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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

United Kingdom government cabinet minister heading the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Summary

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is a public office[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's instance of is recorded as public office[4].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's official residence is recorded as Chevening[5].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is a type of Secretary of State[6].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is a type of foreign minister[7].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is part of Cabinet of the United Kingdom[8].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's Commons category is recorded as Foreign Secretaries of the United Kingdom[9].
  • 1782 marks the founding of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs[10].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's appointed by is recorded as monarch of the United Kingdom[11].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's official website is recorded as http://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/foreign-secretary[12].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's topic's main category is recorded as Category:British secretaries of state for foreign and Commonwealth affairs[13].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[14].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's position holder is recorded as Liz Truss[15].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's position holder is recorded as Yvette Cooper[16].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's replaces is recorded as Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs[17].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's substitute/deputy/replacement of office/officeholder is recorded as Minister of State for Europe[18].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's has list is recorded as list of Secretaries of State for Foreign Affairs[19].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office[20].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': "Secretària d'Estat d'Afers Exteriors i de la Commonwealth"}[21].
  • Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'gl', 'text': 'Secretaria de Estado para Relacións Exteriores e da Mancomunidade'}[22].

Body

Definition and Type

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs's instance of is recorded as public office[4]. Recorded subclass of include Secretary of State[6] and foreign minister[7].

Origins

1782 marks the founding of Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs[10].

Use and Application

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs is part of Cabinet of the United Kingdom[8].

Why It Matters

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Related Entities

Alec Douglas-Home Anthony Eden Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery Arthur Balfour Arthur Henderson Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington Austen Chamberlain Boris Johnson Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey Charles James Fox David Cameron David Lammy David Miliband Dominic Raab Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Ernest Bevin Geoffrey Howe George Canning George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen Harold Macmillan Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston Jack Straw James Callaghan James Cleverly Jeremy Hunt John Major John Russell, 1st Earl Russell Liz Truss

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · M14 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → http://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/foreign-secretary
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    Subclass of → Secretary of State, foreign minister
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