Great Offices of State

The Great Offices of State are senior offices in the UK government. They are the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Foreign Secretary and Home Secretary, respectively.[1][2][3] or, alternatively, three of those offices excluding the Prime Minister.[4][5]

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Great Offices of State of Her Majesty's Government[6][7][8][9][10]
Johnson ministry
Office	Officeholder		Took office	Concurrent government office(s)	Previous government office
Prime Minister		The Right Honourable Boris Johnson MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (born 1964)	24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)	First Lord of the Treasury July 2019 – present Minister for the Civil Service July 2019 – present Minister for the Union July 2019 – present	Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs July 2016 – July 2018
Chancellor of the Exchequer		The Right Honourable Rishi Sunak MP for Richmond (Yorks) (born 1980)	13 February 2020 (2020-02-13)		Chief Secretary to the Treasury July 2019 – February 2020
Foreign Secretary (Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs)		The Right Honourable Liz Truss MP for South West Norfolk (born 1975)	15 September 2021 (2021-09-15)	Minister for Women and Equalities September 2019 – present	Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade July 2019 – September 2021
Home Secretary (Secretary of State for the Home Department)		The Right Honourable Priti Patel MP for Witham (born 1972)	24 July 2019 (2019-07-24)		Secretary of State for International Development July 2016 – November 2017

History

The Great Offices of State are derived from the most senior positions in the Royal Household – the Great Officers of State. These eventually became hereditary and honorary titles, while the substantive duties of the Officers passed to individuals who were appointed on behalf of the Crown.[11] James Callaghan is the first and to date only person to have served in all four positions.[1][12]

References

McKie, David (28 March 2005). "Lord Callaghan". politics.guardian.co.uk. London: Guardian Unlimited. Archived from the original on 3 November 2007. Retrieved 10 June 2008. He had held all four of the great offices of state
Eason, Gary (27 March 2005). "Callaghan's great education debate". BBC News. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
"The Conservative Party | People | Members of Parliament | Kenneth Clarke". 10 February 2010. Archived from the original on 10 February 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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"The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP". gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
"The Rt Hon Priti Patel MP". gov.uk. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
Phillips, Owen Hood; Chalmers, Dalzell (1952). The constitutional law of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. Sweet & Maxwell. p. 240. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
"Lady Callaghan of Cardiff". The Independent. London. 30 March 2005.

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Great Offices of State

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