Outsourcing Leadership

[Markface]

For majority of nations one main requirement is that someone running for a leadership role (member of parliament, state leader, presidency, etc) is a national of the country they are seeking power within, example, you must be an Australian citizen to run for Prime Minister of Australia or leader of an Australian state.

I heard a debate on the radio a few days back which argued whether or not this rule should be made defunct and got me thinking, is it essential that a national runs their own country or state? I understand that for the sake of morale it is beneficial to have someone in power you can relate to, but if the job could be done better by bringing in a foreigner then why not?

Nations are able to outsource jobs in even some of the higher power positions, example being Mark Carney, a Canadian, being chosen to run the Bank of England, so why not for political excellence? If a proven politician has run a similar state or region overseas to great success then surely it would be beneficial for other countries to consider them as a worthy applicant?

There are a lot of politicians at the moment who weren't born in the country they are a leader in, but rather became a citizen after living there for a long time, but this is more about a foreign national running for leadership in a country they have not lived in extensively but would be likely to bring political success.

I'm not too sure on the rules of foreigners applying for political positions within other countries but I thought this was an interesting topic.

maybe I'm just boring.

[Camarohusky]

I want someone who's running the country to have a strong stake in the fate of the country. Generally, a non-citizen's stake in the country is lightly attenuated at best, and damn near nonexistant at worst.

[Entice]

At 8/12/13 10:50 PM, Camarohusky wrote: I want someone who's running the country to have a strong stake in the fate of the country. Generally, a non-citizen's stake in the country is lightly attenuated at best, and damn near nonexistant at worst.

Do the wealthy who are in power now have a stake in every issue that they control? Do they have anything personal to lose from their decisions barring WWIII and other things that are likely to be beyond their individual control anyways?

[HibiscusMallow]

It's fine. This is a democracy, people should be free to choose a foreigner to run a section of the government if that's what they want. Like for instance an Italian running France, a Georgian running Russia or an Austria running Germany.