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Secretary of state
Type of senior civil servant in the government of a state
Secretary of state
The title secretary of state or state's secretary is commonly used for senior or mid-level posts in governments around the world. The role varies between countries, and in some cases there are multiple secretaries of state in the country's system of governing the country. In many countries, a secretary of state is a senior or mid-level post. It is usually a politically appointed position, although in some countries, such as Germany and Sweden, it can be filled by a member of the executive bureaucracy (civil service) as a political appointment (equivalent to permanent secretary). In the Holy See, the administrative body of the Catholic Church, the secretary of state coordinates all the departments of the Roman Curia and is, in that respect, equivalent to a prime minister. The United States secretary of state is the foreign minister of the federal government of the United States, while in most of the individual U.S. states the secretary of state is an administrative officer responsible...
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