Secretary of State
Top foreign diplomat
Secretary of State is the formal title for certain high-ranking government officials.
In the United States, the Secretary of State serves as the chief diplomat and head of the State Department, fourth in the presidential line of succession: Secretary of State Blinken addressed the UN General Assembly.
In state governments, the Secretary of State typically oversees elections and official records.
In the United Kingdom, Secretary of State precedes a department name: Secretary of State for Defence. (Lowercase secretary of state refers to the position generically.)
Revolutionary-era American statesmen
- JeffersonThird American president
- MadisonWisconsin's governmental seat
- HamiltonFirst Treasury secretary
- MonroeFifth American president
Kissinger · Powell · Clinton · Kerry · Foggy Bottom · Continental Congress
Founding Fathers
Revolutionary-era American statesmen
- JeffersonThird American president
- MadisonWisconsin's governmental seat
- HamiltonFirst Treasury secretary
Monroe · Kissinger · Powell · Clinton · Kerry · Foggy Bottom · Continental Congress
- Secretaries
- Cabinet PostsFinance Minister, HHS
- Lincoln Cabinet
- presidencyOval Office, president, Washington, executive branch, veto
- UK PoliticsHouse of Commons, House of Lords, MP, Tory, Downing Street
- Bourbon FranceVersailles, the Sun King, Louis XV, Colbert, Edict of Nantes
Secretary of StateSecretary of the Interior
Federal lands administrator
Secretary of Education · White House Chief of Staff · Secretary of Labor
Secretary of StateSecretary of Defense
Cabinet head over military
Secretary of War · military commander · war hawk · warlord · isolationist
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