Talk:Secretary of State
From Academic Kids
I want to disambiguate this page.
In the UK the Secretary of State is the chief minister in a particular government department. Thus we have -
- Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Secretary of State for Home Affairs (Home Secretary)
- Secretary of State for Education and Employment
- Secretary of State for Wales
- etc..
I know that the US has the United States Secretary of State who is the equivalent of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in the UK. I have also just found out that each US state has a Secretary of State, but I have no idea what the remit and powers of this office is. Can someone enlighten me?
Bump Mintguy
AFAIK, the two main duties of a state's Secretary of State are supervising elections and licensing corporations and professionals (details vary from state to state).
- About California's Sec. of State (http://www.ss.ca.gov/executive/about_the_agency.htm)
- About Pennsylvania's Sec. of the Commonwealth (still Dept. of State) (http://www.dos.state.pa.us/dos/cwp/view.asp?a=1105&q=433870)
- About Montana's Sec. of State (http://sos.state.mt.us/css/About_Office/About_Office.asp)
--Mrwojo 01:27 Dec 24, 2002 (UTC)
