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The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office
Home Office

The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security and order. As such it is responsible for the police, United Kingdom Borders Agency and MI5....
 and is one of the Great Offices of State
Great Offices of State

The Great Offices of State in the United Kingdom are the four most senior and prestigious posts in the British parliamentary system of government....
. The Home Secretary is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales
England and Wales

England and Wales is a legal unit within the United Kingdom. It consists of England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom....
, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

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).

The remit of the UK ministry includes policing, national security
National security

The late political scientist Hans Morgenthau, author of Politics Among Nations, defines national security as the integrity of the national territory and its institutions....
, immigration
Immigration

While the movement of people has thought throughout history at various levels, modern immigration tourism are considered non-immigrants . Immigration that violates the immigration laws of the destination country is termed illegal immigration or undocumented immigration....
, and matters of citizenship
Citizenship

Citizenship refers to a person's membership in a political community such as a country or city. It has different legal definitions in different countries....
.

The current Home Secretary is Jacqui Smith
Jacqui Smith

Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith is a United Kingdom politician for the Labour Party . She is currently the Home Secretary and has been Member of Parliament for Redditch since United Kingdom general election, 1997....
, the first female to hold the position.

Constitutional & Legal Affairs The Home Secretary has no responsibility for the Courts of England and Wales
Courts of England and Wales

Her Majesty's Courts of Justice of England and Wales are the Civil law and Criminal law courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales; they apply the law of England and Wales and are established under Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
.






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The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the United Kingdom Home Office
Home Office

The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security and order. As such it is responsible for the police, United Kingdom Borders Agency and MI5....
 and is one of the Great Offices of State
Great Offices of State

The Great Offices of State in the United Kingdom are the four most senior and prestigious posts in the British parliamentary system of government....
. The Home Secretary is responsible for internal affairs in England and Wales
England and Wales

England and Wales is a legal unit within the United Kingdom. It consists of England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom....
, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole of the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland

conventional_long_name = Northern Ireland|native_name= Tuaisceart ?ireannNorlin Airlann|motto =|image_map = Europe location N-IRL2.png...
).

The remit of the UK ministry includes policing, national security
National security

The late political scientist Hans Morgenthau, author of Politics Among Nations, defines national security as the integrity of the national territory and its institutions....
, immigration
Immigration

While the movement of people has thought throughout history at various levels, modern immigration tourism are considered non-immigrants . Immigration that violates the immigration laws of the destination country is termed illegal immigration or undocumented immigration....
, and matters of citizenship
Citizenship

Citizenship refers to a person's membership in a political community such as a country or city. It has different legal definitions in different countries....
.

The current Home Secretary is Jacqui Smith
Jacqui Smith

Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith is a United Kingdom politician for the Labour Party . She is currently the Home Secretary and has been Member of Parliament for Redditch since United Kingdom general election, 1997....
, the first female to hold the position.

Responsibilities


The Home Secretary is currently responsible for:

  • Police
    Policing in the United Kingdom

    Law enforcement in the United Kingdom is organised separately in Scotland, Northern Ireland and England & Wales , and arranged in geographical police areas matched to the boundaries of one or more local government areas in the United Kingdom....
  • Crime-fighting
    Major Crimes in Britain

    Major crimes in the United KingdomReferences...
  • Terrorism
    Terrorism

    Terrorism, according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, is the systematic use of terror, "violent or destructive acts committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands." At present, there is no internationally agreed upon definition of terrorism....
  • Citizenship
    British nationality law

    British nationality law is the law of the United Kingdom concerning citizenship and other categories of British nationality. The law is complex owing to the United Kingdom's former status as an imperialism power....
  • Identity cards
    British national identity card

    The United Kingdom National Identity Card is a personal identification document that will eventually be issued to all residents of the United Kingdom....
     and passports
    British passport

    British passports may be issued to people holding any of the various forms of British nationality law....


