Council of Ministers (Isselmere-Nieland)
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The Council of Ministers of Isselmere-Nieland is the de facto executive arm of His Isselmerian and Nielander Majesty's Government. The Constitution Act, 1986 establishes the monarch as the titular head of the Council, but it is the Prime Minister — also known as the President of the Council of Ministers as well as the First Secretary of the Treasury — who is charged with its day-to-day administration.
The Council itself consists of all Ministers of the Crown, whether they are Right Honourable Privy Councillors (known simply as Ministers) who are responsible for the United Kingdom's government ministries; ministers of State responsible for departments; or, secretaries of State responsible for bureaux, secretariats, or directorates-general. Most meetings of the Council of Ministers comprise only of the senior ministers, known collectively as the Cabinet aided by ministries' senior bureaucrats, most notably the Cabinet Secretary (officially the Permanent Undersecretary of State for the Cabinet Office) himself.
Government departments
Government departments in the UKIN follow a strict hierarchy. From the top, this structure is:
- Ministry
- Department, Agency, etc.
- Directorate-General, Bureau, etc.
- Directorate
And so on.
The Council of Ministers of the current prime minister, the Right Honourable Geoffrey Middleton, consists of the following ministries listed in order of ceremonial precedence:
- Council of State Office (typically headed by the Prime Minister)
- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Cabinet Office
- Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs
- Ministry of Finance
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of the Interior
- Ministry of Culture and Communications
- Ministry of Economic Affairs (Commerce, Industry, and Public Works)
- Ministry of Infrastructure (Energy and Natural Resources, Housing and Urban Development, Transport)
- Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
- Ministry for Social Development (Education, Labour, and Youth)
- Ministry of Health and Social Affairs (Health, Seniors, and Women)
- Ministry of the Environment (Agriculture, Environment, Fisheries and Oceans, Forests)
- Ministry of Government Services
- Ministry of Administrative Affairs
Although of greater standing than most senior ministers (excepting the prime minister), neither Law Officer of the Crown — i.e., the Lord Advocate-General and the Solicitor-General of Isselmere-Nieland — are ex officio members of the Council of Ministers.
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