Secretary of State for Defence

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United Kingdom cabinet position government ministerial office

The Secretary of State for Defence is the UK government minister responsible for overseeing the country's armed forces and defence policy.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Defence Secretary 4
Defence Secretary of the United Kingdom 1
Office of the Secretary of State for Defence 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom cabinet position ⓘ
government ministerial office ⓘ
appointedBy British monarch ⓘ
surface form: Monarch of the United Kingdom
appointmentOnAdviceOf Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
associatedWith NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

BAE Systems ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom defence industry
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createdBy UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
department United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of Defence
flag Flags of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Flag of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
formationYear 1964 ⓘ
hasSubordinateOffice Minister of State for Defence Procurement ⓘ
Minister of State for the Armed Forces ⓘ
Minister of State for the Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Minister of State for the Armed Forces Personnel and Veterans

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
includedIn Ministerial Code of the United Kingdom ⓘ
insignia Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom
insigniaUsedFor United Kingdom government departments ⓘ
jurisdiction UK government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United Kingdom
legalBasis Acts of Parliament relating to defence ⓘ
royal prerogative ⓘ
locationOfOffice Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall ⓘ
memberOf British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
nativeLabel Secretary of State for Defence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Defence Secretary
oversees British Armed Forces ⓘ
United Kingdom defence policy ⓘ
participatesInBody National Security Council (United Kingdom) ⓘ
partOf British Cabinet ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet of the United Kingdom
policyArea armed forces ⓘ
defence ⓘ
international defence cooperation ⓘ
military procurement ⓘ
national security ⓘ
precededByOffice First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
Minister of Defence ⓘ
Secretary of State for Air ⓘ
Secretary of State for War ⓘ
reportsTo Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
responsibleFor armed forces personnel policy ⓘ
defence budget ⓘ
defence international relations ⓘ
defence procurement policy ⓘ
defence strategy ⓘ
military operations policy ⓘ
national defence of the United Kingdom ⓘ
nuclear deterrent policy ⓘ
responsibleTo British Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
seat City of Westminster ⓘ
surface form: Westminster
shortName Secretary of State for Defence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Defence Secretary
style The Right Honourable ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

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

Chief of the Air Staff → advisedBy → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
First Sea Lord → advises → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Second Sea Lord → appointedOnAdviceOf → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms) → canBeChairedBy → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Secretary
Defence Council of the United Kingdom → chairperson → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
British Cabinet → composedOf → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Secretary
Reserve Forces Act 1996 (United Kingdom) → enablingAuthority → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
subject surface form: Reserve Forces Act 1996
Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall → hasTenant → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office of the Secretary of State for Defence
Defence Council of the United Kingdom → headOfCouncil → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Defence Council of the United Kingdom → includesMember → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
National Security Council (United Kingdom) → includesMember → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Secretary of the United Kingdom
Secretary of State for Defence → nativeLabel → Secretary of State for Defence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Secretary
First Sea Lord → nominator → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
United Kingdom defence policy → overseenBy → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
British Armed Forces → politicalHead → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
John Reid → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
subject surface form: John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Defence (United Kingdom)
Michael Portillo → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom
Penny Mordaunt → positionHeld → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
First Lord of the Admiralty → replacedBy → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Secretary of State for Air → replacedBy → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Secretary of State for War → replacedBy → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Chief of the Air Staff → reportsTo → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Defence Nuclear Organisation → reportsTo → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
this entity surface form: UK Secretary of State for Defence
Head Office (UK Ministry of Defence) → reportsTo → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Minister of State for Defence Procurement → reportsTo → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Minister of State for the Armed Forces → reportsTo → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Secretary of State for Defence → shortName → Secretary of State for Defence self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Defence Secretary
Navy Department of the Ministry of Defence → subordinateTo → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
First Lord of the Admiralty → successorOffice → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ
Minister of State for the Armed Forces → supportsRole → Secretary of State for Defence ⓘ