Constitutional & Legal Affairs

The Home Secretary has no responsibility for the Courts of England and Wales
Courts of England and Wales

Her Majesty's Courts of Justice of England and Wales are the Civil law and Criminal law courts responsible for the administration of justice in England and Wales; they apply the law of England and Wales and are established under Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
. Unlike many other governments issues usually dealt with by a Department of Justice, the British government has three separate departments: The Home Office (as specified above), the Attorney General's Office
Attorney General for England and Wales

Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the the Crown in England and Wales....
 and the Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Justice has been a department of the Her Majesty's Government since 2007. It was created on 9 May 2007 by merging the Department for Constitutional Affairs with parts of the Home Office responsible for criminal justice policy, sentencing policy, probation, prisons and prevention of re-offending in England and Wales....
, headed by the Secretary of State for Justice, for legal, judicial and civil rights issues.

Development of other government departments

Because the Home Office
Home Office

The Home Office is the United Kingdom government department responsible for immigration control, security and order. As such it is responsible for the police, United Kingdom Borders Agency and MI5....
 was initially the primary government department with responsibility for domestic affairs, all subsequent domestic departments have effectively been created by taking responsibilities from the Home Office. Until 2001 this left a variety of miscellaneous tasks that sat apart from the law and order functions of the department, such as British Summer Time or wild birds in Scotland. However, on the appointment of David Blunkett as Home Secretary, these functions - and others such as responsibility for the Fire Brigade - have been reallocated to other departments to give the position a focus solely on law and order.

Home Secretaries since 1782

Name Portrait Entered office Left office Political party Subsequent post
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Shelburne
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

William Petty-FitzMaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as The Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was a Kingdom of Great Britain British Whig Party statesman who was the first Home Secretary in 1782 and then Prime Minis...
Shelburne
27 March 1782 10 July 1782 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Prime Minister of Great Britain
The Rt. Hon. Thomas Townsend MP
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney , was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century....
10 July 1782 2 April 1783 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Leader of the House of Commons
Leader of the House of Commons

The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the United Kingdom House of Commons....
The Rt. Hon. Lord North KG MP
Frederick North, Lord North

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , more often known by his courtesy title, Lord North, which he used from 1752 until 1790, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Kingdom of Great Britain from 1770 to 1782....
2 April 1783 19 December 1783 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
None
The Rt. Hon. The Earl Temple
George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham

George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, knight of the Garter, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was a United Kingdom statesman; he was the second son of George Grenville and a brother of the William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville....
19 December 1783 23 December 1783 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Sydney
Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney

Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney , was a British politician who held several important Cabinet posts in the second half of the 18th century....
23 December 1783 5 June 1789 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
None
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Grenville 5 June 1789 8 June 1791 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
The Rt. Hon. Henry Dundas MP
Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville was a Scotland lawyer and politician. He was the last person to be impeachment in the United Kingdom.He was the fourth son of Robert Dundas, Lord Arniston, the elder , Lord President of the Court of Session, and was born at Dalkeith in 1742....
8 June 1791 11 July 1794 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
President of the Board of Control
President of the Board of Control

The President of the Board of Control was a British government official in the late 18th and early 19th century responsible for overseeing the British East India Company and generally serving as the chief official in London responsible for Indian affairs....
 (1793–) and Secretary of State for War
Secretary of State for War

The position of Secretary of State for War, commonly called War Secretary, was a United Kingdom Cabinet -level position, first applied to Henry Dundas ....
His Grace The Duke of Portland
William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland

William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland Privy Council , was a Kingdom of Great Britain British Whig Party and Tory statesman, List of Chancellors of the University of Oxford and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom....
W H Cavendish Bentinck
11 July 1794 30 July 1801 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
Lord President of the Council
Lord President of the Council

The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal....
The Rt. Hon. Lord Pelham
Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester

Thomas Pelham, 2nd Earl of Chichester Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known from 1801 until 1805 as Lord Pelham, son of the 1st earl, was surveyor-general of ordnance in Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham 2nd ministry , and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the coalition ministry of 1783 ....
30 July 1801 17 August 1803 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster is, in modern times, a sinecure office in the government of the United Kingdom....
The Rt. Hon. Charles Yorke MP
Charles Philip Yorke

