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+ | The '''Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs''' is the most senior [[civil servant]] in the British [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] (and its predecessors) since [[1790]]. | ||
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+ | Not to be confused with [[Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]]. | ||
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+ | A '''permanent secretary of state''', is the most senior [[civil servant]] of a [[ministry]] in the [[United Kingdom]], charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis. Similar offices, often employing different terms, exist in many other [[Westminster system|Westminster-style systems]] and in some other governments. In the United States, the equivalent position is a Deputy Secretary of an executive department, though British permanent secretaries are career civil servants (whereas Deputy Secretaries are political appointees). | ||
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+ | Permanent secretaries are the non-political civil service [[Chief executive officer|chief executives]] of government departments, who generally hold their position for a number of years (thus "permanent") at a ministry as distinct from the changing political [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|secretaries of state]] to whom they report and provide advice.<ref>Cooper, C.A. Politics and the permanency of permanent secretaries: testing the vitality of the Westminster administrative tradition, 1949–2014. British Politics (2019). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-019-00113-8</ref> | ||
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Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (civil servant) | |
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The most senior civil servant of the British Foreign Office. Deep state position. |
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs is the most senior civil servant in the British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (and its predecessors) since 1790.
Not to be confused with Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
A permanent secretary of state, is the most senior civil servant of a ministry in the United Kingdom, charged with running the department on a day-to-day basis. Similar offices, often employing different terms, exist in many other Westminster-style systems and in some other governments. In the United States, the equivalent position is a Deputy Secretary of an executive department, though British permanent secretaries are career civil servants (whereas Deputy Secretaries are political appointees).
Permanent secretaries are the non-political civil service chief executives of government departments, who generally hold their position for a number of years (thus "permanent") at a ministry as distinct from the changing political secretaries of state to whom they report and provide advice.[1]
Office Holders on Wikispooks
Name | From | To |
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Simon McDonald | September 2015 | September 2020 |
Simon Fraser | 2010 | September 2015 |
Peter Ricketts | 2006 | 2010 |
Patrick Wright | 1986 | 1991 |
Antony Acland | 1982 | 1986 |
Thomas Brimelow | 1973 | 1975 |
Denis Greenhill | 1969 | 1973 |
Paul Gore-Booth | 1965 | 1969 |
Harold Caccia | 1962 | 1965 |
Frederick Hoyer Millar | 1957 | 1962 |
Ivone Kirkpatrick | 1953 | 1957 |
Alexander Cadogan | 1938 | 1948 |
Ronald Lindsay | 1928 | 1930 |
References
- ↑ Cooper, C.A. Politics and the permanency of permanent secretaries: testing the vitality of the Westminster administrative tradition, 1949–2014. British Politics (2019). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-019-00113-8