Английская Википедия:Great Offices of State

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Distinguish Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:PoliticsUK 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 or, alternatively, three of those offices excluding the prime minister.

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Great Offices of State of His Majesty's Government
Файл:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg Sunak ministry
Office	Officeholder		Took office	Concurrent government office(s)	Previous government office
Prime Minister	Rishi Sunak	Шаблон:Small Rishi Sunak Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Start date and age	Шаблон:UblШаблон:UblШаблон:Ubl	Шаблон:UblШаблон:Ubl
Chancellor of the Exchequer	Файл:Jeremy Hunt Official Cabinet Portrait, October 2022 (cropped).jpg	Шаблон:Small Jeremy Hunt Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Start date and age	Second Lord of the Treasury	Foreign Secretary Шаблон:Small Health Secretary Шаблон:Small
Foreign Secretary Шаблон:Small	David Cameron	Шаблон:Small The Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Start date and age		Шаблон:Ubl
Home Secretary Шаблон:Small	James Cleverly	Шаблон:Small James Cleverly Шаблон:Small	Шаблон:Start date and age		Шаблон:Ubl

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. James Callaghan is the first and, to date, only person to have served in all four positions.

According to a YouGov poll conducted in 2017, the British public view the three most senior Cabinet ministers as the Chancellor, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, and the Secretary of State for Defence, with the office of Home Secretary coming in fourth place, and that of Foreign Secretary in just ninth place, preceded by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and followed by the Secretary of State for International Trade. The office of Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport was viewed as least important, with just 3% of respondents saying they viewed it as one of the most important positions.

The Truss ministry formed on 6 September 2022 and initially had no white men holding positions in the Great Offices of State, for the first time in British political history. This remained the case for just 38 days until the appointment of Jeremy Hunt as Chancellor of the Exchequer on 14 October 2022, replacing Kwasi Kwarteng who had been the first black Chancellor. Five days later on 19 October 2022, Grant Shapps was appointed Home Secretary, replacing Suella Braverman, although Braverman was then reappointed by incoming Prime Minister Rishi Sunak just six days later. Following Sunak's reshuffle in November 2023, this marks the first instance since 2010, when the Conservatives assumed office, where no women occupy a Great Office of State. It also marked the first 21st century instance of a former prime minister holding a Great Office of State, with David Cameron being appointed as Foreign Secretary in the Sunak ministry, becoming the first former prime minister to serve in a ministerial post since Alec Douglas-Home in 1970−1974.

See also

• Cabinet of the United Kingdom
• List of shadow holders of the Great Offices of State