Charles Philip Yorke , was a United Kingdom politician.Yorke was the second son of Charles Yorke and grandson of Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke....
  17 August 1803 12 May 1804 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
First Lord of the Admiralty (1810–)
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Hawkesbury
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool

Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool , United Kingdom statesman, eldest son of Colonel Charles Jenkinson and grandson of Sir Robert Jenkinson, Bt, of Walcot, Oxfordshire, was born in Winchester, Hampshire....
Earl Jenkinson
12 May 1804 5 February 1806 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
Secretary of State for the Home Department (1807–)
The Rt. Hon. The Earl Spencer
George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer

George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer Order of the Garter Privy Council of the United Kingdom Royal Society Society of Antiquaries of London was an English British Whig Party politician....
5 February 1806 25 March 1807 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
None
The Rt. Hon. The Lord Hawkesbury
Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool

Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool , United Kingdom statesman, eldest son of Colonel Charles Jenkinson and grandson of Sir Robert Jenkinson, Bt, of Walcot, Oxfordshire, was born in Winchester, Hampshire....
 (inherited his father's peerage in 1808, becoming The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Liverpool)
Earl Jenkinson
25 March 1807 1 November 1809 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a Cabinet of the United Kingdom level position responsible for the army and the British colonies ....
The Rt. Hon. Richard Ryder MP
Richard Ryder (19th century politician)

Richard Ryder was a United Kingdom Tory politician who served as Secretary of State for the Home Department under Spencer Perceval.Ryder was a younger son of Nathaniel Ryder, 1st Baron Harrowby and also brother of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, who went on to be a much better known politician....
  1 November 1809 8 June 1812 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
None
The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Sidmouth
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804....
Henry Addington
11 June 1812 17 January 1822 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
None
The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bt. MP
Robert Peel

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was the Conservative Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846....
Robert Peel
17 January 1822 10 April 1827 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
Secretary of State for the Home Department (1828–)
The Rt. Hon. William Bourne MP
William Sturges Bourne

William Sturges Bourne was a British Tory politician.The son of the Reverend John Sturges and Judith Sturges , the young William Sturges was educated at Winchester College and Christ Church, Oxford, and was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn Court in 1793....
  30 April 1827 16 July 1827 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests

The Commission of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues was established in the United Kingdom in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown into a three-man commission....
The Most Hon. The Marquess of Lansdowne
Henry Petty-FitzMaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne Knight of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society , son of the William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne by his second marriage, was educated at Westminster School, the University of Edinburgh and at Trinity College, Cambridge....
  16 July 1827 22 January 1828 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Lord President of the Council
Lord President of the Council

The Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal....
 (1830–)
The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bt. MP
Robert Peel

Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet was the Conservative Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 10 December 1834 to 8 April 1835, and again from 30 August 1841 to 29 June 1846....
Robert Peel
26 January 1828 22 November 1830 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom and the head of government Her Majesty's Government....
 (1834–)
The Rt. Hon. The Viscount Melbourne
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne

William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society was a United Kingdom British Whig Party statesman who served as Home Secretary and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , and was a mentor of Victoria of the United Kingdom....
2nd V Melbourne
22 November 1830 16 July 1834 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom and the head of government Her Majesty's Government....
The Rt. Hon. Viscount Duncannon
John Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough

John William Ponsonby, 4th Earl of Bessborough Privy Council of the United Kingdom was an England politician, known as Viscount Duncannon from 1793 to 1844....
  19 July 1834 15 November 1834 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Lord Privy Seal
Lord Privy Seal

The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain....
 and First Commissioner of Woods and Forests
First Commissioner of Woods and Forests

