The Imperial Office refers to the position of the Emperor of France and, in turn, his role in government. The Imperial Office was designed in 1950 by Emperor Sebastien as a way to form a constitutional and legal enumeration of the Emperor's powers. While granting enormous powers to the President of the General Assembly, the Minister of the State and the Grand Marshal of the Empire, the Imperial Office leaves "absolute, ultimate and decisive authority" with the Emperor himself. The formation of this office in the law at last presented the French law with legal enumerations and limitations upon what the Emperor can and cannot do and was created as a direct result of the frustration with French citizens over the abuses of Imperial power that had occurred in the previous fifty years.