Title: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Content:  The secretary of state for Northern Ireland (Rúnaí Stáit Thuaisceart Éireann; Secretar o State for Norlin Airlan), also referred to as the Northern Ireland secretary or SoSNI, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the Northern Ireland Office. The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, 17th in the ministerial ranking. The office holder works alongside the other Northern Ireland Office ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The incumbent is Brandon Lewis, following his appointment by Prime Minister Boris Johnson in February 2020.
Title: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Content:  Colour key Incumbent's length of term last updated:.
Title: Minister of State, Northern Ireland
Content:  The Minister of State for Northern Ireland is a mid-level position in the Northern Ireland Office in the British government. It is currently held by Conor Burns, who took the office on 16 September 2021.
Title: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Content:  was previously the official residence of the Governor of Northern Ireland, and remains the royal residence of the monarch in Northern Ireland. The secretary of state exercises their duties through, and is administratively supported by, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO). The devolved administration was suspended several times (especially between 15 October 2002 and 8 May 2007) because the Ulster Unionist Party and Democratic Unionist Party were uncomfortable being in government with Sinn Féin when the Provisional Irish Republican Army had failed to decommission its arms fully and continued its criminal activities. On each of these occasions, the responsibilities of the ministers in the Executive then returned to the Secretary of State 
Title: Secretary of State for the Northern Department
Content:  Included:
Title: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Content:  which remain the sole competence of the UK Government e.g. security, human rights, certain public inquiries and the administration of elections. Created in 1972, the position has switched between members of Parliament from the Conservative Party and Labour Party. As Labour has not fielded candidates in Northern Ireland and the Conservatives have not had candidates elected to Northern Ireland Assembly or for House of Commons seats in the region, those appointed as secretary of state for Northern Ireland have not represented a constituency in Northern Ireland. This contrasts with the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales. The secretary of state officially resides in Hillsborough Castle, 
Title: List of government ministers of the United Kingdom
Content: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ; Minister of State for Northern Ireland 
Title: Northern Ireland Office
Content:  The department is led by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
Title: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Content:  Friday Agreement) on 10 April 1998, devolution returned to Northern Ireland on 2 December 1999. This removed many of the duties of the Secretary of State and his Northern Ireland Office colleagues and devolved them to locally elected politicians, constituting the Northern Ireland Executive. Formerly holding a large portfolio over home affairs in Northern Ireland, the current devolution settlement has lessened the secretary of state's role, granting many of the former powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive. The secretary of state is now generally limited to representing Northern Ireland in the UK cabinet, overseeing the operation of the devolved administration and a number of reserved and excepted 
Title: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Content: the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (c.1171–1922); ; the Chief Secretary for Ireland (1560–1922); and ; the Home Secretary (1922–1972). the Governor of Northern Ireland (the nominal head of the executive and representative of the British monarch) ; the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (now filled by the First Minister of Northern Ireland and deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland acting jointly) ; the Minister of Home Affairs (now filled by the Minister of Justice). Historically, the principal ministers for Irish (and subsequently Northern Ireland) affairs in the UK Government and its predecessors were: In August 1969, for example, Home Secretary James Callaghan approved the sending of British Army soldiers to Northern Ireland. 

Question: who is the secretary of state for northern ireland?
Answer: Karen Bradley.