CHARLESTON
SECRETARIES OF STATE
The Secretaries of State is junior ministers, directly under the level of Minister of State, who doesn't serve in the Council of Ministers but at the different Departments of the People's Government and in powerful, top-management positions. Many Secretaries of State are assigned to a specific Councilor of State (as a form of junior minister answering under him/her) but other serves to several. This is determined by the Chairman of the People's Government.
The Secretaries of State is formally political appointed Officials and require Senate Confirmation proceedings. Nowadays, most of them is therefore senior political positions and it's usual that former State Deputies, Senators, Cantonal Ministers, Cantonal Senators or Mayors is appointed to serve as a Secretary of State.
It's however not unusual that Secretaries of State comes from other parts of society, as for example the private business sector, the civil society, the diplomatics corps or the culture and media sector. There is also a number of examples where career public servants has been appointed Secretaries of State, most usually when Councilors of State want's to get more impartial and career competence from the Department in the political management. Historically however, most Secretaries of State where career officials.
The vast majority of Secretaries of State have an own portfolio who complements their supervising Councilor of State, but some of them doesn't have additionalresponsibilities and just assists in the portfolio which their Councilor of State is responsible for. This is more usual when it comes to the most powerful Councilors of State.
The Chairman of the People's Government nominated all Secretaries of State to the Senate of the Nation.
CABINET OF STATE
Deputy Algot Eckermann (A)
Secretary of State to the Chairman of the People's Government
Secretary of State for Intergovernmental Relations
2017-
Governor Juliana Fernandéz-Gil (-)
Secretary of State to the Council of State
Secretary of State for Government Services and Procurement
2015-
GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF STATE
Deputy Iain Giacomazzi (A)
Secretary of State for International Development
Secretary responsible for Global Promotion, Exchange and Cooperation
2015-
Ambassador Paolo Cassano Brewer (-)
Secretary of State for the European Union
Secretary responsible for Consular Services and Diplomatic Strategy
2012-
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
Deputy Sean Molloy (A)
Secretary of State for Finance
Secretary of State for Public Investments
Secretary responsible for Expenditure
2019-
Mayor Brandon Scavone (A)
Secretary of State for Competition and Consumers Affairs
Secretary responsible for Statistics, Customs and Corporate Services
2015-
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND HOME AFFAIRS
Deputy Bruce Monaghan (A)
Secretary of State for the Law Enforcement
Secretary responsible for Crime Prevention and Public Safety
2015-
Mayor Elena Brohman (A)
Secretary of State for Correctional Services
Secretary of State for Citizenship and VISA Services
Secretary responsible for Population
2019-
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Minister Joy Wallace (A)
Secretary of State for Communications, Media and Information
2015-
Solicitor-General Johannes Koenigh (-)
Secretary of State for Courts and the Judiciary
Secretary responsible for the Constitution, Democracy and Electoral Affairs
2012-
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE
General Giulio Escandón (-)
Secretary of State for Veteran's Affairs and Defence Personnel
Secretary of State for the Defence Industry
2013-
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Deputy Jon Dll'Acqua Gárcia (A)
Secretary of State for Public Transport
Secretary responsible for Road Safety and Vehicle Standards
2015-
DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Deputy Andrew Lecce (A)
Secretary of State for Economic Growth
Secretary responsible for Industry and Market Framework
2015-
Deputy Karolina Zrapówska (A)
Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Research
Secretary responsible for AI- and Space Affairs
Secretary responsible for the Future of Work
2017-
Deputy Marlon de Monte (A)
Secretary of State for Planning and Urban Development
Secretary responsible for Parks and Cities
2015-
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Deputy Alan McCulloch (A)
Secretary of State for Families and Social Services
Secretary of State for Combating Homelessness and Poverty
Secretary responsible for Accessibility Services
Secretary responsible for Age Care and Combating Loneliness
2015-
Professor Alison Gagliano-Iaconi (-)
Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care Services
Secretary responsible for Disease Control
2015-
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Deputy Geoffrey Black (A)
Secretary of State for Higher Education, Universities and Colleges
Secretary responsible for Life-Long Learning and Popular Education
2019-
Cantonal Senator David Gyllenhaal (A)
Secretary of State for Culture, Youth and Sports
Secretary of State for Childcare and Early Childhood Education
Secretary responsible for the Civil Society
2019-
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
CEO/President Khristjan Szimátrovik (A)
Secretary of State for Skills, Training and Vocational Education
Secretary responsible of Youth Unemployment
2015-
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND COMMERCE
Deputy Jana Abdullaahi (A)
Secretary of State for Tourism, Export Promotion and Investments
2015-
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Deputy Thomas Caccioli (A)
Secretary of State to the Deputy Chairman of the People's Government
Secretary of State for Fisheries, Forestry and Rural Services
Secretary responsible for Food Safety
2015-
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Deputy Albert Malgioglio (A)
Secretary of State for Climate Change
Secretary of State for Water Management
2017-
Undersecretary Raymond Daley (-)
Secretary of State for Natural Conservation and Wildlife Protection
2015-
DEPARTMENT OF THE IMPERIAL FEDERATION-ISLANDS
Undersecretary Raymond Daley (-)
Secretary of State for the Imperial Federation-Islands
2015-