Executive College

Rektārkax Vekturxóstrev Federal Executive College
Government emblem
Overview
State	Kiravian Federacy
Leader	Secretary-General
Appointed by	Prime Executive
Responsible to	Prime Executive
Headquarters	Tárilavnuv Gate Kartika
Website	https://www.xudra.āri.kr/

The Federal Executive College (Coscivian: Rektārkax Vekturxóstrev), known informally as the "Federal Cabinet" (Rektārkax Xudra), is the highest body of the executive branch of the Government of the Kiravian Federacy. Appointed and led by the Prime Executive of the Kiravian Federacy, the Executive College acts as the organisational conduit through which the administration directs the professional federal bureaucracy, implements its policy objectives, and formulates inter-agency responses to national issues.

As the Kiravian federal government is a fully presidential system, the Executive College is not independent of the Prime Executive (all of its members are appointed and dismissible by the PE), and only exercises a few reserve powers of its own (see below). This contrasts with the executive colleges (and analogous bodies) of many Kiravian states and territories, which exercise substantial power as collegial institutions and may also have some degree of independence from the Chief Executive/Governor. As such, nearly all cabinet votes are advisory in nature (so that the PE may gauge support for a measure among his administration) or relate to internal business. Practicality, convention, and custom underpin the importance and political role of the Executive College more than constitutional authority, and its manner of business has evolved under different administrations.

Composition and Powers

Constitutional basis + Reserve powers Eligibility for appointment. Confirmation process.

Three members of the College - the Prime Executive, Second Executive, and Reserve Executive - are elected. Eligibility for all three offices and the nomination/election process therefor is governed by Chapter II, Article I of the Constitution.

The offices of Secretary-General, Attorney-General, Chief State Executive, Chief Defence Executive, Chief Territorial Executive, and Chief Maritime Executive are also established by the Constitution (Chapter II, Article II). These officers are appointed by the Prime Executive, subject to confirmation by the Stanora.

Most of the other offices are established by Acts of the Stanora, appointed by the Prime Executive, subject to confirmation by the Stanora.

The Prime Executive may independently name additional officers to the College without confirmation by the Stanora and assign them official duties by Collegial Ordinance, but these officers cannot vote on Collegial business unless confirmed.

Things the College can do as a body:

• Submit legislative proposals to the Stanora.
• Draft a budget and present the same to the Stanora
• Make appointments to federal public corporations and federally-chartered QUANGOs.
• Suspend the charters of internal territories and overseas territories, dependencies, and other federal subjects lacking domestic autonomy.
• Exercise the legal rights of the Government of the Kiravian Federacy in regard to civil lawsuits, state private property, and (wholly or partly) state-owned enterprises.

Emergency powers:

• Coup the Prime Executive
• If the Stanora is unable to function, the College may temporarily assume its powers.

Decrees

The Executive College can issue several types of decrees with the force of law.

• Collegial Decrees create primary legislation in areas permitted by the Constitution. They are enacted "on behalf of the Emperor" and authenticated with the State Seal.
• Collegial Ordinances mostly create secondary legislation. They are enacted "in the name of the Emperor" and bear the State Seal.
• Collegiate Ordinances are enacted "in service to the Emperor" and bear the Government Seal.
• Collegial Orders create regulations. They are enacted "in service to the Emperor" and bear the Government Seal.

Members

Officer	Duties	Subordinate Agencies
Prime Executive	Head of government Chairman of the College.	Kroveniren Hall Administration
Second Executive	Constitutional successor to the Prime Executive Chair of the College in PE's absence	International Reconnaissance Agency Kiravian Postal Service
Secretary-General Steward of Tárilavn Gate	Chief administrator of the executive branch Charge of official business of the College Custodian of the Government Seal Concurrently Chief Executive for Exchequer & Management (by convention)	Government Provisions Administration Bureau of Personnel Management
Attorney-General	Legal representative of the Federacy Attorney and chief litigator for the administration Not a public prosecutor.	Litigation Office Legislative Review Office
Emergency Backup Executive	Successor of last resort to the Prime Executive Coördinator for continuity of government planning	Operational Continuity Office Commission on Long-term Planning

