The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport is a UK cabinet position with responsibility for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The role was created in 1992 by John Major as Secretary of State for National Heritage, and took on its current title on July 14, 1997.
Secretary Rice (Apr. 2): "This is a complicated time in the international system.
But perhaps as a student of international politics, I'm aware that when the international system is in the process of rearranging itself, things are complicated and the challenge is to look for the places of opportunity and to minimize the places of danger.
Under Secretary Burns (Mar. 29): "the United States – in concert with an ever-widening coalition of concerned states – has taken significant steps to check Iran’s nuclear ambitions, contain its regional trouble-making, and intensify Tehran’s isolation.
During a sede vacante, the former Secretary of State (the appointment expires when the pope dies or resigns) assumes some of the functions of the head of state as a part of a temporary commission.
The position of secretary of state has existed since 1948 and is described article 46 of the constitution of the Netherlands.
In Russia, part of the function of Secretary of State is carried on by the Foreign Minister of Russia.
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