Federal Government of the Republic of Panem

The Federal Government of the Republic of Panem, informally known as the 'Federal Government ' is the central government of the Republic of Panem.

The government is led by the Federal Chancellor, who selects all the other ministers. The chancellor and their most senior ministers belong to the supreme decision-making committee and central organ of the federal government, known as the Federal Cabinet. The government ministers all sit in the National Legislature of the Republic of Panem, and are accountable to it. The government is dependent on the legislature to make primary legislation. After a federal election, the Federal President of the Republic of Panem selects as chancellor the leader of the party which commands the confidence of the National Assembly of Panem, by possessing a majority of the assembly's members and/or being confirmed by a vote of the National Assembly.

Under the Federal Constitution, executive authority lies with the president, although this authority is exercised only by, or on the advice of, the chancellor and the cabinet. Certain Cabinet members, notably the five Great Officers of State, advise the president as members of the deliberative and advisory Executive Council. In most cases they also exercise power directly as leaders of the federal departments of state, though some Cabinet positions are sinecures to a greater or lesser degree. For example, certain cabinet members have a seat by virtue of being ministers, or secretaries of state, without portfolio (meaning that they do not have a specific portfolio and, thus, are not responsible for federal departments of state).