Cabinet of Eldmora-Regulus

Cabinet of Eldmora-Regulus Volkskabinett von Eldmora-Regulus
Polity type	Confederal presidential constitutional republic & constitutional monarchy
Constitution	Constitution of Eldmora-Regulus
Formation	August 28, 1915 (1915-08-28)
Legislative branch
Name	Bundeskongress
Type	Bicameral
Meeting place	Staatengebäude
Upper house
Name	Staatskanzlei
Presiding officer	Roland Schuhart, Vice-President & President of the Staatskanzlei
Appointer	Wahlkongress
Lower house
Name	Volksforum
Presiding officer	Clemence Lynwood, Speaker of the Volksforum
Appointer	Exhaustive ballot
Executive branch
Head of State and Government
Title	President
Currently	Adam Vogt
Appointer	Wahlkongress
Cabinet
Name	Cabinet of Eldmora-Regulus
Current cabinet	Cabinet Vogt III
Leader	President
Deputy leader	Vice-President
Appointer	President
Headquarters	Volkshaus
Ministries	6
Judicial branch
Name	Judiciary of Eldmora-Regulus
Courts	List of Courts of Eldmora-Regulus
Oberster Gerichtshof
Chief judge	Emmerich A. Messer
Seat	Seat of the Court, Maessen

The Cabinet of Eldmora-Regulus, or Confederal Cabinet, or People's Cabinet, or Confederal Government is the chief executive body of the Eldmora-Regulus Confederation. It consists of the President and cabinet members. The powers and duties of the cabinet, as well as the method of its election and appointment, as well as the procedure of its dismissal and removal, are set in the Articles of Confederation, Chapter XX, Article XX through XX.

The President appoints ministers, who are heard and confirmed by the Volksforum. The Volksforum can dismiss individual members of the cabinet by a motion of no confidence, and by impeaching the president, the entire cabinet, however in such a case, the entire Volksforum would also be disbanded. The Staatskanzlei can only move to remove a cabinet by unanimous vote of the council, in such case, the Volksforum would also be disbanded, and special elections would have to be called. A removed cabinet until the elections is a outgoing cabinet, and can only engage in basic day-to-day duties of the executive, while the Staatskanzlei and Volksforum will handle the more politically sensitive matters.

If a President is removed, the Vice-President will assume the position of Acting President until a special election, or for the remainder of the term. Lacking a VP, the Speaker would assume the role, and lacking a speaker, an appointee by the Staatskanzlei will assume the role.

The Cabinet can also move to remove a president, if deemed unfit for duty, by a 2/3rds majority vote, as laid out in Chapter XX, Article XX of the Articles of Confederation.

Members of the Cabinet are not allowed to be a member of the Volksforum or a legislature of their home state, the exception is the Vice-President, who is the President and Primary Presiding Officer of the Staatskanzlei.

Process of nomination and appointment

The President is elected by the Wahlkongress, or Electoral Congress, which votes according to the results of the General Election. Once the votes are confirmed by the Staatskanzlei and Volksforum in a Joint-Session, the President-Elect will begin a period of transition with the old government, or if re-elected will resume duties, until the day of inauguration where the president shall take the oath of office and pledge of allegiance to the confederation.

The President shall once inaugurated, nominate his members of the cabinet, who have to undergo a hearing from the Volksforum, and the simple majority confirmation vote that ensues such a hearing. A hearing takes 2 days, with the 3rd day for debate and voting.

Functioning

The President is the chief executive leader. Thus, the whole cabinet's tenure is linked to the President's tenure; the President's, and thus the cabinet's term automatically ends if a newly elected president is sworn in, or if the president is impeached by the Volksforum, removed by the Staatskanzlei, resigns, or dies, the President and their ministers stay in office as an acting or outgoing cabinet. An acting, or outgoing cabinet practically has the same powers as an ordinary cabinet, except that the members of such cabinet eventually leave, however it has become decorum to keep sensitive political matters for the next cabinet or up to the legislature.

The President is responsible for guiding the cabinet and deciding its political direction. The cabinet ministers are free to carry out their duties independently within the boundaries set by the President's political directives. The President may at any time dismiss a minister, or appoint a new minister. The Volksforum can also remove individual ministers by way of a vote of no confidence. The President also decides the scope of each minister's duties and can at their own discretion nominate ministers heading a department and ministers without a department. The President can also appoint, nominate and dismiss directors, administrators, and such from any confederal agency, and the President can also lead a department himself. The President is free to shape his cabinet as he sees fit but is limited by a few constitutional limits, a president must appoint a Minister of the Armed Forces, a Minister of the Treasury, and a Minister of Justice, the President may not lead these ministries himself, due to special constitutional powers that are only granted to these ministers, For example, while the President is still considered the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, he only becomes the supreme commander in wartime. If two ministers disagree on a particular point, the cabinet resolves the conflict by a simple majority vote, or the President decides on the case themselves. This depends on the governing style of the President.

