Cabinet of Secretaries

Cabinet of Secretaries
Overview
Formed	3216
Juridicton	Union of Arendale
Headquarters	Union Hall BuildingArendelle
Presiding Member	Prime Minister of Ruthenia

Union of Arendale

This article is part of the series: Politics and government of Arendale

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The Cabinet of Secretaries consists of the heads of the largest part of the executive branch of the national government of Arendale. Currently, it includes the secretaries of 19 executive departments and the heads of other several other minor agencies and offices that are subordinate to the Prime Minister.

Appointment

Article 7, Section 16 of the Constitution of Arendale says that the Prime Minister

“ shall nominate and, with the consent of the Commission on Appointments, appoint the heads of the executive departments, ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, or officers of the armed forces from the rank of colonel or naval captain, and other officers whose appointments are vested in him in this Constitution. He shall also appoint all other officers of the Government whose appointments are not otherwise provided for by law, and those whom he may be authorized by law to appoint. The Congress may, by law, vest the appointment of other officers lower in rank in the Prime Minister alone, in the courts, or in the heads of departments, agencies, commissions, or boards.

Role in the government

The Cabinet of Secretaries convenes to formally make decisions on matters of State, passing so-called Royal Orders

.

The Cabinet meets at Union Hall Building in the Arendelle Countryside.

Theoretically, the Royal Orders themselves are the Prime Minister's decisions, but are practically those of the government. However, they require the contra-signature of the incumbent Monarch, or, in cases relating to military command, of the Secretary of National Defense in order to be valid. Later, entire records from the proceedings of the Cabinet of Secretaries is signed by all its members. This is done in order to remove all personal responsibility on part of the Prime Minister, in keeping with Article 5 of the Constitution, which states that, "The Prime Minister's person is important; he cannot be censured or accused. The responsibility rests with his Cabinet". Another feature of this system is that the Prime Minister, when having sanctioned a decision, is referred to as Primer-and-Cabinet, meaning the Prime Minister as well as his cabinet.

According to the Constitution, certain cases, such as appointments and dismissals of higher office, pardons, provisional measures, church ordinances and ratifications of treaties must be administered by the Cabinet of Secretaries. Whilst not prescribed in the Constitution, the signing of bills and other regulations into law is the most important feature of the work being conducted during sessions of the Cabinet of Secretaries.

Members of the Cabinet

Department	Position	Incumbent	Image	In office     since
Office of the Prime Minister	Prime  Minister	Gideon Reinaldi Kalanx II		June 10,3310
Department of Foreign Affairs	Secretary of Foreign   Affairs	Kyla Moonswatch		June 10,3340
Department of Education	Secretary      of Education	Peter Golian		June 10,3345
Department of Social Welfare and Development	Secretary of       Social Welfare and Development	Arthur Kazak		June 11,3340
Department of Transportation	Secretary of Transportation	Philip Carnage		August 15,3340
Department of Education	Secretary of     Education	Jan Villanue		August 15,3340
Department of Environment and Natural Reosurces	Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources	Meliza Guirhem		August 15,3340
Department of Energy	Secretary of Energy	Benjamin Nathan		June 11,3340
Department of Labor and Employment	Secretary of Labor and Employment	Gina Breckhem		December 10,3340
Department of National Defense	Secretary of National Defense	Oliver Vickens		June 11,3340
Department of Interior and Government	Secretary of Interior and Local Government	Glea Jope		October 23,3340
Department of Health	Secretary of Health	Julian Frodnord		October 23,3355
Department of Internal Security	Secretary of Internal Security	Raphael Adrich		January 21,3351
Department of Agriculture	Secretary of Agriculture	Neil Grelson		January 21,3351
Department of Trade and Industry	Secretary of Trade and Industry	Victor Rains		January 21,3351
Department of Budget and Management	Department of Budget and Management	Jenny Vey Thomas		July 10,3361