Cabinet of Volkia
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| Current: Cabinet of Yuliya Surkova | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | August 6, 1888 |
| Type | Advisory body |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of Volkia |
| Headquarters | Cabinet Room, Presidential Palace, Volkgoroda, Volkia |
| Employees | 25 members (not counting the VP):
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| Key document | |
The Cabinet of the Volkian Federative Republic is an advisory body made up of the Vice President of Volkia and the heads of the federal ministries that make up the federal government of Volkia. The cabinet is regarded as the principal advisory body to the president of Volkia. The heads of the federal ministries are appointed by the president and confirmed by a majority vote in the Federal Council. Acting ministerial heads may sit in on Cabinet meetings whether or not they have been officially confirmed by the Federal Council. The president may designate heads of other agencies and unconfirmed members of the Executive Office of the President as Cabinet-level members of the Cabinet.
There are no collective executive powers or functions of the Cabinet, and no votes need to be taken due to the Cabinet's advisory body status. As of August 20, 2021 there are __ members (__ including the Vice President): 16 ministry heads and __ Cabinet-level members, all of whom have received Federal Council confirmation. The Cabinet meets with the president a room adjacent to the Presidential Office. The members sit in the order in which their respective ministries were created, with the earliest being closest to the president and the newest farthest away.
Cabinet members serve at the pleasure of the president, who may dismiss them at any time without the approval of the Federal Council. The president may also downgrade their Cabinet membership status. The president may organize the Cabinet as they see fit, such as instituting committees. Cabinet members, like all federal public officials, are subject to impeachment by the Chamber of Deputies and trial in the Federal Council.
History
Federal law
Confirmation process
Salary
Current Cabinet and Cabinet-rank officials
Vice President and the heads of the executive departments
The Cabinet permanently includes the vice president and the heads of 16 federal ministries, listed here according to their order of succession to the presidency. The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies and the President of the Federal Council follow the vice president and precede the minister of internal affairs in the order of succession, but both are in the legislative branch and are not part of the Cabinet.
| Office | Incumbent | Took office |
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| Vice President | Vladimir Burmakin | August 6, 2016 |
| Minister of Internal Affairs | Anatoly Kuzmich | August 6, 2016 |
| Minister of National Defense | Ivan Kabakov | August 6, 2016 |
| Minister of Justice and Attorney General | Vasiliy Akinfeev | January 15, 2021 |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | Nikolai Skorobogatov | August 17, 2016 |
| Minister of Finance | Yevgeny Smyslov | January 16, 2021 |
| Minister of Health and Social Affairs | Pavel Stroganov | February 2, 2021 |
| Minister of Agriculture | Sofia Yudina | March 18, 2019 |
| Minister of Education | Galina Shchekina | June 7, 2020 |
| Minister of Energy | Alexander Chayanov | August 18, 2016 |
| Minister of Labor | Lyudmila Filipchenka | August 18, 2016 |
| Minister of Commerce | Yuly Nikolayev | February 10, 2021 |
| Minister of Land Management | Boris Lavochkin | October 14, 2019 |
| Minister of Economic Development | Marina Nezarova | March 25, 2020 |
| Minister of Culture, Sport, and Tourism | Lev Davydenko | August 30, 2016 |
| Minister of Transportation and Communications | Oksana Zhirenkova | January 20, 2021 |
| Minister of Housing and Urban Development | Sergei Kozlovsky | January 29, 2021 |
Cabinet-level officials
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Volkian Federative Republic |
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| Main article: Volkia | ||
| Important Topics: Culture ♦ Lupine ♦ Volkian language ♦ Lunarism ♦ Volkian korona ♦ Defense Forces | ||
| Government: Federal Government ♦ President ♦ Cabinet ♦ National Assembly ♦ Federal Supreme Court ♦ Political Parties | ||
| History: Grand Principality of Volkia ♦ Duchy of Volkia ♦ Kingdom of Volkia ♦ Volkian Civil War ♦ Northern Revolt ♦ Volkian Revolution | ||
| Important Figures (Past and Present): Yuliya Surkova ♦ Aleksey Pushkarev ♦ Stefan Gurkovsky ♦ Ivan Ogarkov ♦ Vasily Tolmachyov ♦ Yulian Lebedev | ||