2013 Congress

The 2013 Congress is the current congress of Lovia. Its term started on February 1, 2013, and will end on February 1, 2014, when the 2014 Congress will be inaugurated. It was preceded by the 2012 Congress. The 2013 Congress is the third Congress to use the election methods of the 2011 State Reform. Like the previous Congress, the 2013 Congress's executive branch uses ministries for its executive branch. The Congress was the first to have a Ministry of Family, Youth, and Elderly. The current government of the congress is the Ilava II Government, named after its Prime Minister, Oos Wes Ilava. The 2013 Federal Elections decided the composition of the congress.

History
The 2013 Congress succeeded the 2012 Congress, and is the third Congress to use the rules of the 2011 State Reform. After inauguration of the Congress on February 1, the Ilava II Government, comprised of a grand coalition of nearly all parties, was put into power on February 7. Oos Wes Ilava was elected Prime Minister in a Congressional poll, again led a government of ministries.

Composition
Like the previous two Congresses, the 2013 Congress has 100 members. The Conservative Christian Party of Lovia has the largest number of seats (19), followed by the Conservative Nationalist Party (15), Labour Party (12), and Social Liberal Party (12). The Green Party gained the most seats (9) compared to last year's Congress, while the Labour Party lost the most (12). Overall, like the previous Congress, the 2013 Congress was split approximately evenly between leftists, centrists, and rightists.