Executive	Policy Remit	Subordinate Agencies
State Keeper of the State Seal Dean of Torrigen Hall	Foreign policy and Diplomacy Consular affairs International organisations Cultural exchange Foreign intelligence Coscivian minorities and Overseas Kiravians Ceremony and protocol	State Executive (unitary agency)
Defence Captain of the Citadel	Armed forces Strategic planning Military intelligence	Kiravian Army Army Air Corps Army Marine Corps Strategic & Space Corps Kiravian Navy Defence Intelligence Service Signals Intelligence Agency Research & Development Agency National Levy Bureau Contract Management Office
Security Dean of the Dreaded Ibykia	State and internal security Domestic security Border security Counter-terrorism Cybersecurity and Biosecurity	Domestic Security Agency Kiravian Civil Defence Internal Security Agency Federal Security Bureau
Territorial Dean of the Tholos	Environmental policy Law enforcement Public Lands Forest policy Urom affairs Geodesy Intergovernmental affairs	Federal Police Ecological Integrity Agency Urom Administration Federal Forestry Service Federal Park Service Federal Pasture Administration Bureau of Federal Estates Federal Fish & Game Agency Cartographic & Geological Bureau Water Control & Reclamation Office Federal Aviation Authority
Agriculture Dean of the Florîd Palace	Agricultural policy Food policy Veterinary policy Weights & Measures Rural development	Common Agricultural Fund Agricultural Support Service Food Quality & Supply Administration Bureau of Weights & Measures Bureau of Rural Development Federal Livestock Commission Agricultural Property Office Anti-Cannabis Police
Maritime & Insular Affairs First Grandee of the Sea or some shit	Marine policy Insular policy Civil navigation Fisheries policy Territorial waters Blue economy Oceanography Meteorology	Maritime Cutter Service Merchant Marine Authority Navigation Commission Maritime Police Shipping Registry Oceanographic Service Federal Weather Service Bureau of Seamen's Affairs Bureau of Fisheries Lighthouse Board Bureau of Insurance, Wrecks, and Salvage Insular Affairs Bureau Micronesian Authority Submerged Reefs & Shoals Office Guano Mines Office Volcanic Islands Insurance Corporation Kiravian Waters Authority Territorial Sea Bureau Contiguous Zone Bureau Exclusive Economic Zone Bureau Continental Shelf Bureau Marine Biological Laboratories Anti-Whaling Agency
Overseas Development	Colonisation Human Capital Transfer Colonial and indigenous trade Colonial infrastructure Human development International development aid	Overseas Development Bank Enterprise Division Brace & Rail Initiative International Projects Promotion Office Endeavour Division Human Capital Transfer Administration Housing & Structural Development Administration Pluricontinental Investment Agency Horizon Division Kiravian Agency for International Development Cronan Health Service Tropical Medicine Service Human Development Planning Commission Convergence Division Advanced Convergence Office Inner-Phase Convergence Office Middle-Phase Convergence Office Expansion-Phase Office
Overseas Governance	Colonial policy Good governance and capacity-building Colonial civil service Colonial government auditing Colonial law enforcement	Institutional Development Bureau Overseas Public Accounting Bureau Inter-Imperial Affairs Office Cronan Rangers Service
Common Market	Interstate trade policy Competition law Consumer protection Transportation policy	Interstate Commerce Commission Chemical-Weapon & Drug Precursor Control Office Inland Navigation Authority Federal Railways Board
Industry & Commerce	Industrial policy Trade policy	Macroëconomics & Planning Bureau Bureau of Trade Relations Urceo-Levantine Office Kilikas Sea Office Caphirian Office Cartadanian Office Cape-Farpoint Office Alstin & Colonies Office Sarpedon-Ixnay Office Audonian-Punthic Office Polynesian-South Cronan Office Bureau of Commerce Trade Licence Office Trademark & Design Protection Office Kiravian Patent Office Bureau of Science & Technology Bureau of Industry Iron & Steel Office Nonferrous Metallurgy Office Chemical Industry Office Distilleries Office Pulp & Paper Office Construction Elements & Bulk Materials Office Nano-, Ultralight, and Advanced Materials Office Robotics Office Offshore Assembly Office Tool & Die Office Automotive Office Non-Alcoholic Beverage Office
Finance, Investment, and Capital Markets
Development & Regional Balance	Development policy Regional policy Decentralisation Ethnic development	Structural Adjustment Fund Sanitation Improvement Agency Inclusive Development Office Southern Highways & Railways Board
Distributed Economy	Small and Medium enterprise Micro-enterprise Coöperativisation Social enterprise
Labour, Human Capital, and Social Affairs	Social policy Labour policy Education policy Migration policy and Naturalisation Demography	Social Insurance Administration Census Bureau Bureau of Employment Statistics Migration Authority Courts of Naturalisation Physical force Irish Republicanism Meta-Accreditation Commission Federal University at Kartika Bureau of Literacy
Signals, Wiring, and Digital Development		Telecommunications Regulatory Commission Kiravian Internet Research Agency Kiravian Internet Organisation Coscivian Internet Initiative Rural Broadband Commission
Culture, Heritage, and Civil Society	Cultural policy Coscivian traditional culture Cultural counter-hegemony Civil society promotion	Federal Archives Corcoran Institution Commission on Standard Kiravic Council on Kiravian Religious Life Academy of Coscivian Philology Academy of Shaftonist Studies Bureau of Antiquities & Field Archæology Brehon Law Institute
Energy & Civil Research	Energy policy Atomic policy Science policy Space policy?	Federal Energy Administration Oil & Gas Office Coal Office Peat & Biomass Development Office Atomic Power Authority
Exchequer & Management (Held by the Secretary-General)	Fiscal policy
The Justiciary		Federal Courts Administration Federal Bailiffs Service College of Federal Prosecutors Federal Correctional & Custodial Service Anti-Corruption Shit
Public Health		Healthcare Finance Commission Countercontagion Agency Pharmaceutical Regulatory Administration Federal Biomedical Institute Federal Institute on Senescence & Geriatrics
Polar Affairs	Arctic policy Antarctic policy	Kiravian Arctic & Antarctic Research Agency Arctic Icebreaker Fleet Commission on Magnetic Pole Reversal

