Seneschal

Office of the Seneschal

Current Head: Litz Cjantscheir

Function: Head of government

The Prime Minister (known as the Seneschal) conducts the executive administration of the laws of the Kingdom, relying on a Cabinet consisting of a Distain (Deputy) and other Ministers holding portfolio of one or more legislatively-created ministries.

The Seneschal also speaks for the nation on current events, either personally or through his ministers, and issues proclamations of mourning and other calls for national observance or commemoration.

The Seneschal holds the power to unilaterally issue Prime Dictates, which have the effect of Talossan statutory law, precisely as if passed by the Ziu. Prime Dictates are subject only to veto by the King (but the veto may not be reversed without action of the Ziu). Traditionally, Prime Dictates are reserved for use in extraordinary circumstances, when the calendar of the Ziu will not meet the needs of the nation.

By law, the Seneschal is required to propose to the Ziu, for consideration either in its first or second session after each election, an act to itemize and authorize any and all planned expenditures of the government during its administration. This budget act, once enacted, empowers the Prime Minister (through, typically, his Minister of Finance) to obtain funds from the royal treasury to meet those legislatively authorized expenses.

The Prime Ministry itself currently contains one bureau, the Büreu d'Esploraziun Espaçal es Rac'hetría (BEER, the Bureau of Space Exploration and Rocketry), which is overseen directly by the Seneschal.

The current Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Talossa is The Most Honourable Litz Cjantscheir.