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The Secretary of State is the President’s chief foreign affairs adviser and carries out U.S. foreign policies through the State Department and the Foreign Service. The web page lists the main duties and responsibilities of the Secretary, such as negotiating treaties, issuing passports, and protecting U.S. interests abroad.
His Majesty's principal secretaries of state, or secretaries of state, are senior ministers of the Crown in the Government of the United Kingdom. Secretaries of state head most major government departments and make up the majority of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The stated duties of the secretary of state are to supervise the United States foreign service and immigration policy and administer the Department of State. The secretary must also advise the president on U.S. foreign matters such as the appointment of diplomats and ambassadors, advising the president of the dismissal and recall of these people.
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- Responsibilities
- The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP
- Previous holders of this role
Organisations: Home Office
Current role holder: The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP
The Secretary of State has overall responsibility for all Home Office business, including:
•overarching responsibility for the departmental portfolio and oversight of the ministerial team
•Cabinet
•National Security Council (NSC)
•public appointments
•oversight of the Security Service
James Cleverly was appointed Secretary of State for the Home Department on 13 November 2023.
He was previously Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs between 6 September 2022 and 13 November 2023.
He was Secretary of State for Education from July 2022 to September 2022.
Before that, James was Minister of State for Europe and North America in the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) from February to July 2022. He was also Minister for Middle East, North Africa and North America from September 2020 to February 2022. James was first appointed as a joint Minister of State for Middle East and North Africa in the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development on 13 February 2020.
James was Minister without Portfolio from July 2019 to February 2020, and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union from April 2019 to July 2019. He was first elected as the Conservative MP for Braintree in May 2015.
Follow James on Twitter: @JamesCleverly.
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