A Note on Titles

The early Executive College did not resemble most modern cabinets in that its portfolios were not necessarily tied to a particular policy area (e.g. defence, finance). Rather, the first few Prime Executives of the Federal Period appointed individuals they trusted to the Executive College and assigned responsibility for subordinate agencies more or less arbitrarily. Slightly later on, there developed a custom of assigning Chief Executives responsibility for certain buildings in Kartika, and Chief Executives were charged with issuing orders to and collecting reports from whichever bureaux were housed in their buildings, regardless of what those bureaux did. As the federal bureaucracy matured, there eventually developed a closer correlation between agencies' functions, their office locations, and their responsible Chief Executive. However, many of the policy secretariats remained quite broad in scope, and Chief Executives continued to be addressed by titles such as Steward of Torrigen Gate and Captain of the Citadel. Some such titles, most notably Dean of the Tholos, persisted even after the Collegian in question no longer worked in their titular building.

The traditional titles were scrapped by the Socialist Party once it entered government, and were replaced with the title of Linaren ("Minister") and straightforward functional epithets typical of modern Western cabinets (Minister of Defence, Minister of the Sea). The Federalist government-in-exile on Æonara, though operating an ocean away from the titular buildings, initially held steadfastly to the traditional titles as symbols of its commitment to retaking the mainland. However, as the structure of the Executive College and underlying bureaucracy changed in adaptation to local conditions on Æonara, many of the traditional titles fell into abeyance or came to coexist with standardised functional titles like *Chief State Executive* in everyday use. After the Federalist return to power in Great Kirav was realised, the new style titles were made standard by PE Kólsylvar, and PE Rénkédar issued a memorandum relegating the traditional titles to ceremonial uses only. According to A.R. Ellagikuv, Secretary-General under Kólsylvar at the time of the switch, the change in style was meant to clarify equality in rank among members of the College, project a modern, professional, and technocratic image to the foreign press, and help citizens better understand their government, as polling showed that many mainland Kiravians who had lived under socialism were unfamiliar with the traditional titles. PE Candrin, during his third term, rescinded the Rénkédar memorandum, and has encouraged the supplemental use of the traditional titles, though the modern titles remain standard in most contexts.