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Government ministers are high-ranking officials who head executive departments or portfolios within a government.
Each minister typically oversees a specific area—defense, finance, health, foreign affairs.
The term is standard in parliamentary systems like the UK, Canada, and Australia, where ministers are usually members of the legislature appointed by the prime minister: The government ministers met to discuss the budget crisis.
In presidential systems, equivalent officials are often called secretaries.
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- foreign secretaryHead of diplomacy ministry
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- British GovernmentHouse of Commons, House of Lords, Westminster, Whitehall, Downing Street
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