The second, more common, meaning was the combined aides, staff, and government organizations directly subordinate to the Chancellor. It could therefore be considered a combination of executive cabinet and personal staff to the Chancellor, and as the de facto (if not de jure) executive branch of the Galactic Republic. After the Republic was reorganized into the Galactic Empire by Palpatine, and by extension, the title Supreme Chancellor altered into Galactic Emperor, the office was renamed the Office of the Emperor.