Union Government Reform of 5000

The Union Government Reform of 5000 was the official name for the collection of measures that virtually extinguished the Executive Branch of the United Stars of the Galaxies, leaving only the office of Union President. That office in turn was abolished in the Union Government Reform of 5039.

Those measures included but where not restricted to:
 * Elimination of the title and position of Vice President of the United Stars of the Galaxy.
 * Reconfiguring the State Department as Foreign Affairs Council.
 * Removing the position of Secretary of the Defense, and merging it's functions into the existing Military Council.
 * Other departments or Secretaries within the Executive Branch were either reconfigured into an equivalent Council to the Assembly, had their functions merged with an existing council, or were abolished as obsolete and not needing replacement.

The actual transition took just under three months - less than half the time it had been anticipated to take.