Political minister

A minister or a secretary is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e.g. education, finance, health, state, war etc.). Senior ministers are members of the cabinet, usually led by a prime minister or president.

Lists of ministers

• Cabinets have ministries in various countries, cf. List of cabinets. Other cabinets are usually included in Politics of ..-articles
• Lists of incumbents groups lists of ministers by country
• Specific ministers:
• Prime Minister
• Foreign Minister
• Defense Minister
• Home Minister
• Education Minister
• Environment Minister
• Finance Minister
• Interior Minister
• Health Minister
• Justice Minister
• Minister of Culture
• sometimes Chancellor

Some examples of ministers, see the lists below for more.

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• 17th century
• Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Minister of Finance
• François-Michel le Tellier, French Minister of War
• 20th century
• Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda
• Moshe Dayan, Israeli Minister of Defense
• Lal Krishna Advani Indian Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India
• Sheila Copps, Canadian Minister of Heritage
• 21st century
• Ali Shamkhani, Iranian Minister of Defense
• Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information
• Alexander Downer, Australian Foreign Minister

See also: Religious minister

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