Secretary of State for Wales

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United Kingdom cabinet position government ministerial office

The Secretary of State for Wales is the UK cabinet minister responsible for representing Welsh interests in the UK government and overseeing the Wales Office.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Secretary of State for Wales canonical	14
Welsh Secretary	5
Secretary of State for Wales (as primary political leader of Wales within UK Government)	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Kingdom cabinet position ⓘ government ministerial office ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ surface form: Welsh Secretary
appointedBy	British monarch ⓘ surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointedOnAdviceOf	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
associatedWith	devolution in Wales ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy	Labour government ⓘ surface form: Labour government of Harold Wilson
department	Welsh Office ⓘ surface form: Wales Office
firstHolder	Jim Griffiths ⓘ
formationYear	1964 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Wales ⓘ
locatedIn	10 Whitehall, London ⓘ
memberOf	British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: UK Cabinet
nativeLabel	Secretary of State for Wales self-link ⓘ
nominator	Prime Minister ⓘ surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
oversees	Welsh Office ⓘ surface form: Wales Office
partOf	British Cabinet ⓘ surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
reportsTo	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
represents	Wales ⓘ Welsh interests in the UK government ⓘ
residence	No fixed official residence ⓘ
responsibleFor	implementation of UK government policy in Wales ⓘ oversight of the Wales Office ⓘ representing Welsh interests within the UK government ⓘ
seat	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
style	The Right Honourable ⓘ
termLength	At His Majesty’s pleasure ⓘ
worksWith	Senedd ⓘ surface form: Senedd Cymru (Welsh Parliament) Welsh Government ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Government of Wales Act 1998 → transferredFunctionsFrom → Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ

First Minister of Wales → precededByOffice → Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ

this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Wales (as primary political leader of Wales within UK Government)

William Hague → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ

Welsh Office (as primary source of Welsh-specific legislation) → hasHead → Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ

subject surface form: Welsh Office

Welsh Office (as primary source of Welsh-specific legislation) → ministerialPostResponsible → Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ

subject surface form: Welsh Office

Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ

the Cabinet → hasPart → Secretary of State for Wales ⓘ

subject surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom