Secretary of State

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cabinet ministerial office government position

The Secretary of State is a senior government minister who heads a major department of state and holds a top-ranking position in the UK Cabinet.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Secretary of State canonical 22
Secretary of State for the American Department 3
Principal Secretary of State 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cabinet ministerial office ⓘ
government position ⓘ
accountableTo British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointedOnAdviceOf Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
canBeRemovedBy Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
canDelegateTo Ministers of State ⓘ
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State ⓘ
junior ministers ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
hasRank senior minister ⓘ
top-ranking cabinet position ⓘ
hasStyle The Right Honourable ⓘ
hasSubordinateOffice Minister of State ⓘ
Parliamentary Private Secretaries ⓘ
surface form: Parliamentary Private Secretary

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State ⓘ
hasType Secretary of State for Business and Trade ⓘ
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport ⓘ
Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Secretary of State for Education ⓘ
Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero ⓘ
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ
Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ⓘ
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ⓘ
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ⓘ
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ⓘ
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology ⓘ
Secretary of State for Scotland ⓘ
Secretary of State for Transport ⓘ
Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ⓘ
Home Secretary ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of State for the Home Department
heads United States Department of State ⓘ
surface form: department of state
historicalPrecursor Principal Secretary of State ⓘ
jurisdiction UK government ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom government
legalBasis Acts of Parliament ⓘ
United Kingdom constitutional conventions ⓘ
mayBeMemberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
surface form: House of Lords of the United Kingdom
memberOf British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: UK Cabinet
partOf UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom

British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: UK Cabinet
politicalSystem parliamentary democracy ⓘ
reportsTo Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
responsibleFor accountability to Parliament for departmental actions ⓘ
overall leadership of a government department ⓘ
policy decisions in their departmental area ⓘ
strategic direction of a department of state ⓘ
termLength at His Majesty’s pleasure ⓘ
usedIn Westminster system ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero → cabinetRank → Secretary of State ⓘ
Lord Clarendon → positionHeld → Secretary of State ⓘ
subject surface form: Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Oregon Secretary of State → styleOfAddress → Secretary of State ⓘ
Boundary Commission for England → submitsRecommendationsTo → Secretary of State ⓘ
Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development → officeType → Secretary of State ⓘ
Texas Secretary of State → style → Secretary of State ⓘ
Mr. Secretary → appliesToOffice → Secretary of State ⓘ
Secretaries of State of Portugal → officeHolderRole → Secretary of State ⓘ
Lord George Sackville → positionHeld → Secretary of State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the American Department
Secretary of State of Oregon → nativeLabel → Secretary of State ⓘ
Florida Department of State → hasOfficeholderTitle → Secretary of State ⓘ
Permanent Secretary (United Kingdom) → reportsTo → Secretary of State ⓘ
Court of James II of England → includedOffice → Secretary of State ⓘ
UK government minister → mayHoldRank → Secretary of State ⓘ
French Cabinet → hasPart → Secretary of State ⓘ
Secretary of State for International Development → officeType → Secretary of State ⓘ
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government → rankBelow → Secretary of State ⓘ
Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 → allowsTransferOfFunctionsFrom → Secretary of State ⓘ
Tudor government → strengthenedOffice → Secretary of State ⓘ
Henry Bennet → positionHeld → Secretary of State ⓘ
Baron Arlington → positionHeld → Secretary of State ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington
this entity surface form: Principal Secretary of State
Esther McVey → hasOccupation → Secretary of State ⓘ
Secretary of State of Michigan → style → Secretary of State ⓘ
George Germain → positionHeld → Secretary of State ⓘ
subject surface form: George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the American Department
Lord George Germain → positionHeld → Secretary of State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for the American Department
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs → style → Secretary of State ⓘ