Secretary of State for Air

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British government ministerial office

The Secretary of State for Air was a senior British government minister responsible for overseeing the Royal Air Force and air policy, particularly during the early and mid-20th century.

Aliases (1)

Air Ministry ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British government ministerial office →
abolishedAsPartOf	creation of unified Ministry of Defence →
appliesToJurisdiction	United Kingdom →
appointedBy	Monarch of the United Kingdom →
country	United Kingdom →
dateAbolished	1964-04-01 →
dateCreated	1919-01-10 →
endTime	1964 →
fieldOfWork	air defence → defence policy → military aviation →
hasFirstHolder	Winston Churchill →
hasJurisdictionOver	Royal Air Force → Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve → Royal Auxiliary Air Force →
hasNotableOfficeHolder	Archibald Sinclair → Harold Macmillan → Julian Amery → Lord Trenchard → Sir Samuel Hoare → Winston Churchill →
hasResponsibility	Air Ministry → British air policy → Royal Air Force →
inceptionContext	post–First World War reorganisation of British armed forces →
isDistinctFrom	First Lord of the Admiralty → Secretary of State for War →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Air Council →
mergedInto	Ministry of Defence →
nominatedBy	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
officeLocation	Air Ministry →
partOf	British Cabinet → Government of the United Kingdom →
precededBy	President of the Air Council →
replacedBy	Secretary of State for Defence →
reportsTo	Parliament of the United Kingdom → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
residence	London →
scope	RAF personnel policy → administration of the Royal Air Force → air force budgeting and procurement → strategic air policy →
seat	London →
startTime	1919 →
usedDuringConflict	Cold War → First World War aftermath → Second World War →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Archibald Sinclair → Julian Amery → Kingsley Wood → Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood → Winston Churchill → Winston Churchill →	positionHeld
Air Council →	hasMember
President of the Air Council →	officeHeldBy
Observer Corps ("Air Ministry") →	parentOrganisation
Secretary of State for Defence →	precededByOffice
President of the Air Council →	replacedBy