The Commission of Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues was established in the United Kingdom in 1810 by merging the former offices of Surveyor General of Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases and Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown into a three-man commission....
His Grace The Duke of Wellington KG KP GCB GCH
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Order of the Garter, Order of St Patrick, Order of the Bath, Royal Guelphic Order, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Royal Society , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the nineteenth century....
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley Kg Ccb Gch Cor 1st Duke of Wellington
15 November 1834 15 December 1834 Tory
Tories (political faction)

The Tories were a loose political grouping which existed in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom, having their roots in the 17th century....
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the House of Lords
Leader of the House of Lords

Leader of the House of Lords is a function in the Her Majesty's Government that is always held in combination with a formal Cabinet of the United Kingdom position, most often Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal or Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster....
The Rt. Hon. Henry Goulburn MP
Henry Goulburn

Henry Goulburn Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council was an England Conservative Party statesman and a member of the Peelite faction after 1846....
  15 December 1834 18 April 1835 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet of the United Kingdom Minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters....
 (1841–)
The Rt. Hon. Lord John Russell
John Russell, 1st Earl Russell

John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Order of the Garter, Order of St Michael and St George, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Lord John Russell before 1861, was an England British Whig Party and Liberal Party politician who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....
Lord John Russell
18 April 1835 30 August 1839 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Leader of the House of Commons
Leader of the House of Commons

The Leader of the House of Commons is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom who is responsible for arranging government business in the United Kingdom House of Commons....
 and Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies

The Secretary of State for War and the Colonies was a Cabinet of the United Kingdom level position responsible for the army and the British colonies ....
The Most Hon. The Marquess of Normanby
Constantine Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby

File:1stMarquessOfNormanby.jpgConstantine Henry Phipps, 1st Marquess of Normanby Order of the Garter Order of the Bath Royal Guelphic Order was a politician and author of the United Kingdom....
30 August 1839 30 August 1841 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
None
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet
Sir James Graham, 2nd Baronet

Sir James Robert George Graham, 2nd Baronet was a United Kingdom statesman. Graham Land in Antarctica is named after him....
  6 September 1841 30 June 1846 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet

Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Whig Party politician. He held office under four Prime Ministers, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, and notably served three...
  8 July 1846 23 February 1852 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Spencer Horatio Walpole
Spencer Horatio Walpole

Spencer Horatio Walpole, Queen's Counsel, Doctor of Laws was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby....
Spencer Horatio Walpole
27 February 1852 19 December 1852 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
The Viscount Palmerstone
Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Order of the Garter, Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century....
Palmerston
28 December 1852 6 February 1855 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet

Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Whig Party politician. He held office under four Prime Ministers, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, and notably served three...
  8 February 1855 26 February 1858 Whig
British Whig Party

The Whigs are often described as one of two political party in Kingdom of England and later the United Kingdom from the late 17th to the mid-19th centuries....
Spencer Horatio Walpole
Spencer Horatio Walpole

Spencer Horatio Walpole, Queen's Counsel, Doctor of Laws was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby....
Spencer Horatio Walpole
26 February 1858 3 March 1859 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Thomas H. Sotheron-Estcourt  3 March 1859 18 June 1859 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Sir George Cornewall Lewis, 2nd Baronet  18 June 1859 25 July 1861 Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)

The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s, and a third party of varying strength and importance up to 1988, when it merged with the Social Democratic Party to form a new party which would become known as the Liberal Democrats....
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet
Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet

Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Whig Party politician. He held office under four Prime Ministers, William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, and Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, and notably served three...
  25 July 1861 28 June 1866 Liberal
Spencer Horatio Walpole
Spencer Horatio Walpole

Spencer Horatio Walpole, Queen's Counsel, Doctor of Laws was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician who served three times as Home Secretary in the administrations of Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby....
Spencer Horatio Walpole
6 July 1866 17 May 1867 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Gathorne Hardy
Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook

Gathorne Gathorne-Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook Order of the Star of India Privy Council of the United Kingdom , known as Gathorne Hardy until 1878, was a prominent United Kingdom Conservative Party ....
1st Earl of Cranbrook
17 May 1867 3 December 1868 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Henry Bruce
Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare

