Departments of the Diadochian Government

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His Imperial and Royal Majesty's Government of Diadochia contains a number of Cabinet ministers who are usually called secretaries of state when they are in charge of Government departments called ministerial departments. These members of the Cabinet are supported by civil servants in ministerial departments. These ministerial departments are referred to collectively has the Departments of the Diadochian Government


Types of Government departments

Government departments are either ministerial departments or non-ministerial departments.

Ministerial departments are led by a Government minister, normally a member of the Cabinet and cover matters that require the most direct political oversight. For most departments, the Government minister is known as a secretary of state and is a member of the Cabinet. He or she is generally supported by a team of junior ministers. The administrative management of the department is led by a senior civil servant known as a permanent secretary. Subordinate to these ministerial departments are a number of executive agencies with a wide range of duties. An executive agency has a degree of autonomy to perform an operational function and report to one or more specific Government departments, which will set the funding and strategic policy for the said agency.

Non-ministerial departments generally cover matters for which direct political oversight is deemed unnecessary or inappropriate in the current times. They are headed by senior civil servants. Some fulfill a regulatory or inspection function, and their status is therefore intended to protect them from political interference. Some are headed by Permanent Secretaries or Second Permanent Secretaries.

List of departments of the Diadochian Government

Ministerial Departments

List of executive agencies

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