Committee of Public Safety

Committee of Public Safety
Yleisen turvallisuuden komitea
Seal of Sulatia
Incumbent Hyvärinen Ilmari Kuoppala Yrjänä Väisänen Eevi Keskula Janek Sepp Kati Maijala Aulikki Kimmo Veli since January 18, 2018 (2018-01-18)
Appointer	Eduskunta
Term length	4 years, no term limit
Precursor	Popular Tribunal
Formation	January 16, 1916 (1916-01-16)
First holder	Hikala Niko Kuusik Riho Laas Vaiko Räisänen Vilpu Makkonen Saija Seppälä Jyri

The Committee of Public Safety (Sarvalian: Yleisen turvallisuuden komitea) is the collegial executive that constitutes the government of Sulatia. The committee serves as the collective head of state and head of government of Sulatia.

The position is largely a continuation of the previous Popular Tribunal that functioned in the same capacity during the First Republic. It was established on 16 January, 1916 with the ratification of the 1916 Constitution, which transformed the Popular Tribunal into the Committee of Public Safety. The era of democratic centralism, from 1916 until 1944, saw the committee become the highest governing authority of the nascent Second Republic. During this period, all decrees passed by the committee were rubber stamped by the Eduskunta, giving the committee unparalleled power over the function of the state. When the practice ceased following the lifting of the temporary suspension on elections, the committee returned to its intended function.

Under the most recent constitution, the committee constitutes the national government, directs the national administration of the state, and serves as the collective head of state. While the entire committee functions in this capacity, individual committee members oversee one of the seven executive directories. These directories are: State Commissariat of the Environment and Infrastructure, State Commissariat of Internal Affairs, State Commissariat of Foreign Affairs, State Commissariat of Finance and Economic Affairs, State Commissariat of Education, Women and Minority Rights, and Sport, State Commissariat of Defense and Civil Protection, and the State Commissariat of Justice.

The head of the committee, known as the President of the Committee of Public Safety, is elected among the members of the committee for the duration of the 4-year session of the committee. The position is primus inter pares with other members, and does not have any additional powers. The position has no term limits and the same person can re-elected ad infinitum.

Current members

The current membership of the sitting committee are:

Member		Portrait	Joined	Faction	Function
	Hyvärinen Ilmari		14 January 2010	Internationalists	President for the 2018 session Head of the State Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
	Kuoppala Yrjänä		16 January, 2010	Internationalists	Head of the State Commissariat of Finance and Economic Affairs
	Väisänen Eevi		17 January, 2013	Internationalists	Head of the State Commissariat of Education, Women and Minority Rights, and Sport
	Keskula Janek		19 January, 2012	Radicalists	Head of the State Commissariat of Defense and Civil Protection
	Sepp Kati		21 January, 2016	Radicalists	Vice-President for the 2018 session Head of the State Commissariat of Internal Affairs
	Maijala Aulikki		18 January, 2018	Radicalists	Head of the State Commissariat of Justice
	Kimmo Veli		18 January, 2018	Autonomists	Head of the State Commissariat of the Environment and Infrastructure