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==Titles== | ==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 | 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. | |||