Cabinet of Callagea

The Cabinet of the Republic of Callagea (also sometimes referred to as the "Executive Council", the "Central Executive", the "Secretariat", the "Council of Ministers" or the "Government) is a political body that oversees the Government of Callagea. The Cabinet is maintained and appointed by the High Chancellor with the consent of the Prime Minister. The Cabinet is directly responsible to the public and to the Central Assembly but they can only be dismissed by the Prime Minister, excepting if the Central Assembly approves a Vote of No Confidence in which the Cabinet is dissolved and new elections are held for the Central Assembly. While much business is conducted at plenary meetings of the Cabinet, their decisions and discussions tend to be more informal and each minister authorizes special jurisdiction over his or her portfolio. Many members of the Cabinet in recent years are all members of the Central Assembly.

Formation

The origin of the Cabinet has deep roots but has always been traditionally an informal body. It previously had a role as a group of ministers tasked to advise the monarch on key issues of states. Depending on the strength of the monarch, ministers either served as simply advisers or they had stronger roles as actual administrators over their certain jurisdictions. With the rejection of monarchy and establishment of the Constitution of 1886, the Cabinet was given a much stronger and key role in government. Sovereign power was now vested in the Prime Minister who had the authority to delegate responsibilities to a cabinet. But just like the monarchy days, the strength and influence of cabinet members has fluctuated based on the Prime Minister. Some Prime Ministers gave their ministers more authority and autonomy while others micromanaged their ministers.

Following the request by the High Chancellor to establish a government after legislative elections are complete and a Prime Minister is selected, the Prime Minister usually nominates all his proposed ministers to the High Chancellor within a week of appointment. However, the Prime Minister usually already has a rough idea of who he is appointing, especially when he is head of a coalition government. In order to strengthen coalitions, the Prime Minister may appoint members of multiple and smaller parties to his cabinet in order to consolidate his support. But despite being appointed independently of the Central Assembly, ministers may generally answer to the Central Assembly, especially on the behalf of the Prime Minister. Ministers may be dismissed by the Prime Minister at any time with the consent of the High Chancellor.

Current Cabinet

The current Government is lead by the Gardner Cabinet which is the 26th cabinet to preside over the government since the establishment of the Republic. The current cabinet is a center-right cabinet with more conservative participants. It consists of 13 ministers divided between the Western Front, National Unity Front, and the Social Republic Front.

List of Past Cabinets

Number	Government	Term of Office	Parties in Government
1	Nugent Cabinet	7 May 1887 - 5 May 1896	Liberal Independence Party
2	Swanson Cabinet	5 May 1896 - 5 May 1902	Liberal Independence Party
3	Dodd Cabinet	5 May 1902 - 6 May 1908	Liberal Independence Party
4	Henderson Cabinet	6 May 1906 - 4 May 1914	Liberal Independence Party
5	Orr Cabinet	4 May 1914 - 5 May 1920	Liberal Independence Party
6	Hancock Cabinet	5 May 1920 - 7 July 1922	Liberal Independence Party
7	Meyers Cabinet	7 July 1922 - 11 October 1923	Labor Party, Party of the Left, Socialist Party
8	Longmire Cabinet	11 October 1923 - 2 April 1925	Conservative Democratic Party
9	2nd Meyers Cabinet	2 April 1925 - 13 July 1927	Labor Party, Party of the Left, Communist Party
10	Harrison Cabinet	13 July 1927 - 15 August 1932	Conservative Democratic Party
11	3rd Meyers Cabinet	15 August 1932 - 1 December 1933	Labor Party, Party of the Left, Party for Progress
12	Harrison Cabinet	1 December 1933 - 8 January 1935	Conservative Democratic Party
13	Harper Cabinet	8 January 1935 - 3 January 1938	Eastern Front, Party for Progress, Communist Party
14	Grayson Cabinet	3 January 1938 - 11 May 1946	Eastern Front, Party for Progress, Communist Party
15	Cromwell Cabinet	11 May 1946 - 7 June 1953	Eastern Front, Party for Progress
16	Disney Cabinet	7 June 1953 - 7 June 1956	Western Front
17	Carter Cabinet	7 June 1956 - 7 June 1962	Western Front
18	Baxter Cabinet	7 June 1962 - 7 June 1964	Western Front
19	Vinicius Cabinet	7 June 1964 - 7 June 1970	Eastern Front, Party for Progress, Green Party
20	Painter Cabinet	7 June 1970 - 7 June 1976	Eastern Front, Party for Progress, Green Party
21	Miller Cabinet	7 June 1976 - 10 May 1985	Eastern Front
22	Bogart Cabinet	10 May 1985 - 10 May 1991	Eastern Front
23	Monsanto Cabinet	10 May 1991 - 10 May 2000	Eastern Front
24	Nunez Cabinet	10 May 2000 - 8 May 2006	Eastern Front
25	Silva Cabinet	8 May 2006 - 5 May 2012	Eastern Front, Green Party
26	Bronson Cabinet	5 May 2012 - 5 May 2015	Eastern Front, Green Party, Worker's Action Front
27	Gardner Cabinet	5 May 2015 - present	Western Front, National Unity Front, Social Republic Union