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| - The Prime Minister of the United Islands of Georgeland is the head of government for Georgeland and chair of the country's cabinet, the primary decision-making body. The office is formally mandated in the country's constitution, though its role and powers have evolved over time. The Prime Minister is nominally the leader of the party or bloc with a majority of seats in the Georgeland House of Commons. While this is not strictly required, the constitution does make clear that a Prime Minister must be a member of the House of Commons and that he must 'command its confidence'. A Prime Minister may serve if he or she is not a member of the Commons for a period of no less than eight weeks. This therefore allows the Prime Minister to continue in office after the dissolution of Parliament. Only two Prime Ministers, Michael Fisch and Campbell Rhodes, have served without commanding a majority in the House as a party leader. Fisch was a caretaker Prime Minister appointed during a constitutional crisis and his term in office lasted only three weeks. Rhodes, for his part, headed a minority government from 2001 to 2002, after which he again commanded a majority. The current Prime Minister of Georgeland is The Hon. Lawrence Porter MP, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of the United Islands.
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