Trade envoy
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The trade envoys have no legal powers. The significance with which the title is treated is likely to vary, depending on the culture and politics of the foreign nation with which they communicate. | The trade envoys have no legal powers. The significance with which the title is treated is likely to vary, depending on the culture and politics of the foreign nation with which they communicate. | ||
==Appointment== | ==Appointment== | ||
Each trade envoy is an Imperial position [[Appointments_by_the_Senate#Imperial_Position|appointed by the Senate]]. | Each trade envoy is an Imperial position [[Appointments_by_the_Senate#Imperial_Position|appointed by the Senate]]. The title can be held by any Imperial citizen. A trade envoy has [[Imperial_title#Term_of_office|tenure]], and serves until they die or step down. They can be [[Revocation|revoked]] by the [[Assembly#General_Assembly|General Assembly]] and by the [[Assembly#Assembly_of_the_Nine|Assembly of the Nine]]. | ||
When they were created, the trade envoys were ceremonial titles appointed by the Imperial Senate. This decision was challenge by the [[Master of the Imperial Mint]] Guillamo de Tassato who was successful in arguing that the titles should be auctioned through the [[Imperial Bourse]]. At the point where it was clarified that the titles were Imperial titles, then it was clear that this shift was unconstitutional. Appointment by the Senate was restored after the Autumn Equinox 381YE. | When they were created, the trade envoys were ceremonial titles appointed by the Imperial Senate. This decision was challenge by the [[Master of the Imperial Mint]] Guillamo de Tassato who was successful in arguing that the titles should be auctioned through the [[Imperial Bourse]]. At the point where it was clarified that the titles were Imperial titles, then it was clear that this shift was unconstitutional. Appointment by the Senate was restored after the Autumn Equinox 381YE. | ||
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Overview
Trade Envoy is an Imperial title with responsibility for pursuing trade in mithril, weirwood, white granite, and ilium with specific foreign nations. The first trade envoys were created by the Imperial Senate during the Spring Equinox 377YE.