Henry Austin Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare Order of the Bath, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Fellow of the Royal Society was a United Kingdom statesman who served in government during the late 19th century, most notably as Secretary of State for the Home Department and as Lord President of the Council....
9 December 1868 9 August 1873 Liberal
Robert Lowe
Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke

Robert Lowe, 1st Viscount Sherbrooke Privy Council of the United Kingdom , United Kingdom and Australia statesman, was a pivotal but often forgotten figure who shaped British politics in the latter half of the 19th century....
Robert Lowe Wiki
9 August 1873 20 February 1874 Liberal
Richard Cross
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, Order of the Bath Order of the Star of India Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman and Conservative Party politician....
R A Cross
21 February 1874 23 April 1880 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Sir William Harcourt
William Vernon Harcourt (politician)

Sir William George Granville Venables Vernon Harcourt was a United Kingdom lawyer, journalist and Liberal Party statesman.He served as Member of Parliament for various constituencies and held the offices of Home Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer under William Gladstone before becoming Leader of the Opposition ....
Sir William Harcourt
28 April 1880 23 June 1885 Liberal
Richard Cross
R. A. Cross, 1st Viscount Cross

Richard Assheton Cross, 1st Viscount Cross, Order of the Bath Order of the Star of India Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom statesman and Conservative Party politician....
R A Cross
24 June 1885 1 February 1886 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Hugh Childers
Hugh Childers

Hugh Culling Eardley Childers was a United Kingdom and Australian The Liberal Party statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for being the politician responsible for the sinking of HMS Captain and for his damaging 'reforms' at the Admiralty....
  6 February 1886 25 July 1886 Liberal
Henry Matthews
Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff

Henry Matthews, 1st Viscount Llandaff, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and statesman. Born in Ceylon, where his father was a puisne judge of the Supreme Court, Matthews was educated at the University of Paris, graduating in 1844, before going on to study at the University of London, fr...
3 August 1886 15 August 1892 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
H. H. Asquith
H. H. Asquith

Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Order of the Garter, Privy Council of the United Kingdom, Queen's Counsel served as the Liberal Party Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916....
Herbert Henry Asquith
18 August 1892 25 June 1895 Liberal
Sir Matthew Ridley  29 June 1895 12 November 1900 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Charles Ritchie
Charles Thomson Ritchie
12 November 1900 12 July 1902 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Aretas Akers-Douglas
Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston

Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston, Order of the British Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , born Aretas Akers, was a United Kingdom Conservative Party statesman and politician....
  12 July 1902 5 December 1905 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Herbert Gladstone  11 December 1905 19 February 1910 Liberal
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, Order of the Garter, Order of Merit, Order of the Companions of Honour, Territorial Decoration, Fellow of the Royal Society, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Queen's Privy Council for Canada was a Politics of the United Kingdom known chiefly for his leadership of the United King...
19 February 1910 24 October 1911 Liberal
Reginald McKenna
Reginald McKenna

Reginald McKenna was a Liberal Party British statesman. He was educated at King's College School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.Elected at the United Kingdom general election, 1895 as Member of Parliament for North Monmouthshire , he served in the Liberal governments of Henry Campbell-Bannerman and Herbert Henry Asquith as President of th...
24 October 1911 27 May 1915 Liberal
Sir John Simon
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon Order of the Star of India Royal Victorian Order Order of the British Empire Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British politician and statesman....
  27 May 1915 12 January 1916 Liberal
Herbert Samuel
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel Order of the Bath Order of Merit Order of the British Empire Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British people politician and diplomat....
12 January 1916 7 December 1916 Liberal
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave
George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave

George Cave, 1st Viscount Cave, Order of St Michael and St George , King's Counsel , Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom lawyer and Conservative Party politician who became Lord Chancellor....
11 December 1916 14 January 1919 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Edward Shortt
Edward Shortt

Edward Shortt Privy Council of the United Kingdom King's Counsel was a United Kingdom politician, who served as a member of David Lloyd George's cabinet....
  14 January 1919 23 October 1922 Liberal
William Bridgeman  25 October 1922 22 January 1924 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Arthur Henderson
Arthur Henderson

