The High-Secretary is the chief executive of infrastructure in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), and oversees matters such as transportation, power, communications, sewage, and agriculture. Structural legislation that has been debated and refined by the Senate is passed first to the High-Secretary before it is passed to the Imperator for final approval.
The position was originally created at the formation of the United Planets of Earth (UPE) in SEY 2523 as part of the three-member Tribunal that would run the government. Ivar Messer I retired the office when he became Prime Citizen in 2546. After the events of the Anti-Messer Revolution in 2792, the office of High-Secretary was re-established as one appointed by the duly-elected Imperator, subject to final approval from the Senate.