Chancellor and Temporary President

Chancellor and Temporary President of the Conshilía Daoni
Seal of the Temporary President and Majority Leader
Flag of Urcea
Incumbent Cassia Mac-Niall since 1 January 2036
Government of Urcea
Style	Mr Leader/Madam Leader (Informal and within the House) The Honorable (Formal)
Status	Presiding officer and Majority Leader, Premier
Member of	Conshilía Purpháidhe Conshilía Daoni
Nominator	Majority parties (normally)
Appointer	Conshilía Daoni
Term length	5 years
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Urcea
Formation	1845
Salary	₮445,500 annually

The Chancellor of the Royal Treasury and Temporary President and Majority Leader of the Common Council usually referred to just as Chancellor and Temporary President is, alongside the Procurator, the head of government of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea. The Chancellor and Majority Leader directs the legislature, and together with the Conshilía Purpháidhe which they nominate, are, depending on the role of the individual Procurator and Chancellor, collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Monarch, to the Conshilía Daoni, to their political party and ultimately to the electorate. The current office is considered to have been formed during the Second Caroline War, and most begin to date the "Premiership" model Chancellorship from 1845 aggregating the two offices of Chancellor and Temporary President.

Origin

Main article: Constitutional history of Urcea

Powers and Duties

Chancellor

The Chancellorship is the widest reaching and most powerful of the offices held by the Chancellor and Temporary President, as it is the one by which he or she can control the Conshilía Purpháidhe, and by extension, widely influence the Government of Urcea. The Chancellor has power to nominate the Ministers of the Purpháidhe on constitutional advice. Though the Chancellor has no formal authority to direct members of the Purpháidhe, his or her choice of Ministers is greatly influential over national policy decisions, and as members of the same party the Chancellor has broad influence over the decisions of the Ministers. The position originated as, essentially, the Procurator's chief of staff for management of the treasury during the late medieval period.

Temporary President

By merit of his or her position as Temporary President of the Common Council, the Chancellor has wide-reaching authority over the operations of the Conshilía Daoni. Beyond the procedural responsibilities of the post, the office of Temporary President controls which bills can come to the floor, controls committee assignments, and can allocate staff funding for the party conferences. The Temporary President is also the source of final approval for legislative funding grants, and has control of office allocations for the members of the Daoni. The position was created by the Daoni at the beginning of the early modern period as a full time replacement for the Procurator, the nominal presiding officer of the body.

Majority Leader

The position of Majority Leader of the Conshilía Daoni gives the Chancellor wide latitude over the political positions and legislative decisions of the majority party conference. As Majority Leader, the Chancellor oversees the political direction and public narrative taken by the majority party conference, selects members to be the public face of issues, and serves as the final decision-maker as to the formal bills adopted by their party as policy proposals. The Majority Leader also has considerable influence over party primaries and which members receive the support of the party apparatus and which do not.

List of Chancellor and Temporary Presidents

Chancellor and Temporary Presidents of the Conshilía Daoni
Portrait		Name (Birth-Death)	Term of office	Party	Monarch (Reign)
		John Donnula(1898-1977)	1 January 1956 - 16 February 1967	Commonwealth Union	Patrick IV(1952–1967)
		Thorpe Aedansson(1929-2035)	3 May 1967 - 31 December 1970	Commonwealth Union	Caelian II(1967–1971)
		Felix Finnean(1916-1997)	1 January 1971 - 31 December 1975	National Pact	Aedanicus IX(1971–2006)
		Thorpe Aedansson(1929-2035)	1 January 1976 - 31 December 1980	Commonwealth Union
		Aedan Escrow(1935-2013)	1 January 1981 - 31 December 1990	National Pact
		Stephen Herdan(1934-2018)	1 January 1991 - 31 December 1995	Commonwealth Union
		Michael Redder(1959-present)	1 January 1996 - 31 December 2000	National Pact
		Stephen Herdan(1934-2018)	1 January 2001 - 13 August 2002	Commonwealth Union
		Michael Witte(1980-present)	14 August 2002 - 31 December 2009	Commonwealth Union
					Riordan VIII(2006–present)
		James Cossus Reed(1992-present)	1 January 2010 - 31 December 2015	Commonwealth Union
		Bridget Farrell(2003-present)	1 January 2016 - present	National Pact