Arthur Henderson was a British union leader, politician, disarmament advocate, and the 1934 Nobel Peace Prize List of Nobel laureates#Peace. He served three short terms as the leader of the Labour Party from 1908-10, 1914-17 and 1931-32....
Arthurhenderson
23 January 1924 4 November 1924 Labour
Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom. Founded at the start of the 20th century, it has been since the 1920s the principal party of the Left-wing politics in England, Scotland and Wales, but not Northern Ireland, where it has only recently organised again....
Sir William Joynson-Hicks
William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford

William Joynson-Hicks, 1st Viscount Brentford, His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , popularly known as Jix, was a United Kingdom solicitor and Conservative Party politician, most known for his tenure as Secretary of State for the Home Department, during which he gained a reputation for strict authoritarianism....
  7 November 1924 5 June 1929 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
J. R. Clynes
Jrclynes
8 June 1929 26 August 1931 Labour
Sir Herbert Samuel
Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel Order of the Bath Order of Merit Order of the British Empire Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British people politician and diplomat....
26 August 1931 1 October 1932 Liberal
Sir John Gilmour 1 October 1932 7 June 1935 Unionist
The Rt. Hon. Sir John Simon MP
John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon Order of the Star of India Royal Victorian Order Order of the British Empire Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British politician and statesman....
  7 June 1935 28 May 1937 National Liberal
National Liberal Party (UK)

Historically the National Liberal Party was a name used by two groups of politicians, who had formerly been associated with the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom....
The Rt. Hon. Sir Samuel Hoare MP
Samuel Hoare

Samuel John Gurney Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood Order of the Star of India, Order of the British Empire, Order of St Michael and St George, Privy Council of the United Kingdom , more commonly known as Sir Samuel Hoare, was a senior British Conservative Party politician who served in various Cabinet posts in the Conservative and Natio...
  28 May 1937 3 September 1939 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
The Rt. Hon. Sir John Anderson MP
John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley

John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley, Order of the Bath, Order of Merit, Order of the Star of India, Order of the Indian Empire, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a Scotland politician who served under Winston Churchill as Lord President of the Council, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary....
  4 September 1939 4 October 1940 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Herbert Morrison
Herbert Morrison

Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth, Order of the Companions of Honour Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a United Kingdom Labour Party politician....
  4 October 1940 23 May 1945 Labour
The Rt. Hon. Sir Donald Somervell MP  25 May 1945 26 July 1945 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
James Chuter Ede
James Chuter Ede

James Chuter Ede, Baron Chuter-Ede, Order of the Companions of Honour, Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British Labour Party politician, born in Epsom in Surrey....
  3 August 1945 26 October 1951 Labour
Sir David Maxwell Fyfe
David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir

David Patrick Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir Royal Victorian Order, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Queen's Counsel, was a British people Conservative Party politician, lawyer and judge who combined an industrious and precocious legal career with political ambitions that took him to the offices of Solicitor General for Eng...
  27 October 1951 19 October 1954 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Gwilym Lloyd George  19 October 1954 14 January 1957 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
The Rt. Hon. Rab Butler MP
Rab Butler

Richard Austen Butler, Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, Order of the Garter Order of the Companions of Honour Deputy Lieutenant Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , who invariably signed his name R....
  14 January 1957 13 July 1962 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Henry Brooke
Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor

Henry Brooke, Baron Brooke of Cumnor Order of the Companions of Honour was a British Conservative Party politician.Educated at Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford, Brooke became a founder of the Conservative Research Department in 1929....
  14 July 1962 16 October 1964 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
The Rt. Hon Frank Soskice MP  18 October 1964 23 December 1965 Labour
The Rt. Hon. Roy Jenkins MP
Roy Jenkins

Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead Order of Merit Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British politician. Once prominent as a Labour Party Member of Parliament and government minister in the 1960s and 1970s, he became the first British President of the European Commission and one of the four principal founders of the So...
  23 December 1965 30 November 1967 Labour
The Rt. Hon. James Callaghan MP
James Callaghan

Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, Order of the Garter, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980....
James Callaghan
30 November 1967 19 June 1970 Labour
The Rt. Hon. Reginald Maudling MP
Reginald Maudling

Reginald Maudling was a United Kingdom politician known for his intellectual brilliance, political pragmatism, and easygoing nature but slightly dogged by a reputation for laziness....
  20 June 1970 18 July 1972 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Robert Carr
Robert Carr

Leonard Robert Carr, Baron Carr of Hadley, Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a British Conservative Party politician.Robert Carr was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge where he read Natural science, graduating in 1938....
  18 July 1972 4 March 1974 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Roy Jenkins
Roy Jenkins

Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead Order of Merit Privy Council of the United Kingdom was a British politician. Once prominent as a Labour Party Member of Parliament and government minister in the 1960s and 1970s, he became the first British President of the European Commission and one of the four principal founders of the So...
  5 March 1974 10 September 1976 Labour
Merlyn Rees  10 September 1976 4 May 1979 Labour
William Whitelaw
William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, Order of the Thistle, Order of the Companions of Honour, Military Cross, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Deputy Lieutenant , commonly known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative Party politician....
  4 May 1979 11 June 1983 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Leon Brittan  11 June 1983 2 September 1985 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Douglas Hurd
Douglas Hurd

Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, Order of the Companions of Honour, Order of the British Empire, Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council , is a senior United Kingdom Conservative Party politician and novelist, who served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major between 1979 and his retirement in 1995....
2 September 1985 26 October 1989 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
David Waddington
David Waddington, Baron Waddington

David Charles Waddington, Baron Waddington Royal Victorian Order Deputy Lieutenant Queen's Counsel Privy Council of the United Kingdom is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom....
  26 October 1989 28 November 1990 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Lord Privy Seal
Lord Privy Seal

The Lord Privy Seal or Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal is the fifth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord President of the Council and above the Lord Great Chamberlain....
Kenneth Baker  28 November 1990 10 April 1992 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Kenneth Clarke
Kenneth Clarke

Kenneth Harry "Ken" Clarke Queen's Counsel Member of Parliament is a United Kingdom politician. He is the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Rushcliffe and the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform....
10 April 1992 27 May 1993 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Chancellor of the Exchequer is the title held by the British Cabinet of the United Kingdom Minister who is responsible for all economic and financial matters....
Michael Howard
Michael Howard

Michael Howard Queen's Counsel is a British politician, a Conservative Member of Parliament since the United Kingdom general election, 1983 for the constituency of Folkestone and Hythe ....
27 May 1993 2 May 1997 Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservative Party, is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom....
Jack Straw
Jack Straw

Jack Straw , British politician.Jack Straw may also be:* Jack Straw , English* Jack Straw * Jack Straw * Jack Straw Foundation, American public radio foundation...
2 May 1997 8 June 2001 Labour Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, commonly referred to as the Foreign Secretary, is a member of the Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and responsible for relations with foreign countries, matters pertaining to the Commonwealth of Nations and the UK's Br...
David Blunkett
David Blunkett

David Blunkett is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician and has been Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside since 1987. Blindness since birth and from a poor family in one of Sheffield most deprived districts, he rose to become Secretary of State for Education and Skills from 1997 to 2001, and then Secretary of State for the Home...
  8 June 2001 15 December 2004 Labour
Charles Clarke
Charles Clarke

Charles Rodway Clarke is a United Kingdom Labour Party politician. He has been Member of Parliament for Norwich South since 1997 and was Secretary of State for the Home Department from December 2004 until May 2006....
  15 December 2004 5 May 2006 Labour
John Reid
John Reid (politician)

Dr John Reid is a United Kingdom politician who was formerly the Home Secretary and also filled several other cabinet positions, including Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Health....
5 May 2006 27 June 2007 Labour
Jacqui Smith
Jacqui Smith

Jacqueline Jill "Jacqui" Smith is a United Kingdom politician for the Labour Party . She is currently the Home Secretary and has been Member of Parliament for Redditch since United Kingdom general election, 1997....
28 June 2007 present Labour


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General terms

  • Attorney General
    Attorney General

    In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions....
  • Interior minister
    Interior minister

    An interior ministry is a ministry typically responsible for police, national security, and immigration matters. The ministry is often headed by a minister of the interior or minister of home affairs....

