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Revision as of 13:14, 14 April 2014
| United Kingdom Secretary of State for the Home Department | |
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| Style | The Right Honourable |
| Member of | British Cabinet |
| Reports to | The Prime Minister |
| Appointer | Elizabeth II as Monarch of the United Kingdom |
| Inaugural holder | William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne |
| Formation | 27 March 1782 |
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Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, commonly known as the Home Secretary, is the minister responsible for the Home Office of the United Kingdom, one of the four Great Offices of State. The Home Secretary is responsible for the internal affairs of England and Wales, and for immigration and citizenship for the whole of the United Kingdom.
The remit of the Home Office also includes policing in England and Wales and matters of national security, as the Security Service, MI5, is directly accountable to the Home Secretary. Formerly, the Home Secretary was the minister responsible for prisons and probation in England and Wales; however, in 2005 those responsibilities were transferred to the newly created Ministry of Justice under the Lord Chancellor.
The current Home Secretary is The Rt Honourable Theresa May, MP, appointed on 12 May 2010 by the Prime Minister, David Cameron, to serve in the Conservative-Liberal Democratic coalition government.
List of Home Secretaries
Colour key
Home Secretaries, 1782–1801
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Home Secretaries, 1801–1900
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Home Secretaries, 1900–2001
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Home Secretaries, 2001–present
| Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party | Prime Minister | |||
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| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Blunkett | 
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8 June 2001 | 15 December 2004 | Labour | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Tony Blair |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Charles Clarke | 
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15 December 2004 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | John Reid | 
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5 May 2006 | 27 June 2007 | Labour | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Jacqui Smith | .jpg)
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28 June 2007 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Gordon Brown |
| style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Alan Johnson | 
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5 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | Theresa May |
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12 May 2010 | Incumbent | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | David Cameron (Coalition) |
See also
- Cabinet (government)
- Departments of the United Kingdom Government
- Ministry of Justice
- List of British ministries
- Great Offices of State
- Shadow Home Secretary
References
- List of Home Secretaries from UKpolitics
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Home Secretaries of the United Kingdom.
- Home Office website
- Electronic list of ministerial responsibilities[dead link]
- Her Majesty's Government (Cabinet Ministers)
- Ministry of Justice
