Cygnian federal executive ministries (Joan of What?)

The Cygnian Imperial Secretariats are among the oldest primary units of the executive branch of the – the Imperial Secretariats for, War, and the  all having been established within a few weeks of each other in 1792.

All Imperial Secretariats are led by two individuals, both nominated by the, but appointed by different entities. Ministers are legislators – that is, Members of – appointed by the  upon nomination by the Chancellor to represent their respective Secretariats in, an executive organ that acts as an advisory body to the Chancellor and the Government. On the other hand, Imperial Secretaries – who are the chief executives of their Secretariats and hold seniority in this respect to the Ministers, even though they are not members of the Cabinet – are public servants nominated by the Chancellor and confirmed by the. Imperial Secretarial nominees are often experienced and competent in the field for which their Secretariat operates. A Minister cannot concurrently be an Imperial Secretary, and vice versa, as the prohibits Members of Congress from holding positions in the Cygnian Civil Service.

Since 1795, by statutory specification, the cabinet constituted a line of succession to the Chancellorship, after the and, in the event of a vacancy in both the Chancellorship and.