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 UK/Minister/Foreign Secretary  (Foreign minister) | |
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| Start | 27 March 1782 |
| Website | https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/foreign-secretary |
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs or UK Foreign Secretary is the head of the UK government's Foreign and Commonwealth Office. MI6 and GCHQ are, officially at least, directly accountable to this person.
In 2008 Sir Richard Dearlove admitted that, under the UK's Intelligence Services Act, MI6 agents were allowed to conduct illegal activities in the interests of "national security", if given the written permission of the UK Foreign Secretary for a "Class Seven authorisation".[1]
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