the vice-president gained a seat at cabinet meetings in 1792.
when did the vice-president gain a seat at cabinet meetings?
1792
in 1933, franklin d. roosevelt raised the stature of the office by renewing the practice of inviting the vice president to cabinet meetings, which every president since has maintained. roosevelt's first vice president, john nance garner, broke with him over the "court-packing" issue, early in his second term, and became roosevelt's leading critic. at the start of that term, on january 20, 1937, garner had been the first vice president to be sworn into office on the capitol steps in the same ceremony with the president; a tradition that continues. prior to that time, vice presidents were traditionally inaugurated at a separate ceremony in the senate chamber. gerald r. ford and nelson a. rockefeller, who were both appointed to the office under the terms of the 25th amendment, were inaugurated in the house and senate chambers, respectively.
vice president of the united states
the state council (국무회의, 國務會議, "gungmuhoeui") is the highest body and national cabinet for policy deliberation and resolution in the executive branch of the republic of korea. the constitution of the republic of korea mandates that the cabinet be composed of between 15 and 30 members including the chairperson, and currently the cabinet includes the president, the prime minister, the vice prime minister (the minister of strategy and finance), and the cabinet-level ministers of the 17 ministries. the constitution designates the president as the chairperson of the cabinet and the prime minister as the vice chairperson. nevertheless, the prime minister frequently holds the meetings without the presence of the president as the meeting can be lawfully held as long as the majority of the cabinet members are present at the meeting. also, as many government agencies have recently been moved out of seoul into other parts of the country the need to hold cabinet meetings without having to convene in one place at the same time has been growing, and therefore the law has been amended to allow cabinet meetings in a visual teleconference format. although not the official members of the cabinet, the chief presidential secretary (대통령비서실장, 大統領祕書室長), the minister of the office for government policy coordination (국무조정실장, 國務調整室長), the minister of government legislation (법제처장, 法制處長), the minister of patriots and veterans affairs (국가보훈처장, 國家報勳處長), the minister of food and drug safety (식품의약품안전처장, 食品醫藥品安全處長), the chairperson of korea fair trade commission (공정거래위원장, 公正去來委員長), the chairperson of financial services commission (금융위원장, 金融委員長), the mayor of seoul special city (서울특별시장, 서울特別市長), and other officials designated by law or deemed necessary by the chairperson of the cabinet can also attend the cabinet meetings and speak in front of the cabinet without the right to vote on the matters discussed in the meetings the mayor of seoul, although being the head of a local autonomous region in south korea and not directly related to the central executive branch, has been allowed to attend the cabinet meeting considering the special status of seoul (special city) and its mayor (the only cabinet-level mayor in korea).
government of south korea