▁viz ier ▁was ▁the ▁chief ▁minister ▁for ▁the ▁king , ▁handling ▁all ▁the ▁day - to - day ▁business ▁of ▁government ▁in ▁the ▁king ' s ▁place . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁monument al ▁task , ▁therefore ▁it ▁would ▁often ▁be ▁split ▁into ▁two ▁positions , ▁a ▁viz ier ▁of ▁the ▁north , ▁and ▁a ▁viz ier ▁of ▁the ▁south . ▁It ▁is ▁uncertain ▁how ▁often ▁this ▁occurred ▁during ▁the ▁Middle ▁Kingdom , ▁but ▁Sen us ret ▁I ▁clearly ▁had ▁two ▁simultaneously ▁function ing ▁viz iers . ▁Other ▁positions ▁were ▁inherited ▁from ▁the ▁provincial ▁form ▁of ▁government ▁at ▁The bes ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Ele vent h ▁D ynast y ▁before ▁the ▁reun ification ▁of ▁Egypt . ▁The ▁O verse er ▁of ▁Se aled ▁Good s ▁became ▁the ▁country ' s ▁tre as urer , ▁and ▁the ▁O verse er ▁of ▁the ▁Est ate ▁became ▁the ▁King ' s ▁chief ▁ste ward . ▁These ▁three ▁positions ▁and ▁the ▁S cribe ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁Document , ▁probably ▁the ▁king ' s ▁personal ▁scri be , ▁appear ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁posts ▁of ▁the ▁central ▁government , ▁jud ging ▁by ▁the ▁monument ▁count ▁of ▁those ▁in ▁these ▁positions . ▁ ▁Bes ide ▁this , ▁many ▁Old ▁Kingdom ▁posts ▁which ▁had ▁lost ▁their ▁original ▁meaning ▁and ▁become ▁mere ▁honor ific s ▁were ▁brought ▁back ▁into ▁the ▁central ▁government . ▁Only ▁high - ran king ▁officials ▁could ▁claim ▁the ▁title ▁Member ▁of ▁the ▁El ite , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁applied ▁liber ally ▁during ▁the ▁First ▁Inter mediate ▁Period