Cabinet of Tavaris: Difference between revisions

Cabinet is presided over by the Prime Minister. The legal name of the position, in AcronianTavari, is ''Nís Tašrivandrak'', meaning "Chief Administrator." The Staynish term "Prime Minister" was informally used from the creation of the office in 17901793, and was formally adopted by statute in 1954. The position was envisioned by the authors of the Instruments of Governance to be a standalone, first-among-equals position, in which the Prime Minister led the meetings of Cabinet but was otherwise equal in power to the other ministers. Convention has since shifted, and Prime Ministers are generally considered to be the most powerful member of Cabinet and often hold other portfolios in addition to Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is appointed by the King, who is obligated under the Instruments of Government to select the individual "commanding the confidence of the houses of ParliamentDiet." The King then appoints the other members of the Cabinet on the advice of the Prime Minister. The only requirement for the office is that one be a MemberDelegate ofto Parliamentthe Diet, though to be a Member of ParliamentDelegate one must be ana AcronianTavari citizen aged 21 or older without any felony convictions.

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The remaining members of Cabinet are the Ministers in charge of the principal departments of the civil government. The Prime Minister generally has discretion to create and dissolve government departments at will, although certain departments are defined in the Instruments of Governance and therefore cannot be altered except by Constitutional amendment. These positions, referred to as the "entrenched Ministers" or "Great Offices of State," are the Prime Minister, the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Ministers of External Affairs, DefenseDefence, Revenue and Treasury, and Civil Law (the Attorney-General). Beyond these positions, the Prime Minister has the ability to organize government as they see fit. AcronianTavari law explicitly forbids "Ministers without Portfolio," meaning that in order to serve on Cabinet, one must be the leader of a government department.

Individuals can have multiple portfolios. For example, Prime Minister Nevran Alandar is also the Minister of International Trade and Development. Some office-holders are typically given multiple portfolios by convention: for example, the Minister of AgricultureRevenue and FisheriesTreasury has always also held the title of Minister of Publicthe Lands and Territorial WatersEconomy for as long as the titles have existed. The Minister of RevenueAgriculture and TreasuryFisheries is typicallywas also made Minister of Public Lands and Territorial Waters for the Economy,entire whichduration isof theoreticallythe alatter separatetitle's positionexistence, withuntil differentit responsibilitieswas eliminated in 2024. HoweverThe Equality Ministry, onlyestablished oncein have2004, has never been held independently, but the twoministry positionswith everwhich it has been filledcoupled byhas differentvaried over the peopleyears.

While the law limits who can hold a voting seat on the Cabinet, there are several government officials who regularly or sometimes attend Cabinet meetings to provide input. The Director-General of Government Operations, who is the official generally in charge of maintaining the civil service and the administrative/bureaucratic functioning of government, is not the head of a "principal executive department" and therefore cannot vote, but attends every meeting of Cabinet as they are generally responsible for implementing any changes that affect government employees. Other officials regularly attending Cabinet include the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of General Staff, the Chief of the Intelligence Office, the Trade Representative, and sometimes AcronianTavari ambassadors to international organizations, such as the [[LeagueInternational of NovarisForum]] orand the [[Alliance of Northwest Gondwana]]others.

The Council of State is a separate body from Cabinet, and is roughly analogous to the concept of the "Privy Council" that exists in some countries. Its Constitutionally-defined role is to "give advice to the monarch and to give legal effect to executive decisions and Acts of Parliamentthe Diet." The Council of State is not the executive - it does not make any changes on its own initiative, it ratifies decisions that have already been made by the Cabinet, which is the executive of the civil government. While in theory it is possible for the Council of State to deny an act of Cabinet legal ratification, such an event has never occurred and would likely cause a constitutional crisis. However, as all but two members of the Council are also members of Cabinet, the event is highly unlikely in any case.

The Council of State is also the body that formally "gives advice" to the monarch, currently King[[Otan MitalIV]], Emperor of the IITavari. In any situation where the law calls for the King to act on the advice of the government, it is the Council of State that formally presents the recommendation to the monarch. (An exception is the appointment of the Prime Minister and the Cabinet, since the Council of State is vacant before Parliamentthe Diet assembles to nominate a PM. In this case, the monarch acts on the advice of Parliament directly for the Prime Minister, and then the Prime Minister directly for the rest of the Cabinet.) The approval of the Council of State is also required for the monarch or the heir to get married or divorced, and the Council is also generally in charge of coordinating the planning and setup for royal funerals and other state funerals.

The Prime Minister is the President of the Council of State. The Council has 9 seats under the Instruments of Governance. In the past the Prime Minister had the discretion to fill them at will, but statute law has since filled 8 of the 9 seats. The Deputy Prime Minister; the Ministers of External Affairs, DefenseDefence, Revenue and Treasury, and Civil Law; the Director-General of Government Operations; and the Leader of the Opposition are the 8 mandated officials on the Council. The single remaining seat can be filled by the Prime Minister at will, and the appointment is typically seen as a way for the Prime Minister to elevate a particular issue as their "primary" focus or emphasis. Prime Minister Nevran Alandar appointed the Minister of Rodokan Affairs, Saima Viha Kerska, to the open seat in 20172021. After Rodokan independence in 2022, she replaced Mr. Kerska (who left the Tavari Cabinet to become Rodokan Minister of External Affairs) on the Council with Andra Rendorel, then Minister for Culture, Tourism, and Sport—the first time the minister holding this portfolio had ever served on the Council. She has continued to serve on the Council after she moved to the Ministry of Internal Affairs in 2024.

The King attends every meeting of the Council of State, which occur weekly, typically on Saturday mornings. However, the King is not a member of the Council of State, nor is he the presiding officer. As it was famously described by Utadri Novar Tanokat, the first AcronianTavari Prime Minister, "The King is not a member of the Council of State, the King ''is'' the state."

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