Talk:Secretary of State
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[edit] Older comments
I want to disambiguate this page.
In the UK the Secretary of State is the chief minister in a particular government department. Thus we have -
- Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Secretary of State for Home Affairs (Home Secretary)
- Secretary of State for Education and Employment
- Secretary of State for Wales
- etc..
I know that the US has the United States Secretary of State who is the equivalent of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the UK. I have also just found out that each US state has a Secretary of State, but I have no idea what the remit and powers of this office is. Can someone enlighten me?
Bump Mintguy
AFAIK, the two main duties of a state's Secretary of State are supervising elections and licensing corporations and professionals (details vary from state to state).
- About California's Sec. of State
- About Pennsylvania's Sec. of the Commonwealth (still Dept. of State)
- About Montana's Sec. of State
--Mrwojo 01:27 Dec 24, 2002 (UTC)
I have added currently to UK DPM entry. The SoS is not automatic and the article appeared perhaps to imply that.Alci12 12:28, 1 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Nigeria
The Nigerian case discusses the phenomenon foreign minister, not secretary of state, it should be moved. --C mon 20:24, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
As no one seemed to object, this has been done. Camhusmj38 19:21, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
