Great Officers of the Empire
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The Great Officers of the Empire (Latin: Magna Officialibus Imperii) are the senior most officials in the Empire of Mesogeia. Currently there are fourteen great officers of the empire, with the highest being the Grand Magister, and the lowest being the Megas Doux (Grand Admiral). Several of the great officers of the nation are largely ceremonial and some have been possessed by the same family for centuries.
List
Great Officers of the Empire (Vir Gloriosus) | |||
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Office | Member | Since | Duties |
Grand Master Megas Magistros |
Lord Philip Antigonidis | WIP | Head of the Imperial Chancellory, responsible for the the direction of the Imperial Bureacracy and the Civil Service and the supervision of various agencies including the nations premier intelligent agency, the AIR. Keeper of the Imperial Great seal. The holder is also the presiding officer of the Imperial Synedrion, one of the senior advisory bodies of the empire. |
Grand Domestic Megas Domestikos |
Giannis Kantakouzenos, 18th Duke of Smyrna | WIP | The seniormost military advisor of the sovereign. Functions as a kind of chief of staff. |
Imperial Chief Judge Megas Koiastor |
PLACEHOLDER | WIP | Presiding Judge of the Kritai Katholikoi (The Supreme Tribunal). Responsible for overseeing the justice system in the empire. Senior legal advisor |
Grand kourator Megas Kouropalates |
HSH Alexius Rhomaios-Troadinos, Prince of Ecbatana | WIP | Overall head of the Imperial Court. Responsible for the administration of the Imperial Court. His surbordinates handle the day-to-day running of the court |
Grand Logothete Megas Logothetes |
PLACEHOLDER | WIP | an equivalent to a chief-minister, Originally the office denoted the official responsible for supervising imperial decrees, known as prostagmata and chrysoboulla, acting as a kind of mediator between the Emperor and his subjects. Currently the office is held in commission by the Imperial Mesazon |
President of the Janqi Proedros ton Janqi |
PLACEHOLDER | WIP | President of the Janqi, the advisory body responsible for advising the monarch, and presenting business for the monarch's approval. |
Count of the Imperial Treasury kómes tōn theíon thesaurōn |
PLACEHOLDER | WIP | Head of the Imperial Treasury, responsible for overseeing the Imperial Treasury board. |
Count of the Imperial Domain kómēs tēs idikēs parousías |
Prince Ptolemy-Constantine Ptolemaides | WIP | Responsible for overseeing the estates attached to the Imperial Domain, crownlands at the disposal of the Emperor by right of his position. |
Grand Chamberlain Megas Praipositos |
Prince Seleucus Seleukidis, Duke of Antiocheia | WIP | Overall head of the Imperial Chamber. Responsible for the imperial collection of art. Controls access to the monarch through the issuing of appointments for audiences, and the granting of imperial warrants. Keeper of the Privy Seal. |
Grand Master of the Camp Megas Statopedarches |
PLACEHOLDER | WIP | Presiding commander of the Imperial Guards Regiments, responsible for the security of the Empress and the Imperial Family. |
Grand Constable Megas Konostaulos |
PLACEHOLDER | WIP | Originally head of the mercenary guards. Currently the holder alongside the Grand Seneschal serves presiding officers of the Court of Honour, the supreme authority in the empire for matters pertaining to chivalry, heraldry and social protocol and etiquette |
Grand Seneschal Megas Primicerius |
Andreas Manuel George Daras-Doukas, Duke of Mesaia: | WIP | Responsible for the organization of major state occaisions such as coronations, state funerals, and the opening of the houses of parliament. It is the only post specifically reserved for eunuchs, however noblemen have fulflled its ceremonial functions on occasion. He is co chair of the Court of Honour alongside the Grand Constable, and presiding officer of the Imperial College of Heraldry |
Master of the Imperial Stables Protostratotius |
Leo Maleinos, 15th Duke of Bithynia | WIP | Originally head of the calvary branch of the armed forces, a unit all but defunct except for ceremonial purpose, now the ceremonial head of the Imperial Stables |
Grand Admiral Megas Doux |
HIH Grand Prince George, Duke of Chalcedon | 2010 | Senior head of the Imperial Navy and president of Imperial Naval Board |