Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy

The Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy is the supreme executive official of the Kiravian federal government, acting as both and. The Prime Executive is involved in the federal legislative process through his power to introduce and veto legislation, and works to maintain the support of a cross-partisan pro-administration camp of Delegates in the Stanora in order to advance a common legislative agenda. He also plays a crucial role in charting and executing the Federacy's foreign and military policies.

The office of the Prime Executive is called the Prime Executure. In Kiravic, the office is known as the Vèurovekturum and the officer as the Vèurovektur. Vèurovektur is a compound of vèurox, which ultimately comes from the Iathei Coscivian vʉrr meaning "first" but took on the meaning of "first and foremost" in High Coscivian before being passed on to Kiravic; and vektur, a High Coscivian title given to various executive officials of the Coscivian Empire.

Constitutional Description
The powers and duties of the Prime Executure are prescribed by the Fundamental Statute.

Eligibility
The Fundamental Statute requires candidates for the Prime Executure to be
 * Kiravian citizens from birth
 * Resident in a state or territory of the Federacy for a minimum of 20 years
 * At least 30 years of age
 * Not members of the Armed Forces, paramilitary, or a private militia.
 * Not a member of a political party in any state

In order to stand for the office of Prime Executive, candidates must be nominated by at least one member of the Council of States.

Enumerated Powers
The Fundamental Statute prescribes the following powers to the Prime Executure:


 * To introduce legislation to the Federal Stanora
 * To veto legislation passed by the Stanora (overridable by a supermajority vote)
 * To appoint subordinate executive officers
 * To issue executive orders and regulatory pronouncements with the force of law
 * To command the Kiravian Armed Forces
 * To oversee the federal bureaucracy
 * To appoint governors of the territories, federal districts, overseas colonies, and other federal subjects
 * To revoke and suspend governments of the above with due cause
 * To make territorial claims on behalf of the Federacy
 * To conduct diplomacy, appoint diplomats, receive foreign envoys, and sign treaties
 * To conduct relations with Aboriginal Kiravite polities
 * To appoint Federal judges
 * To issue pardons and commutations of sentence for convicts in the Federal court system.

Political and Policy Role
The Prime Executure was originally envisioned as a largely apolitical, custodial office responsible for the impartial execution of Stanora legislation and pragmatic handling of foreign policy and the military. Its two legislative powers, the veto and the power to propose legislation, were included to further separation of powers and help ___________, respectively. Over time, as the power of the federal government and the public profile of the Prime Executure increased, these powers gradually became political in nature, and candidates for the Prime Executure began campaigning on promises to exercise them in support of or opposition to particular policies.

Although primary responsibility for domestic policy on the federal level lies with the Stanora, modern Prime Executives nonetheless play an active role in the process. The Prime Executive plays a critical role in budget negotiations, which involve a balancing of legislative and executive priorities. Prime Executives also participate in policymaking by "sheparding" the adoption of various policies in conjunction with Stanoral allies. The legislative importance of the Prime Executure expands and contracts with the prevailing political attitude of the Stanora. For example, under the Shaftonist-Republican Alliance-dominated Stanora from 21185 to 21206, Prime Executives Rénkédar, Mérovin, and Candrin (all sympathetic to the SRA platform) were able to spearhead major economic and administrative reforms. After a distributist CSU-CR minority government unseated the SRA during Candrin's second term, the Candrin administration largely withdrew from legislative involvement and shifted its attention to foreign, colonial, and military affairs.

Both directly and through various executive branch agencies, the Prime Executive plays a major role in the administration of Kiravia's overseas possessions. The Prime Executive has the authority to levy territorial claims, appoint governors (whether unilaterally, on the advice of a colonial legislature, or from a list of nominees presented by the citizenry), and issue decrees in non-state federal subjects that are not subject to as many constitutional limitations as they would be in full states. The Prime Executive also has the authority to suspend or revoke territorial charters and the governing ordinances of other federal subjects if the local government is found to be in violation of the law.

Ceremonial Role
The Prime Executive traditionally gives two major public addresses every year. The Autumn Address is typically given sometime during the month of Sávilús, and the Spring Address is typically given during the month of Glaslús or Evtilús. The Autumn Address was historically the more policy-heavy of the two speeches, though there has been greater parity between the two in recent years. On the eve of the Coscivian New Year, the Prime Executive records a special televised message, usually free of overt political content, encouraging national unity and solidarity with Coscivian peoples worldwide. Christian Prime Executives also make a televised address from Kroveniren Hall on Christmas Eve.

The Prime Executive is often accorded the unofficial title "Leader of the Coscivian World" (Kiravic: Kódár Koskiekuviúsk) in recognition of his position as head of the largest and most powerful Coscivian nation, and is regarded, in many respects, as the spiritual successor to the Emperor of the Coscivian Empire. This title is resented and frequently derided in Livensóla, which long regarded its monarchs as heirs to the Imperial legacy and figureheads of Coscivian civilisation.

Amenities
The official residence of the Prime Executive is Kroveniren Hall in Kartika, which also houses the offices of high-level executive branch staff and hosts visiting dignitaries for official state functions. During Kirosocialism, Prime Executives Albumin, ______, and Ástukéter opted to commute to Kroveniren Hall from private homes elsewhere, as did a handful of earlier Prime Executives. In addition to Kroveniren Hall, the Prime Executive has access to two alpine lodges: Tín Líathemyn in County Highland, Ventarya and Tricēston Lodge near Ēsvelter, Kiygrava, as well as a disused summer retreat in County Akúvar, Niyasca.

Security for the Prime Executive, his family, and his residences is provided by the Presidential Guard Unit of the Federal Protective Service, an agency of the Security Executive. Former Prime Executives are entitled to PGU protection for life, though at present, both of the two living former Prime Executives (Rénkédar and Mérovin) have chosen to waive this privilege.