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)
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 Synedrion
Proedros ton synedrion
PLACEHOLDER WIP President of the Synedrion, 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