Organizational Structure
The NCA consists of the following nine ex officio members:
- Prime Minister (who is the ex officio Chairman)
- Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Minister of Defence
- Minister of Finance
- Minister of Interior
- Minister of Science
- Science Advisor
- Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
- Chief of the Army Staff
- Chief of the Naval Staff
- Chief of the Air Staff
The Director-General of the NCA's Strategic Plans Division (SPD) is the ex officio Secretary of the NCA and the SPD functions as the NCA's secretariat.
Decision making in the NCA takes place through consensus and, in the event that consensus is not achieved, then through voting, with each member having a single vote.
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