Vice Prime Minister of Besmenia

Vice Prime Minster of the Federal Republic of Besmenia
Vizepremierminister der Bundesrepublik Besmenien
Incumbent Ivar Combrinck and Lilia Mihailova since 9 September 2021 since 3 September 2023
Status	Deputy of the head of government
Nominator	Prime Minister of Besmenia
Appointer	President of Besmenia
Constituting instrument	Basic Law of Besmenia
Formation	2 July 1920
First holder	Martin Bolstein

The Vice Prime Minister of Besmenia (Besmenian: Vizepremierminister von Besmenien) is the deputy for the Prime Minister of Besmenia.

The Vice Prime Minister is not the Prime Minister's successor if the Prime Minister's office ceases without a successor having been appointed (e.g. by resignation). The Prime Minister is obliged to continue in office on an executive basis if the Federal President requests him to do so. If, for example, the Prime Minister has passed away or other reasons speak against the management, the Federal President can also ask the vice prime minister or another minister. A new Prime Minister should be sworn in as soon as possible.

The currently incumbent Vice Prime Ministers are Ivar Combrinck (First Vice Prime Minister) and Anna Stucklein (Second Vice Prime Minister), who belong to the Rademacher cabinet and were sworn in on September 9, 2021. It is the first time in the history of the Federal Republic of Besmenia that the office of the Vice Prime Minister is held by two people at the same time.

Appointment

The Prime Minister must appoint a permanent deputy, both when his cabinet is appointed and later when a deputy's office ends. The appointment must be made within a reasonable period of time. The decision is made by the Prime Minister alone, without the participation of the Federal President. This differs from the appointment of federal ministers in general: if someone is to become federal minister, the prime minister proposes them and the federal president appoints them.

Only one deputy is appointed. The prime minister is constitutionally free to select a deputy from among the federal ministers, so there is no federal minister that he cannot appoint. It is unimportant, for example, whether the federal minister leads a federal ministry or is a minister without portfolio. Due to his strong constitutional position, the Federal Chancellor always has the last word over the ministers, so that no minister could establish his own position of power through the deputy office.

Party affiliation

Social Democratic Union	10
Besmenian People's Party	5
Green Party of Besmenia	3
Besmenian Republican Party	1
Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia	1
Besmenian Conservative Party	1
Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	1
Independent	1

Since the second strongest government faction in a coalition traditionally provides the vice prime minister, this function has so far (as of 2024) mostly been filled by the SDU with around 54 years.

List of Besmenian Vice Prime Ministers

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	Party	Portfolio	Prime Minister
		Siegfried Saalmann (1876–1960)	2 July 1920	10 October 1924	4 years, 100 days	Besmenian Conservative Party	Internal Affairs	Robert Falk
		Peter Gruber (1878–1960)	10 October 1924	1 October 1932	7 years, 357 days	Social Democratic Union	Foreign Affairs	Heinz Dimmler
	File:Theodor Ernst.png	Theodor Ernst (1876–1945)	1 October 1932	21 October 1936	4 years, 20 days	Besmenian People's Party	Economic Affairs	Heinz Dimmler
		Josef Brocke (1881–1959)	21 October 1936	6 October 1940	3 years, 360 days	Social Democratic Union	Justice	Josef Lentscher Friedrich Bock
		Albrecht Nebeling (1878–1969)	3 October 1940	6 October 1944	4 years, 3 days	Liberal Citizen's Party of Besmenia	Foreign Affairs	Friedrich Bock
	File:Heinrich Farn.png	Heinrich Farn (1897–1987)	3 October 1944	1 October 1956	11 years, 364 days	Social Democratic Union	Finance	Albrecht Nebeling
		Johannes Schmidt (1908–1996)	1 October 1956	7 October 1964	8 years, 6 days	Social Democratic Union	Internal Affairs	Albrecht Nebeling Günther Brecht Wolfgang Butz
		Wolfgang Butz (1897–1979)	7 October 1964	6 May 1969	4 years, 211 days	Besmenian People's Party	Justice	Johannes Schmidt
	File:Gerold Springer.png	Gerold Springer (1912–2005)	6 May 1969	21 February 1972	2 years, 291 days	Social Democratic Union	Justice	Johannes Schmidt
		Konrad Berger (1910–1993)	21 February 1972	13 March 1980	8 years, 21 days	Besmenian Republican Party	Foreign Affairs	Robert Gleitzmann
		Friedrich Bender (1931–2009)	13 March 1980	13 February 1984	3 years, 337 days	Social Democratic Union	Economic Affairs	Martin Beiter
		Doris Klammer-Brunt (1939–)	13 February 1984	25 October 1993	9 years, 254 days	Social Democratic Union	Finance	Martin Beiter Kurt Stöger
		Ludwig Bröckler (1936–2022)	25 September 1993	1 October 2001	7 years, 341 days	Green Party of Besmenia	Foreign Affairs	Erik Tautenbach
		Rudolf Dietrich (1946–)	1 October 2001	13 October 2005	4 years, 12 days	Social Democratic Union	Justice	Ursula Kummstein
		Franz Bauer (1958–)	13 October 2005	15 February 2012	6 years, 125 days	Besmenian People's Party	Economic Affairs	Ursula Kummstein Jörg Rautenberg
		Theodor Sidemann (1967–)	15 February 2012	11 September 2012	209 days	Besmenian People's Party	Defense	Jörg Rautenberg
		Walter Fricke (1957–)	11 September 2012	24 September 2016	4 years, 13 days	Social Democratic Union	Internal Affairs	Theodor Sidemann
		Frank Hille (1960–)	24 September 2016	25 April 2021	4 years, 213 days	Free Besmenian Citizen's Party	Economic Affairs	Theodor Sidemann
	File:Johannes Bleimann.jpg	Johannes Bleimann (1971–)	25 April 2021	8 May 2021	13 days	Besmenian People's Party	Culture and Sport	Theodor Sidemann
	File:Johannes Bleimann.jpg	Heinrich Stolz (1957–)	8 May 2021	9 September 2021	124 days	Independent	Internal Affairs	Richard Benkel
		Ivar Combrinck (1969–)	9 September 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 73 days	Social Democratic Union	Foreign Affairs	Elisabeth Rademacher Thomas Pühringer
		Anna Stucklein (1967–)		3 September 2023	1 year, 359 days	Green Party of Besmenia	Environment
		Lilia Mihailova (1985–)	3 September 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 79 days	Green Party of Besmenia	Environment and Climate Protection