The Constitution of Sierra does not provide any specific constitutional roles to the Deputy Prime Minister other than that he/she must be elected alongside the Prime Minister and is the first in line of succession. Unlike the American vice president, the role of Speaker of the Senate goes not to the Deputy Prime Minister but to the Prime Minister. In effect, the Deputy Prime Minister has no actual powers or responsibilities in regards to the Constitution. In practice, the Deputy Prime Minister has been held as the Prime Minister's most important adviser and a senior aide to the Monarch. Because of the Deputy Prime Minister's primacy in the Cabinet, he/she outranks all other Cabinet officials in terms of salary, precedence, and prominence.