Warden Government

The **Warden Government** is the executive authority of the Warden Federation. It is headed by the Minister of Interior, and its members are ministers, who the Minister of Interior has the authority to appoint and dismiss them. The Warden Government has authority in many aspects of the federation and the public, and it represents the Warden Federation externally.

The Minister of Interior, who is the Head of the Government, is Elected every 5 Years (usually) in a Direct Election for the Position.

The Seat of the Government is Susume Palace, in Eylstadt.

## **Structure of the Government**

### **Minister of Interior**

The Minister of Interior is the head of the executive branch in the federation, and they have the highest authority in the Warden system of leadership. (Although the law defines the Archiduchess as the head of state, it gives the Minister of Interior the maximum powers of government). The Minister of Interior is the senior minister in the government, and they are responsible for all its activities. The Minister of Interior must also be a member of the Parliament (any minister other than the Minister of Interior does not have to be a member of the Parliament). If the Minister of Interior resigned from their membership in the Parliament - this resignation is also seen as their resignation from the role of Minister of Interior.

The Minister of Interior's Powers are:

* Representing the Government internally and Abroad;
* Managing the Government Meetings and the Overall work of the Government: they set the agenda of the Government Meetings and are the Chairperson at its meetings, they guide the Secretary of Government in publishing matters relating to Government discussions and decisions and they determine the matters to be dealt with by the Government and are the primary responsibility for the results of Government policy;
* The Ministers are accountable to the Minister of Interior for the positions for which they are in charge;
* May remove a Minister from office after notifying the Minister of a transfer from office. The Minister of Interior also replaces Ministers who have resigned or are unable to perform their duties;
* Sings the Bills passed by the Parliament;
* Handles a lot of things that require the Approval of the Government;
* Can call for new Elections, in case the Parliament is blocking the Government from Performing its Duties;
* End a State of Emergency themselves (tho starting an Officlal State of Emergency requires the Approval of the Archiduchess, Minister of Security and Marshal).

### **Deputy Minister of Interior**

The Deputy Minister of Interior is the One who is Acting for the Minister of Interior when they may be temporarily Incapacitated, or simply unable to perform their Usual Duties due to something like a Visit to another Country.

The Deputy Minister of Interior also is the Person who assumes Interim Control of the Position of Minister of Interior, until an Election, if the Current Minister of Interior becomes Permanently Incapacitated or Dies.

### **Ministers**

The Ministers serve as members of the government, and are usually in charge of government ministries and government work that may partain to their Field. They are assigned different roles, permanent or temporary. The role of a Minister is also called a "portfolio": the Defense Minister holds the defense portfolio in the government, the Security Minister holds the security portfolio in the government and the Foreign Affairs Minister holds the foreign affairs portfolio in the government.

Ministers do not have to be members of the Parliament. Non-Parliament Ministers may participate in Parliament debates, but not in voting. The role of Ministers is to carry out all the issues for which the government is responsible: foreign relations, security, economy, education, police, health and the like.

### **Deputy Ministers**

A Minister in charge of a government ministry may appoint a Deputy Minister. They are appointed usually for 2 reasons; Helping the Minister that the Deputy Minister is Responsible to, and/or being the Minister's Acting Minister, when they are Temporarily unable to perform their Duties.

When a Minister resigns or is fired from the government, the Deputy Minister is also terminated. In addition, the Minister of Interior or the Minister that appointed the Deputy Minister may transfer or terminate the term of office of the Deputy Minister.

## **Formation of Government**

After a Minister of Interior is Elected in the Election for their Position, they shall appoint Ministers for their New Government.

A Government may be dissolved by;

* After Elections, or, Resignation of the Government, or, a Minister of Interior's Order to Dissolve the Government, the Outgoing Government is still in power until the Incoming Government truly takes over.

## **Government Secretariat**

The Government Secretariat, headed by the Secretary of Government, is responsible for registering protocols, providing secretarial services to the government, transferring government decisions to implementing bodies at various levels of government, monitoring government decisions, publishing government announcements and liaising between the government and the Parliament and other state authorities.

The Secretary of Government is responsible for preparing the agenda for government meetings. For this purpose, they maintain regular contact with all members of the government, during which the proposals for the decision of the government that are on the table of the government are coordinated. The Secretary of Government serves as the Spokesperson for the Government and briefs the media representatives at the end of the Government meetings. In addition to their responsibility for the work of the Government Secretariat, the Secretary of Government performs additional tasks assigned to them by the Minister of Interior.

## **Ministers and other Agencies/Roles of the Government**

* Interior Ministry
	+ Warden Anti-Corruption Bureau
	+ Military Advisor to the Minister of Interior
	+ National Statistics Bureau
	+ Federal Archives
	+ Governmental Names Committee
	+ Governmental Publications Committee
* Defense Ministry
* Foreign Affairs Ministry
* Security Ministry
	+ Zenkoku Himitsu Chimu
* Economics Ministry
	+ Warden Federal Bank
	+ Financial Advisor to the Marshal