Chancery

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Chancery
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Current Head: Sir Txec Róibeard Nordselva
Deputies: Marti-Pair Furxheir
Function: To administer elections, oversee the legislative process, and manage petitions to the Crown.

The Chancery is an office of the Royal Civil Service, headed by the Secretary of State. It is easily the most important of the offices of state, as it administers elections, oversees the operation of the Ziu, conducts the census, maintains the National Database, receives and acts upon most petitions made to the Crown, and issues royal grants under the Lesser State Seal which includes the granting of citizenship.

The position of Secretary of State is widely regarded as the most onerous in Talossa, and many of Talossa's most important figures have served as Secretary of State, including King John before his election to the throne. The position of Secretary of State is by norm and tradition considered apolitical.

Duties and Powers

The duties of the Chancery include the preparation and publication of the legislative journal, the Clark, issued with each monthly session of the Ziu and containing the text of all proposed legislation and results of the previous session's balloting.

The Secretary of State is empowered to distribute the duties of the Chancery to a single deputy and to any number of lesser "Members of the Office of the Secretary of State", referred to as Undersecretaries.

The Chancery has one department known as the Bureau of Citizenship (Büreu dal Citaxhienità) and is overseen by the Deputy Secretary (also known as the Head Head-Counter). The Deputy Secretary can also appoint a single Head-Counter to each province when necessary. Its duties are to conduct the census and issue paper copies of various documents when requested.

Appointment

Up until the Royal Civil Service Act of 2018, the Chancery was part of the Royal Household and the Secretary of State was uniquely responsible to the King, not to the government of the day. After reforms were passed by the Ziu, the Chancery was made an office of the new Royal Civil Service, most of whose chief officers now report to a Cabinet minister; the Secretary of State is the only one who instead reports from time to time to a commission formed by the Tuischac'h and the Mençei, in representation of the Ziu.

The office of Secretary of State is unique among Talossan appointments, as it is made by the Prime Minister, acting alone, without the consent of the King.

In 2005, this unique mode of appointment proved to be providential when it prevented an organic crisis. Talossa had suddenly found itself without a Secretary of State, or any other officer in the Chancery, and also without a King who was capable of exercising his royal powers. Furthermore, the Cosa had been dissolved, and an election, which may only be run by a Secretary of State, was necessary to seat a Ziu which could then elect a Regent to exercise the royal authority for a minor King. The ability of the Prime Minister to immediately appoint a Secretary of State saved Talossa by enabling it to meet its own Organically mandated election schedule and requirements, and conduct what became the historic elections to the 35th Cosa.

List of Secretaries of State

Secretary of State Clarks conducted Elections conducted Term in office
Sir Txec Róibeard Nordselva 21 56th, 57th, 58th August 2020 - Incumbent
Glüc da Dhi 18 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th May 2018 - August 2020
Marti-Pair Furxheir 35 46th (Acting), 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st Jan 2014 - May 2018
Iustì Canun 28 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th Jul 2010 - Dec 2013
Sir Mick Preston 26 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st May 2007 - Jun 2010
Sir John Woolley 12 35th, 36th, 37th Nov 2005 - Apr 2007
Robert Madison 12 34th Jun 2004 - Oct 2005
Marti-Pair Furxheir 26 31st, 32nd, 33rd May 2002 - May 2004
Davïu Foctéir 2 30th Jan 2002 - Apr 2002
Marti-Pair Furxheir 7 29th Apr 2001 - Dec 2001
Davïu Foctéir 9 28th May 2000 - Mar 2001
Sir Tamoran dal Nava 2 27th Jan 2000 - Apr 2000
Ián Anglatzarâ 15 25th, 26th May 1998 - Dec 1999
Charles Sauls 5 24th Oct 1997 - Apr 1998
Evan Gallagher 7 22nd, 23rd Nov 1996 - Sep 1997
Sean Hert 6 21st Mar 1996 - Oct 1996
Weston Erni 6 20th Jul 1995 - Feb 1996
Ian von Metairia 35 14th, 15th,16th, 17th, 18th, 19th Jul 1991 - Jun 1995
Robert Madison 4 13th Dec 1990 - Jun 1991
Ian von Metairia 29 6th, 7th,8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th Aug 1987 - Nov 1990

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