Home Secretary
| Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Appointer | Prime Minister |
| Inaugural holder | William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne |
| Formation | 27 March 1782 |
| United Kingdom |
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The Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister in charge of the Home Office of the United Kingdom, and one of the country's four Great Offices of State. The Home Secretary is responsible for internal affairs within England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole of the United Kingdom: that is Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The remit of the ministry also includes policing and matters of national security. The current Home Secretary is Rt Hon Theresa May MP appointed on 12 May 2010 to serve in the Conservative-Liberal Democratic coalition government.
List of Home Secretaries
Colour key
(for political parties)
Home Secretaries, 1782–1801
Home Secretaries, 1801–1900
Home Secretaries, 1900–2001
Home Secretaries, 2001–present
See also
References
- List of Home Secretaries from UKpolitics
External links
- Home Office website
- Electronic list of ministerial responsibilities
- Her Majesty's Government (Cabinet Ministers)
- Full list of Her Majesty's Government (which includes various junior Ministers too).
- Ministry of Justice
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