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| - The Departments of State of New Cambria are departments, or ministries, of the Executive Council of New Cambria. The head of such a department is a Minister of the Executive Council of New Cambria, often called a cabinet minister or government minister. There are thirteen individual Departments of State in New Cambria's Executive Council. Each Department is led by a minister, who is elected by the Assembly of Deputies, and covers matters that require direct political oversight. For all Departments, the Minister in question is simply known as Minister for... (previously styled Minister of, though it is actively discouraged by the government nowadays), and is a member of the Executive Council. A Council-level minister without a department is called a Minister without portfolio, but currently there are none of such standing. A Minister of the Executive Council is generally supported by a team of junior ministers, officially called Ministers of State, and may delegate to such officials in accordance with law. The Minister of the Executive Council has the power to suggest and propose new or amended legislation to the Council relating to matters that arise in his or her own department.
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