What is the US equivalent to the British Home Secretary?

the Attorney General
in the UK, the person who is in charge of the Home Office. The person who has a similar job in the US is called the Attorney General and, in some other countries, the Minister of the Interior.

Who was the former Labour Home Secretary?

Jacqueline Jill Smith (born 3 November 1962) is a British broadcaster, political commentator and former Labour Party politician. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Redditch from 1997 to 2010. She served as Home Secretary from 2007 to 2009 and was the first woman to hold the position.

Who was Home Secretary 1990 1992?

Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking

The Right Honourable The Lord Baker of Dorking CH PC
Official portrait, 2020
Secretary of State for the Home Department
In office 28 November 1990 – 10 April 1992
Prime Minister John Major

Who was Home Secretary in 1965?

Roy Jenkins

The Right Honourable The Lord Jenkins of Hillhead OM PC
Prime Minister Harold Wilson James Callaghan
Preceded by Robert Carr
Succeeded by Merlyn Rees
In office 23 December 1965 – 30 November 1967

Who was Margaret Thatcher’s Chancellor?

Geoffrey Howe

The Right Honourable The Lord Howe of Aberavon CH Kt PC QC
Succeeded by John Major
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office 4 May 1979 – 11 June 1983
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

Who was Home Secretary under Blair?

Cabinet

Portfolio Minister Term
Secretary of State for the Home Department David Blunkett MP 2001–2004
Charles Clarke MP 2004–2006
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Margaret Beckett MP 2001–2006
Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions Stephen Byers MP 2001–2002

Who was Labour Home Secretary 1997 2001?

John Whitaker Straw (born 3 August 1946) is a British politician who served in the Cabinet from 1997 to 2010 under the Labour governments of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. He held two of the traditional Great Offices of State, as Home Secretary from 1997 to 2001 and Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 under Blair.

Who was Home Secretary under Theresa May?

Cabinet

Portfolio Minister Term
Cabinet ministers
Prime Minister First Lord of the Treasury Minister for the Civil Service The Rt Hon Theresa May MP 2016–2019
Chancellor of the Exchequer Second Lord of the Treasury The Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP 2016–2019
Secretary of State for the Home Department The Rt Hon Amber Rudd MP 2016–2018

Who is shadow Home Secretary?

Shadow Home Secretary
Incumbent Yvette Cooper since 29 November 2021
Appointer Leader of the Opposition
Inaugural holder Kenneth Younger
Formation 14 December 1955

Who was Home Secretary in 1939?

List of Ministers

Office Name Dates
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs The Earl of Plymouth May 1937 – 12 May 1939
Rab Butler 25 February 1938 – September 1939
Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir Samuel Hoare, Bt 28 May 1937
Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department Geoffrey Lloyd May 1937

Who replaced Macmillan?

In October 1963, Harold Macmillan resigned as prime minister and Douglas-Home was chosen to succeed him. By the 1960s, it was unacceptable for a prime minister to sit in the House of Lords, so Home disclaimed his hereditary peerage and successfully stood for election to Parliament as Sir Alec Douglas-Home.