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The '''Cabinet of Taijitu''' is the body responsible for administering [[Taijitu]]'s executive government. It is primarily composed of a number of ministers appointed by the Delegate to assist them, but is also considered to include the Delegate themselves and the [[Lieutenant Delegate of Taijitu|Lieutenant Delegate]]. The ministers of the Cabinet are responsible for running certain ministries tasked with different executive functions. These ministries and their duties are regulated by the [[Ministries Act]]. There is no limit on how long a minister may serve, but they may be removed by the Delegate or a vote of the [[Senate of Taijitu|Senate]]. The Cabinet currently contains four members and administers five ministries.

==History==
The Cabinet as originally established by the first constitution of [[Taijitu]] favored the executive. Ministers required a two-thirds super-majority vote of the [[Senate of Taijitu|Senate]] to be removed, instead of a simple majority, and the Senate had no power to compel the creation of certain ministries. This was soon changed by a constitutional amendment on April 16, 2007, which gave the Senate the power to create ministries by law and remove ministers by a simple majority vote.

On March 23, 2008, a coup was used to forcibly instate a new constitution, which gave the [[Delegate of Taijitu|Delegate]] unprecedented powers over the Cabinet. The Senate's legislative replacement, the Citizen's Assembly, was not only unable to create ministries by law, but also unable to remove ministers from office. This constitution, however, was short lived, and the Senate and its controls over the Cabinet were restored in full later later that year by a new constitution.

During a convention to create a new constitution in May of 2010, it was decided to keep the Cabinet as it was under the previous Constitution. This decision was affirmed on June 20 when the new constitution was formally ratified. The [[Ministries Act]] was subsequently signed into law on August 2 of the same year, defining the ministries of the Cabinet. This act has since been amended several times, changing a few of the ministries. Most, however, have remained largely unaltered since the act was first passed.

==Responsibilities==
The Cabinet's sole responsibility is to assist the [[Delegate of Taijitu|Delegate]] in administering their duties. This covers a wide range of disparate tasks. Some of these are explicitly mandated in in the [[Constitution of Taijitu|Constitution]], such as processing citizenship applications. Others are established by the [[Ministries Act]], executive decree or convention, such as recruiting new nations. In either case, which ministers are responsible for which duties is decided by the Delegate. For some ministries the Delegate's expectations are formalized in the form of written directives while others are operated on an ''ad hoc'' basis. If necessary, a single minister is permitted to administer several ministries at a time, or the Delegate or [[Lieutenant Delegate of Taijitu|Lieutenant Delegate]] may personally take charge of one or more.

==Ministries==
There are presently five formal ministries. All of them are included in the [[Ministries Act]]. The Ministries Act also establishes two additional ministries, Recruitment and Regional Security, but these have been combined with the Ministry of Community and Ministry of Internal Affairs by executive decree, as permitted by the act. Currently the Ministries of Internal Affairs and Justice are under the direct control of the [[Delegate of Taijitu|Delegate]].
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!Ministry
!Portfolio
!Minister
!In office since
|-
|Ministry of Community
|align=left|
*Recruitment
*Wiki maintenance 
|Funkadelia
|April 23, 2012
|-
|Ministry of Defense
|align=left|
*Military operations
|[[User:Eluvatar|Eluvatar]]
|June 7, 2012
|-
|Ministry of External Affairs
|align=left|
*Diplomatic relations
*Foreign intelligence
|Cozulul
|June 6, 2012
|-
|Ministry of Internal Affairs
|align=left|
*Immigration and naturalization
*Public records
*Domestic security
|None
|N/A
|-
|Ministry of Justice
|align=left|
*Prosecution of criminal cases
*Certification of lawyers
*Providing public defenders
|None
|N/A
|}

==Appointment and removal==
Ministers are appointed by the [[Delegate of Taijitu|Delegate]] and do not require [[Senate of Taijitu|Senate]] confirmation to take office. Once appointed, ministers serve indefinitely until their resignation or removal from office, and it is not unheard of for ministers to outlast the delegates who appointed them. They may be removed at the discretion of the Delegate, or by a majority vote of the Senate. Because ministers are unelected, they may not be recalled in a referendum.

==See also==
*[[Delegate of Taijitu]]
*[[Lieutenant Delegate of Taijitu]]
*[[Government of Taijitu]]
*[[Constitution of Taijitu]]
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