Secretariat of the 8th Congress of the Continentalist Party

  

Secretariat of the 8th Congress
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9 August 1917 – 5 September 1918
Leadership
General Secretary	Aeneas Warren
Members
Total	5

The Secretariat of the 8th Congress of the Continentalist Party of the United Commonwealth was in session from 9 August 1917 to 5 September 1918. Elected by the 8th Central Committee, its members served as the highest policy-making authority within the Continentalist Party. The Secretariat was chaired by the General Secretary Aeneas Warren, and included in total five members.

This secretariat is notable as being the first of its kind elected while the Continentalist Party governed over any national territory, entering session shortly after the Continentalist take over of Illinois and Michigan. This secretariat was the body at the head of the Party at the start of the Continental Revolutionary War. As a result, the Secretariat acted as the de facto decision-making body for the initial states occupied by the Continentalist movement, and the Secretariat's agenda would be dominated by the war effort. This secretariat marked the beginning of a period in which Aeneas Warren served as paramount leader, as in addition to acting as General Secretary, he was also elected acting chairman (or President) of the American Constitute Assembly, which later evolved into the National People's Congress, and was chairman (or Premier) of the Council of People's Commissars.

Members

The following is a list of members of the Secretariat, and their respective state and party positions held only during the duration of the Secretariat.

No.	Name (Lifespan)	Portrait	Party position(s)	State position(s)	Tenure
1	Aeneas Warren (1871–1922)		General Secretary of the Continentalist Party	President of the United Commonwealth Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Chairman of the Central Military Commission	9 August 1917 – 5 September 1918
2	Zhou Xinyue (1872–1922)		–	People's Commissar for Defense People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Socialist Authority Representative of the American Constituent Assembly
3	Ulysses Clark (1875–)		Vice Chairman of the Central Committee	Deputy secretary of the Presidium Deputy People's Commissar of Defense Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission
4	Samson Zima (1880–)		President of the Central Party School of the Continentalist Party	Deputy secretary of the Presidium Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission
5	Elliot Fowler (1870–1927)		–	Deputy People's Commissar for Transportation Representative of the American Constituent Assembly