Present Cabinet

Main article: Third Vogt cabinet

The current and XX confederal cabinet of Eldmora-Regulus (Vogt III) has been in office since 5 February, 2024. It currently consists of the following members:

Order	Office	Image	Incumbent	Party	In office	Agencies, State Secretaries & Others Particular field of responsibilities (where applicable)
1	President of the Eldmora-Regulus Confederation		Adam Vogt	VfdR	5 February 2016 - present	Senior Staff Volkshaus Presidential Office Ronald Volk Chief of Staff Sybille Kirch Counselor to the President Marco Hoffmann Volkshaus Communications Director Mariëlle Janssen Volkshaus Press Secretary Special Advisors & Liaison Officers Marcel Curtis National Security Advisor Odilie Manz L.O for Eldmora Nathan Starr L.O for Regulus See also: Political Appointments Executive Office of the President
2	Vice-President of the Eldmora-Regulus Confederation		Roland Schuhart	D70	5 February 2024 - present	Senior Staff Office of the Vice-President Adrianna Mercer Chief of Staff
3	Minister of Finance		Anja Größel	VfdR	5 February 2020 - present	State Secretaries Denis Behrend Deputy Minister of Finance Hardy Wägner State Secretary of Cyberfinances Renata Schneider State Secretary of Taxation & Subsidies Franzi Wolff State Secretary of Financial Intelligence & Crime Markus Prinz State Secretary of International Finance & Markets Senior Staff Hannes Fürst Chief of Staff Gerhold Bachman Comptroller of the Currency Adelheid Siegel Inspector General Alfreda Janz Treasurer Directors & Agencies 'Marina Mulder Director of the Tax and Customs Administration Joachim Langbroek C.E.O of the Volksbank Arnold Vogel Director of the Financial Crime Investigation Service Roman A. Loritz Director of the Alder Mark Mint & Printing Company Emiel Hermans Director of the Securities and Exchange Commission
4	Minister of the Armed Forces		Hendrik Pfeiffer	VfdR	5 February 2016 - present	State Secretaries Winfried Hagen Deputy Minister of the Armed Forces Cornelius Van Dael State Secretary of Veterans Affairs Beau Kloet Secretary of the Army Norbert Raskop Secretary of the Air Force Torben Van Asch Secretary of the Navy Friedrich Reis Secretary of the Cyber Defence Force Senior Staff Emerens Graf Chief of Staff Feline Romeijn Press Secretary Levi Gorman Inspector General Arnold Kikkert Chief Financial Officer Engel Brand Chief Personnel Affairs Officer Emanuel Lorentz Chief Research & Development Officer Directors & Agencies Lambert Strobel Administrator of the Advanced Research Project Agency Katrijn S. Reyer Administrator of the Aeronautics and Space Administration Cornelius Bayer Director of the Logistics & Maintenance Department Reinhardt Harper Brigadier General of the Civil Defence Authority Suzanne M.R. Gump-Brugman Administrator of the Military Health Department Roos Beck Administrator of the Military Monuments and Graves Commission Egbert Van der Zee Director of the Military Intelligence and Security Agency
5	Minister of the Interior		Marit Aaij	D70	5 February 2024 - present	State Secretaries Clemens Haase Deputy Minister of the Interior Benedikt Schermer State Secretary of Digital Governance Aafje Benscoter State Secretary of Election Integrity & Digital Democracy Paula Monika Kistler State Secretary of Civil Service Amalia West State Secretary of Community Development Senior Staff Floor Berge Chief of Staff Ingeburg Busch Inspector General Thomas Spijker Chief Financial Officer Directors & Agencies Louisa Förstner Administrator of the National Safety Board Sylvia Holzer Administrator of the Government Archives & Records Library Ronald Leitzke Administrator of the Presidential Libraries Commission Karl Arissen Administrator of the Census Office Wardell Gladwyn Director of the Corruption and Bribery Investigation Agency Gunter Benton Director of the Civil Service
2	Minister of Foreign Affairs		Roland Schuhart	D70	5 February 2024 - present	Senior Staff Office of the Vice-President Adrianna Mercer Chief of Staff