Urban Party of Rutania

=History= The Urban Party of Rutania was founded on May 13, 3064 as the National Party and has since served the citizens of Rutania for over 55 years.

=Party Structure=

Party Factions
The party is split into three ideological factions, with each faction represented by a speaker to represent them and act as their candidate for the Leadership. The three factions are:

Conservative Liberals: This is the largest faction of the party and generally drives the way legislation is introduced from the party as they have controlled the national leadership since 3107. This faction is fiscally conservative and socially progressive.
 * Leader: Cathy Ledbetter
 * Seats in Party Congress: 77

Progressive Coalition: This faction is the second largest and is the oldest of all the factions. This faction traditionally embraces socialistic fiscal policies and is socially progressive.
 * Leader: Alex Greenwood
 * Seats in Party Congress: 13

Independents: This faction is the party's newest and smallest. Contrary to the name, the faction is fiscally and socially conservative.
 * Leader: Maria Burkett
 * Seats in Party Congress: 10

Leadership
The party's leadership structure is divided up into 5 separate leadership positions which have certain responsibilities that pertain to the operation of the party. The Leader is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the party and is the highest ranking official within the party. The Chairman is responsible for coordinating all legislative and provincial affairs and selecting party leadership in the Parliament. The National Finance Committee is responsible for the party's finances and the the Election Committee is responsible for overseeing the party's election and media affairs. The Office of Regional Affairs is responsible for selecting the provincial captains to run the party's regional operations for all 5 provinces as well as the heads of the Northern and Southern Regions.

Party leadership has always been chosen by a 100 member Party Congress consisting of selected members of each faction. The number of members per faction changes depending on the number of people who have joined that said faction; the numbers are updated every 2 years. The Leader is up for vote every 2 years while the other position are only up for election when another faction declares their intent to challenge that position during the leadership conference. Conferences are called every 2 years and are held during the second week of July with the elected leadership starting their terms on December 1.

=Electoral Information=

President(s)
The Urban Party of Kirlawa holds the record of having the most people elected president from a party. So far, there have been a total of 19 people elected from the Urban Party of Kirlawa who have served as president.

Prime Minister(s)
The Urban Party of Kirlawa has held the position of Prime Minister for a total of 2 times.

=Links= Republic of Kirlawa