Seneschal of Rai

Seneschal of the Grand Duchy of Rai
Incumbent Vacant since 2 January 2021
Style	The Right Honourable
Appointer	Grand Duke of Rai
Term length	At His Royal Highness’ pleasure
Inaugural holder	Karl Friedrich
Formation	29 December 2017

The Seneschal of Rai is the head of government of the Abeldane federal state of Rai. The Seneschal may be appointed and dismissed at the discretion of the Rai monarch. The office is currently vacant, following the resignation of Ashley Jaax on 2 January 2021. Jaax was appointed to the position on 6 March 2020 to replace Karl Friedrich.

The office of the Seneschal is described in the Charter of Rai, which states that "the Grand Duke of Rai may delegate Their grand ducal prerogative onto an individual, who must be a citizen of Rai, to oversee menial tasks of governance in the Grand Duke’s name". The Charter also states that the Seneschal's authority may never supersede or contradict that of the Grand Duke, as it is from the Grand Duke that this authority primordially stems.

List of Seneschals

Portrait		Name	Term of office		Other offices held whilst incumbent	Political party	Government	Monarch (Reign)
Position Vacant (29 December 2017 - 7 January 2018)								Tarik (since 2017)
		The Right Honourable Karl Friedrich	7 January 2018	6 March 2020	N/A	Independent	Friedrich
			2 years, 1 month and 28 days
			Inaugural holder
		The Right Honourable Ashley Jaax	6 March 2020	2 January 2021	N/A	Batu	Jaax
			9 months and 27 days
			Appointed by Grand Duke Tarik to replace Seneschal Friedrich. Oversaw the constitution of the Bok of Rai and the first general election in the Grand Duchy.
Vacant since 2 January 2021