The council of ministers that governed Bajor with the First Minister after the Cardassian withdrawal, and the arena for much of the political intrigue seen in Deep Space Nine.
The Chamber of Ministers is the governing council of Bajor's Provisional Government, sitting in the capital and working alongside the First Minister and, less comfortably, the Vedek Assembly.
Its fragility is shown in the three-part story The Homecoming, The Circle and The Siege, in which the ambitious Minister Jaro Essa uses the returned hero Li Nalas and the extremist Circle to try to seize power and expel the Federation. Ministers are also seen refusing the Skrreean refugees a home on Bajor in Sanctuary.
In Shakaar, Kai Winn briefly holds the First Minister's duties after the death of Kalem Apren, before the former resistance leader Shakaar Edon stands against her and wins the office.