Third Republic of Bajor

Facts

• Full name: Third Republic of Bajor
• Center of government: Great Assembly, Ashalla, Bajor (DS9 Novel: Gamma: Original Sin)
• Currency: Lita (DS9: "Necessary Evil"; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
• Population largely comprised of Bajorans
• Established May 2369 following the end of the Bajoran Occupation (DS9: "Emissary"; DS9 Novel: Unity)
  • Initially led by the Bajoran Provisional Government during a restabilization period, but current government considered a direct successor of that one
• Core territory consists of the B'hava'el system
  • Other territory:
    • Draygo system
    • Golana
    • Prophet's Landing
    • Sanelar system
    • Valo system
• Nation
  • May 2369 - September 29, 2376: Independent
  • September 29, 2376 - Present: United Federation of Planets
    • 154th member to join
      • Councilors chosen by appointment of the First Minister, ratification by the Chamber of Ministers
      • Rava Mehwyn (2376) (DS9 Novel: Bajor: Fragments and Omens)
      • Krim Aldos (2376 - 2384) (DS9 Novel: Bajor: Fragments and Omens; Novel: Revelation and Dust)
      • Ishan Anjar (2384 - 2385) (Novel: Revelation and Dust; Novel: Peaceable Kingdoms)

Political Structure

• Executive
  • Led by the Council of Ministers
    • Head of state First Minister; elected position
      • Elected to serve six-year term (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Twilight)
      • Vice-head Second Minister, suggesting a general pattern of precedence throughout the council
      • Bajoran First Ministers
        • Oath of office:
          • "I, <NAME>...to uphold the laws of Bajor and to act honorably as custodian of the Bajoran people...that I will protect and defend the Bajoran people from all foes, within and without...that I will face the future fearlessly...and that I will conduct myself with truth and honor, and with faith in the guidance of the Prophets...pledging my life and my pagh to the service of Bajor." (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
    • Divided into ministries, each led by a minister
      • Not all of equal significance either legally or governmentally
    • Known ministeries
      • Ministry of Agriculture (DS9: "Shakaar"; DS9 Novel: Bajor: Fragments and Omens)
      • Ministry of Commerce (DS9: "Indiscretion", "The Changing Face of Evil"; DS9 Novel: Antimatter, The Badlands, Part IV, Avatar, Book Two, Gamma: Original Sin)
        • Runs the Bajoran Freight and Shipping Authority, manages Bajoran merchant marine (DS9: "The Changing Face of Evil")
      • Ministry of Art (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit)
      • Ministry of Cultural Exchange (DS9 Novel: Bajor: Fragments and Omens)
      • Ministry of Defense (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Twilight, Ascendance, Gamma: Original Sin)
      • Ministry of the Interior (DS9 Novel: Antimatter)
      • Ministry of Justice (DS9 Novel: Avatar, Book Two)
        • Bajoran Intelligence (DS9)
      • Ministry of Public Works (DS9 Novel: Antimatter)
      • Ministry of Religious Artifacts (DS9 Novel: The 34th Rule)
      • Ministry of State (DS9: "Duet")
      • Ministry of Trade (DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: This Gray Spirit, Bajor: Fragments and Omens)
      • Ministry of Transportation (DS9 Novel: Gamma: Original Sin)
    • Bajoran Ministers
• Judicial
  • Led by a supreme magistrate
    • Bajoran Supreme Magistrates
• Military
  • Bajoran Militia