Chancellor of the Exchequer

Chancellor of the Exchequer 	Chancellor of the Exchequer 	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Chancellor of the Exchequer
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
Possibly this 	Possibly this 	 	 	
since 14th November 2020 	since 14th November 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Cabinet Position 	 	 	
Style 	The Right HonourableChancellor	 	 	
Inaugural Chancellor of the Exchequer	Agent Smith 	 	 	
Number of Chancellors 	31 	 	 	
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (often shortened to Chancellor) is a senior official within the Government and head of Her Majesty's Treasury. The position is considered one of the four Great Offices of State, one of the four positions that every Government must include, and in recent times has come to be the the most powerful office after the Prime Minister. The Chancellor is usually responsible for all economic and financial matters in the country. The current Chancellor of the Exchequer is Possibly this.
As with all the Cabinet posts, Chancellors are often appointed by the Prime Minister. They are normally people who have at least a foundation understanding of Economics. However, as it is such a major role, a few members have suggested in the past that Government members should elect their Chancellor.
It is common for there to be a Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the Government too. They will work closely with the Chancellor and their remits may frequently cross. The Chancellor may also often work with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy due to the overlap between their roles.
== Responsibilities ==
The Chancellor's principal job is to dictate fiscal policy. The Chancellor has considerable control over other departments as they can determine the budget of each department. However, some Chancellors have more influence than others, depending on their personal forcefulness, their status within the party and their relationship with the Prime Minister. Within the Government, the Chancellor may also be required to assist members with the costings on legislation.
Each term the Chancellor is expected to release a Budget Report which should detail their fiscal policies and spending plans for the term. This is traditionally followed by a Finance Bill later in the term which MPs will vote on.
== List of Chancellors of the Exchequer ==
Agent Smith was appointed as the first Chancellor for the Liberal Democrat Party following the second general election and since him, there have been 30 other Chancellors.
Chancellor 	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
Agent Smith 	 	Liberal 	December 2005 	May 2006
Sollnvictus 	 	Conservative	June 2006 	November 2006
Dionysus 	 	Labour 	December 2007 	May 2008
Jangrafess 	 	Labour 	June 2008 	November 2008
Bagration 	 	Conservative	November 2008 	May 2009
Drogue 	 	Centre 	December 2009 	April 2010
Teaddict 	 	Conservative	May 2010 	October 2011
davidicy147 	 	Labour 	October 2011 	February 2012
Maddog Jones 	 	Labour 	February 2012 	March 2012
Jarred 	 	Conservative	April 2012 	September 2012
Faland 	 	Socialist 	October 2012 	March 2013
MacDaddi 	 	Libertarian 	April 2013 	September 2013
Birchington 	 	Liberal 	September 2013	March 2014
Faland 	 	Socialist 	April 2014 	September 2014
MacDaddi 	 	Liberal 	October 2014 	February 2015
Green_Pink 	 	Liberal 	February 2015 	July 2015
PetrosAC 	 	Liberal 	August 2015 	August 2015
Jarred 	 	Liberal 	October 2015 	December 2015
Lime-man 	 	Labour 	December 2015 	February 2016
United1892 	 	Labour 	February 2016 	March 2016
TeeEff 	 	Conservative	April 2016 	November 2016
TheDefiniteArticle	 	Labour 	November 2016 	June 2017
Conceited 	 	Liberal 	June 2017 	November 2017
Afcwimbledon2 	 	Liberal 	December 2017 	March 2018
Saunders16 	 	Libertarian 	March 2018 	May 2018
Connor27 	 	Libertarian 	May 2018 	June 2018
Rakas21 	 	Conservative	June 2018 	July 2019
Samuel J. Booker 	 	Labour 	July 2019 	August 2019
JMR2019. 	 	Labour 	August 2019 	December 2019
quirky editor 	 	Labour 	December 2019 	May 2020
Rakas21 	 	Conservative	May 2020 	November 2020
Possibly this 	 	Labour 	November 2020 	incumbent
== Chancellor's Curse ==
Some of the more superstitious members of the House believe in the existence of a 'Chancellor's Curse'. This is a phenomenon whereby the Chancellor becomes completely inactive or something happens to them following their tenure. Theories of the curse first arose in late 2015/early 2016 when things started happening to former Chancellors: Green_Pink (Saoirse:3) received a 6 month ban due to Saoirsegate, Jarred became inactive, Lime-man supposedly left the MHoC when in fact he defected to the Conservative Party on his new account, and United1892 became inactive. Members got so concerned by the strange happenings that in March 2016, Tanqueray91 even proposed an amendment that called on the Government to launch a full investigation into the curse. Aph pointed out that the curse had existed even longer than people imagined as MacDaddi had vanished at the start of the 20th Parliamentary Term and other people highlighted Faland too. The amendment subsequently passed in the Division Lobby by 26 votes to 7.
The Chancellor's Curse threatened to return in Parliament 29 when Samuel J. Booker resigned from the role early in the term.
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