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 1790, 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 Parliament." 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 Member of Parliament, though to be a Member of Parliament 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, Defense, 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 Agriculture and Fisheries has always also held the title of Minister of Public Lands and Territorial Waters for as long as the titles have existed. The Minister of Revenue and Treasury is typically also made Minister of the Economy, which is theoretically a separate position with different responsibilities. However, only once have the two positions ever been filled by different people. Others are given multiple portfolios for other reasons. In the current cabinet, Minister of Rodokan Affairs Saima Viha Kerska is also Minister of the Environment.

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 [[International Forum]] and others.

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, Defense, 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.

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."

|Deputy Prime Minister<br />Leader of Business in the SenateDiet

|'''Lodar Adrai Ventraviš'''

|Minister of Civil Law<br />Attorney-General of the Acronian EmpireTavaris

|'''Vedra Žini Dendrodek'''

|Avrandai West-<br/>Lääne Kõrküngas

|'''Avri Londrai Takanaš'''

|'''Andra Tavažt Rendorel'''

|Minister of Public Health<br />Civil Government Liaison to the Church of Akrona

|'''Kandrovi Vendravar Tavít'''

|'''Nadra Valtari Kondrai'''

|Director-General of Government Operations<br />Leader of Business in the Diet

|'''Modria Lavat Kantor'''

|Trade Representative of the Acronian EmpireTavaris

|'''Vedri Ankat Donarík'''

|AcronianTavari Ambassador to the [[International Forum]]

|AcronianTavari Ambassador to the [[Alliance of Northwest Gondwana]]

|AcronianTavari Ambassador to the [[League of Novaris]]<br />Ambassador-at-Large to the Global Community of Monarchies

|'''<small>HRH</small> Otan DavrasNuvo Šolosar'''