The position of Minister of State for Europe, in charge of affairs with the European Union, is a cabinet-level minister of the United Kingdom government under the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The current incumbent is Douglas Alexander. A Cabinet is a body of high-ranking members of government, typically representing the executive branch. ... The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Whitehall, seen from St. ... The Right Honourable Douglas Garven Alexander, (October 26, 1967-) British Politician. ...
In parliamentary systems the head of state may be merely the nominal chief executive officer of the state, possessing theoretical executive power (hence the description of the United Kingdom monarch 's government as Her Majesty's Government, a term indicating that the government is theoretically hers, not parliament's).
Most states require that all bills passed by the house or houses of the legislature are signed into law by the head of state.
A head of state is generally the notional or literal commander-in-chief of a state's armed forces, holding the highest office in all military chains of command.
He is a member of the Labour Party, and serves as Minister of State for Europe in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, attending Cabinet.
Alexander took a successful co-ordinating rôle in his party's campaign for the 2001 general election, and was subsequently made a Minister of State with responsibility for " e-commerce and competitiveness" in the Department for Trade and Industry in June 2001.
After the 2005 general election, he was given the rôle of Minister of State for Europe, part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which special provision to attend Cabinet.
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