Council of Ministers of Stalliongrad

The Council of Ministers of Stalliongrad, is the de jure government of the Republic of Stalliongrad.

The Chairman of the Council of Ministers is, in effect, the Premier of Stalliongrad. A Central Committee plenum forbade any person to hold the positions of General Secretary and Premier concurrently. The Presidium of the Council of Ministers is the collective decision-making body of government. The Chairman of the Council of Ministers, their First Deputy Chairmen, ministers, State Committee chairmen and other unspecified personnel are members of the Presidium.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities
The Council of Ministers is the manager of the government's executive part. It consists of a Premier, Several First Deputies, ministers and Chairmen of the State Committees. The Premier of the Council of Ministers could also recommend people who they find suitable for membership of the Council of Ministers to the Supreme Soviet. The Council of Ministers ends its functions on each first-convocation of a newly elected Supreme Soviet.

Responsible and accountable to the Supreme Soviet and during the period between convocations of the Supreme Soviet, the Council of Ministers is accountable to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet and regularly reports to the Supreme Soviet on its work, as well as being tasked with resolving all state administrative duties in the jurisdiction of Stalliongrad which are not the responsibility of the Supreme Soviet or the Presidium. Within its limits, the Council of Ministers has responsibility for:


 * Management of the national economy and socio-cultural construction and development.
 * Formulation and submission of the five-year plans for economic and social development to the Supreme Soviet along with the state budget.
 * Defence of the interests of state, socialist property, public order and to protect the rights of Stallion citizens.
 * Ensuring state security.
 * General policies for the Stalliongradian Armed Forces and determination of how many citizens are to be drafted into service.
 * General policies concerning Stallion foreign relations and trade, economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation of Stalliongrad with foreign countries as well as the power to confirm or denounce international treaties signed by Stalliongrad.
 * Creation of necessary organisations within the Council of Ministers concerning economics, socio-cultural development and defence.

The Council of Ministers can also issue decrees and resolutions and later verify their execution. All organisations are obliged to obey the decrees and resolutions issued by the Council of Ministers. The Council also has the power to suspend all mandates and decrees issued by itself or organisations subordinate to it. The competence of the Council of Ministers and its Presidium with respect to their procedures and activities and the council's relationships with subordinate organs are defined in the Stalliongradian constitution by the Law on the Council of Ministers of Stalliongrad.

Ministries
Main Topic: List of Ministries of Stalliongrad

The Ministries handle a lot of the Bureaucratic work of Stalliongrad, and each Ministry is usually assigned to a Specific Topic. The Premier may Create, Remove, Merge or Split Ministries, with the Approval of the Supreme Soviet.

Certain major ministries have more influence over the national and international politics of Stalliongrad, with their ministers being full members of Politburo.

State Committees
Main Topic: State Committees of Stalliongrad

State committees are different from the ministries in that a state committee is primarily responsible for several parts of government as opposed to the one specific topic for which a ministry is solely responsible. Therefore, many state committees have jurisdiction over certain common activities performed by ministries such as research and development, standardisation, planning, building construction, state security, publishing, archiving and so on. The distinction between a ministry and a state committee could be obscure.

State committees are instrumental in keeping the vast Stalliongradian economic system coherent and integrated.

Presidium
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