personally consider. After leaving the office, most prime ministers have been given the honours of being part of the Order of the Commonwealth of Sivathra by the President.

List

Top left: Devaraj Ananthamurthy was the first Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Sivathra.
Top right: Jayanth Murthy was the longest serving Prime Minister of Sivathra, serving from 1971 to 1983, through a period of several restrain on freedoms.
Bottom left: Manjula Gurushantha was the first elected female Prime Minister, and the first Head of Government to brak with National Renewal's dominance of Sivathran politics.
Bottom right: Sridhar Risheeven is the current prime minister, being elected in 2018 and 2020, from National Renewal.

No.	Name	Term in office		Party
1	Devaraj Ananthamurthy (1896-1982)	1 January 1946	12 November 1962	National Renewal
2	Raju Narasimhachar (1903-1990)	12 November 1962	2 May 1966	National Renewal
3	Puneeth Sriramulu (1920-2005)	2 May 1966	12 June 1971	National Renewal
4	Jayanth Murthy (-)	12 June 1971	6 September 1983	National Renewal
5	Anath Lankesh (-)	6 September 1983	26 June 1986	National Renewal
6	Suneel Rudramurthy (1947-)	26 June 1986	2 November 1993	National Renewal
7	Raj Shastry (1949-)	2 November 1993	12 January 1997	National Renewal
8	Veerana Rao (1937-2008)	12 January 1997	8 November 2003	National Renewal
9	Manjula Gurushantha (1955-)	8 November 2003	25 August 2008	Democratic Action
10	Vivek Kumta (1964-)	25 August 2008	19 September 2013	National Renewal
11	Deepak Mohanty (1955-)	19 September 2013	10 May 2018	Democratic Action
12	Sridhar Risheeven (1963-)	10 May 2018	Incumbent	National Renewal