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Revision as of 23:14, 6 November 2012
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| 12th Prime Minister of Ibagli | |
| Term: | 11 February 2006–18 November 2006 |
| Preceded By: | Marcus Smallegan |
| Succeeded By: | Sir John Goodwin |
| Party Affiliation: | Liberal Party |
| Born: | 19 February 1943 Cairns, Queensland, Australia |
The Right Honourable Roger Pollack, QC, MP is the Prime Minister of Ibagli. He was appointed to his current term as Prime Minister after the Liberal victory in the 2011 General Election. He served a previous term as Prime Minister from February to November 2006. He was born on 19 February 1943 in Cairns Australia, to David Pollack, a Scottish laborer, and Victoria Llewellyn Pollack, the daughter of a Welsh mine worker. He attended Cairns State High School and the University of Queensland, where he recieved a degree in law. In 1974 he emigrated to Ibagli, and took up a job as a solicitor for the Ibaglian Railway and Maritime Workers Union. He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1983.
in 1989 he stood for election for the Liberal Party in the district of Haphonia-St. Edwards, the site of the nearly derelict Port of Haphonia. In 2003 he was appointed to be the Shadow Minister of Labour. During the McNeese administration he was the Minister of Labour. In December 2005 he challenged Anthony Kinder for the leadership of the Liberal Party. On 1 January 2006 he was nearly unanimously elected to that position, just weeks before a general election.
Prime Minister
On 10 February 2006, the Liberal Party formed a coalition with the Green Party, led by Steven Lyall, that successfully toppled the recently-formed Smallegan government the next day. Pollack was appointed Prime Minister shortly thereafter.
Cabinet
Appointments
- Pollack advised Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of Ibagli, to appoint Sir Steven Spell as Governor-General on 1 September 2006.
Opposition
The Conservative Party won the November 2006 General Election, and Pollack resigned as Prime Minister shortly thereafter. He remained leader of the party and currently serves as Leader of the Opposition.
Second term
The Liberal Party won the 2011 General Election, and Pollack was appointed Prime Minister on 29 August 2011.
Cabinet
Honours
- Order of Brilliant Star (Republic of China) - Special Grand Cordon (2011)
Shorthand titles
- Roger Pollack (1943–1983)
- Roger Pollack, QC (1983–1989)
- Roger Pollack, QC, MP (1989–2004)
- The Honourable Roger Pollack, QC, MP (2004–2006)
- The Right Honourable Roger Pollack, QC, MP (2006–present)
