The title of State Secretariat Secretary was replaced by that of Government Secretary soon after the formation of the state apparatus and was thereafter never used again.
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26 Facts About State Secretariat
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In Liberia, from 1847 until 1972, the Secretary of State Secretariat was the head of the Department of State Secretariat and the chief foreign policy officer of the republic, responsible for conducting diplomacy and implementing the nation's foreign affairs.
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Secretary of State Secretariat in Argentina is a high official with the same rank of a Minister, who is responsible directly to the President.
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At state level, the Brazilian secretaries of State Secretariat have functions similar to those of the Ministers of the Federal Government.
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From 1867 to 1993, there was a Secretary of State Secretariat for Canada who was a Cabinet minister whose duties varied over time but who was responsible for the Department of Secretary of State Secretariat until the position was abolished.
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Since 1993, some junior ministers have been styled Secretary of State Secretariat, and assigned in specific policy areas to assist Cabinet ministers.
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State Secretariat was confirmed on 21 January 2009, the day after Obama's inauguration and is the third woman to hold the position.
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State Secretariat's confirmation hearing took place on 24 January 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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State Secretariat's term ended on 13 March 2018, when he was fired by President Trump.
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The Minister-Secretary of State Secretariat gives technical and administrative assistance to the President and Vice President in running State Secretariat affairs.
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State Secretariat is in charge of all the diplomatic representatives in Kuwait.
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State Secretariat secretary, is the highest official below each minister.
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In France, a Secretary of State Secretariat is a junior minister, responsible to a minister or the Prime Minister.
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Under the Ancien Regime, Secretaries of State Secretariat were Crown officers whose responsibilities were similar to those of today's governmental ministers.
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Special case is the Parliamentary State Secretariat Secretary, which is a member of parliament who is appointed to a ministry as a Staatssekretar; in the German Foreign Office and the German Chancellery the official title is Staatsminister.
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In Greece, the title "Secretary of State Secretariat" was used only intermittently during the early years of the modern Greek state.
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Luxembourgian Secretaries of State Secretariat are members of the cabinet, and are ranked below ministers.
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Secretaries of State Secretariat are connected to specific ministry, and serve as a de facto vice minister.
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In Portugal, a secretary of State Secretariat is a junior minister, of intermediate rank between that of cabinet minister and that of under-secretary of State Secretariat.
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Until the reorganization of the Portuguese Public Administration structure in 2004, it was common for a secretary of State to be in charge of a secretariat of State, a Government department with a status below that of a ministry.
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Historically, since the 17th century, the title of "secretary of State Secretariat" was used to designate the heads of the Government departments of Portugal.
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In 1958, the title of "secretary of State Secretariat" was reintroduced to designate the then created role of a junior minister, subordinate to a cabinet minister.
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The Secretary of State Secretariat is a member of the Council of Ministers.
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In Sweden, a State Secretariat Secretary is a political appointee, second in rank to the Minister in charge of the ministry.
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Typically, there is one State Secretariat Secretary assigned for each minister in the cabinet, and two for the prime minister.
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State Secretariat secretaries tend to, more often than the ministers do, hail from a fixed civil servant background or a professional background relevant to the area of responsibility that belongs to their respective ministries.
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