Second Minister of the Military Council

The Second Minister of the Military Council (SMMC) is by law the second highest ranking military officer in the Drakon Imperium Armed Forces ranking just below the First Minister of the Military Council. The Second Minister outranks all respective heads of each service branch, with the exception of the First Minister, but does not have operational command authority over their service branches. In the absence of the First Minister, the Second Minister presides over the meetings of the Military Council and all other duties that the Imperator, the First Minister, or the Minister of War prescribes.

Although the office of Second Minister of the Military Council is considered to be very important and highly prestigious, neither the Second Minister nor the Military Council as a body have any command authority over combatant forces. The chain of command runs from the Imperator to the Minister of War directly to the commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands. The Second Minister is appointed by the Imperator. The Second Minister serves at the pleasure of the Imperator.