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| − | The '''Foreign Secretary''' | + | The '''Foreign Secretary''' – in full, '''Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs''' – is the foreign minister of the Government of the [[United Kingdom]]. The post is considered - alongside that of [[Home Secretary]] and [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] to be one of the three main offices of state below [[Prime Minister]]. Only one person - [[James Callaghan]] - held all three posts and went on to be PM. |
The office is also responsible for overseeing the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, [[MI6]]. | The office is also responsible for overseeing the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, [[MI6]]. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:British Politics]] | [[Category:British Politics]] | ||
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Revision as of 00:01, July 7, 2019
The Foreign Secretary – in full, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs – is the foreign minister of the Government of the United Kingdom. The post is considered - alongside that of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer to be one of the three main offices of state below Prime Minister. Only one person - James Callaghan - held all three posts and went on to be PM.
The office is also responsible for overseeing the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, MI6.
The current Foreign Secretary is Jeremy Hunt.[1]