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The current Home Secretary is the Rt Hon Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith and MP for Redditch since 1997 when the Labour party came to power. She is the first woman to hold the position and only the third woman to hold one of the Great Offices of State. She is best known for the use of the fear of [[terrorism]] as a way to introduce more authoritarian policies.
The current Home Secretary is the Rt Hon Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith and MP for Redditch since 1997 when the Labour party came to power. She is the first woman to hold the position and only the third woman to hold one of the Great Offices of State. She is best known for the use of the fear of [[terrorism]] as a way to introduce more authoritarian policies.
==Recent Home Secretaries==
* [[Jacqui Smith]], 28 June 2007 to 5 June 2009
* [[Alan Johnson]], 5 June 2009 to 11 May 2010
* [[Theresa May]], 12 May 2010 to 13 July 2016
* [[Amber Rudd]], 13 July 2016 (in office)
[[Category:British Politics]]
[[Category:British Politics]]