Vice-President and Chancellor

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The **Vice-President und Chancellor of the Republic** is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the United Federation’s federal government, after the President, and ranks first in the presidential line of succession. The vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch, as the President of the Congress and the Government. In this capacity, the vice president is empowered to preside over Congress deliberations at any time, but may not vote except to cast a tie-breaking vote while being able to propose new legislation or bring things into debate in the congress. The vice president is also the second commander in chief of the Armed Forces second to the President of the Republic.

## History

Originally, under the 2017 Constitution of Z-Tech, the vice president is the Second-highest state post in the Federation. Lawrence Dye himself inaugurated the post, keeping it for 39 years until 2050, while the ceremonial role of the head of State rested in the Secretary.

The Constitution also created the post of Chancellor, which replaced the Secretary as the top state post. While not required by the constitution, the practice is that the Deputy of the Alliance serve as the Vice President and Chancellor of the UFSR.

## Constitutional roles

Although delegates to the constitutional convention approved establishing the office, with both its executive and congressional functions, not many understood the office, and so they gave the vice president few duties and little power. Only a few states had an analogous position. Among those that did, following the example of New York's constitution provided that "the lieutenant-governor shall, by virtue of his office, be president of the Congress, and, upon an equal division, have a casting voice in their decisions, but not vote on any other occasion." As a result, the vice presidency originally had authority in only a few areas, although constitutional amendments have added or clarified some matters.

## Functions

The Vice-President and Chancellor is officially elected by the Supreme Congress, which also has the right to recall the Vice-President. The Vice-President also nominates the candidacies for other members of the cabinet, including governors, the cabinet chairman, various ministers and other cabinet members, which are then appointed by the Congress. A newly-appointed Vice-President takes an oath of allegiance in the Congress on behalf of other cabinet members.

The Vice-President organizes and oversees the cabinet, and represents the government of the Federation. The Vice-President also attends the plenary meetings and the permanent committee meetings of the Cabinet. The cabinet is charged with executing the policies decided by the Founders and the office effectively has no policy-making authority of its own.

The Vice-President is nominally part of a triumvirate overseeing the Federation's executive branch, alongside the Founder of the Alliance and the President of the Republic. According to the constitution of the UFSR, the Founders, president and Vice-President have powers equivalent to one-third of those of a president's powers in most presidential systems. The President conducts foreign relations, the Vice-President handles domestic matters and heads the government as a deputy, assists the president by supervising ministries, making recommendations for ministers, and both the Founders and the President commands the armed forces.