Government of Wiltshire

The Government of Wiltshire, formally the Government of the Wiltshire Sixth Republic, is the central government of the Sixth Wiltshire Republic. It is also commonly referred to as the Wiltshirian Government, the National Assembly Government, or the Federal Government.

The government is led by the Prime Minister of Wiltshire, who selects all other ministers. The Prime Minister and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee, known as the Cabinet. The government ministers all sit in the Wiltshire National Assembly, and are accountable to it. The government is dependent on the Assembly to make primary legislation, and so is elected through the legislative elections which occur following the dissolution of the National Assembly. Following the legislative elections, the President of Wiltshire (currently Sonya Inyo) appoints the Prime Minister to form the government. The Prime Minister requires the confidence of the President and the National Assembly (through majority support).

According to Wiltshire Basic Law, executive power lies with the President. However, the President empowers the government to exercise the running of the country. This is done in the name of the President. Members of the cabinet unite with the President's Secretaries to form the Privy Council, a unified advisory council of government ministers, Presidentially appointed secretaries and the Prime Minister.

The current Prime Minister is Sir Ramsay Bowell, who leads a majority Social Democratic government since the landslide of February 3023.

Cabinet

The cabinet of the Wiltshire Sixth Republic is the senior advisory and decision making body for the government. Chaired by the Prime Minister, the cabinet is responsible for the execution of government business with members being granted different portfolios. Members of the cabinet are called Ministers of State. Each Minister of State is responsible for an Office of State and, within each Office of State, is a number of Junior Ministers. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers gather to make a non-collective larger council of state. The current cabinet is that of Sir Ramsay Bowell's Social Democratic government.

Members of the cabinet are the administrative heads of the "ministries of state", which act as departments for government activity. The ministries are as follows:

Offices of State

Ministry	Responsible Minister
Cabinet Office	Prime Minister of Wiltshire Minister of State for the Cabinet Office	Sir Ramsay Bowell
	Deputy Prime Minister of Wiltshire Leader of the National Assembly	Katheryn Castillo
Wiltshire Treasury	Chancellor of the Exchequer	Bill Sterling
Foreign Office	Minister of State for the Foreign Office	Alan Kelly
Home Office	Minister of State for the Home Office	Elliot Macintosh
Defence Office	Minister of State for the Defence Office	Cassidy Lambrecht
Communities Office	Minister of State for the Communities Office	Keomi Ono
Social Affairs Office	Minister of State for the Social Affairs Office	Cory Brannson
Trade Office	Minister of State for the Trade Office	Paliz Kembiani
Justice Office	Attorney General of Wiltshire Minister of State for Justice	Markus Horst

Devolved Government

In Wiltshire, certain powers are granted by the national government to the local governments of the Wiltshirian cities. This is called devolution and is centred around the nine constituent cities of the Republic;

City	Mayor		Mayor's party	Mayor since	City Council Control	Next election(s)
Arches	Harvey Rekin		Social Democrats	January 3023	Stability (minority)	September 3023
Heuvelberg	Charlie Maine		Social Democrats	February 3023	Social Democrats (majority)	May 3023
Juneville	William Tork		Social Democrats	October 3020	Social Democrats (majority)	May 3023
Lorikeet	Moana Munu		Social Democrats	January 3023	Social Democrats (majority)	September 3023
Minevgrad	Amos Kahneman		Social Democrats	May 3022	Social Democrats (minority)	September 3023
Rockfield	Christina De Leon		Christian Alliance	November 3022	Christian Alliance (majority)	November 3023
Shipley	Sian Grayson-Wark		Christian Alliance	September 3022	Stability (minority)	May 3023
Walkerton	Rufus Kaine		Free Voters of Wiltshire	September 3022	Stability (minority)	May 3023
Washington	Henley Halifax		Social Democrats	July 3021	Social Democrats (minority)	May 3023