European positions

  • Attorney General for England and Wales
    Attorney General for England and Wales

    Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the the Crown in England and Wales....
  • Ireland
    • Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
    • Attorney General of Ireland
      Attorney General of Ireland

      The Attorney General is a constitutional officer who is the official adviser to the Government of Ireland in matters of law. He is in effect the chief law officer in Republic of Ireland....


North and Central American positions

  • Minister of Justice (Canada)
    Minister of Justice (Canada)

    The Minister of Justice is the Minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada who is responsible for the Department of Justice and is also Attorney General of Canada....
  • Attorney General of Ontario
    Attorney General of Ontario

    The Attorney General of Ontario is a senior member of the Executive Council of Ontario and governs the Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario - the department responsible for the oversight of the justice system within the province....
     and Solicitor General of Ontario
    Solicitor General of Ontario

    The Solicitor General of Ontario was in charge of the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Ontario is responsible for police and other law enforcement agencies in the province....
  • Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness - acts as Solicitor General of Canada
  • United States Attorney General
    United States Attorney General

    The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the government of the United States....
  • United States Secretary of Homeland Security
    United States Secretary of Homeland Security

    The United States Secretary of Homeland Security is the head of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the body concerned with protecting the American homeland and the safety of American citizens....
  • Attorney General (Mexico)
    Attorney General (Mexico)

    The Attorney General of Mexico is the head of the Attorney General's Office, an institution belonging to the Federal Executive that is responsible of the investigation and prosecution of federal crimes....

Asian positions

  • Minister for Home Affairs (India)
    Minister for Home Affairs (India)

    The Home Minister, or more properly the Minister for Home Affairs, is a position in the Indian Cabinet, at both State and Union levels. The Home Ministry is one of the most important, powerful and high profile ministry after the Prime Minister....
  • Indian Attorney General
    Indian Attorney General

    The Attorney General of India is the Indian government's chief law advisor, and its primary lawyer in the Supreme Court of India.The Attorney General for India is appointed by the President of India under Article 76 of the Constitution of India and holds office during the pleasure of the President....
  • Secretary for Justice (Hong Kong)
    Secretary for Justice

    The Secretary for Justice is a member of the Hong Kong Government responsible for prosecutions and legal matters. He or she heads the Department of Justice ....
     - formerly Attorney General
  • Secretary for Security (Hong Kong)
    Secretary for Security

    The Secretary for Security is the member of the Hong Kong Government in charge of the Security Bureau , which is responsible for public safety, security, and immigration matters....

Australasian positions

  • Attorney-General of Australia
    Attorney-General of Australia

    The Attorney-General of Australia is the first law officer of the Crown, chief law officer of the Commonwealth of Australia and a minister of the Crown....
  • Attorney-General (New Zealand)
    Attorney-General (New Zealand)

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See also

  • Cabinet (government)
  • Departments of the United Kingdom Government
    Departments of the United Kingdom Government

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  • Ministry of Justice
    Ministry of Justice (United Kingdom)

    The Ministry of Justice has been a department of the Her Majesty's Government since 2007. It was created on 9 May 2007 by merging the Department for Constitutional Affairs with parts of the Home Office responsible for criminal justice policy, sentencing policy, probation, prisons and prevention of re-offending in England and Wales....
  • List of British ministries
    List of British ministries

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  • Great Offices of State
    Great Offices of State

    The Great Offices of State in the United Kingdom are the four most senior and prestigious posts in the British parliamentary system of government....
  • Shadow Home Secretary
    Shadow Home Secretary

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