Secretary of State for Defence

Secretary of State for Defence	Secretary of State for Defence 	Secretary of State for Defence	Secretary of State for Defence	Secretary of State for Defence
 	 	 	 	
Incumbent 	Incumbent 	 	 	
FRS500 	FRS500 	 	 	
since 15th November 2020 	since 15th November 2020 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
Category 	Cabinet Position 	 	 	
Style 	The Right HonourableDefence Secretary	 	 	
Inaugural holder 	BlackHawk 	 	 	
Number of Defence Secretaries 	31 	 	 	
The Defence Secretary, known in full as the Secretary of State for Defence, is an official within the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Ministry of Defence. The office is a cabinet-level position. The position of Defence Secretary is currently held by FRS500, who was appointed to the role by Prime Minister Saracen's Fez on 15th November 2020.
The Defence Secretary's main responsibility is to ensure that the United Kingdom is well defended in the event of an attack. However, they also coordinate military-related matters oversees. It is worth noting though that the Secretary of State for Defence is not the Commander-in-Chief of the British Armed Forces; that role lies with the Monarch. The Defence Secretary often works closely with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs due to the overlap between their respective roles.
== Statements of Intent and Departmental Reviews ==
Defence Secretaries have produced the following statements of intent and departmental reviews:
Type 	Defence Secretary	Released 	Result
Departmental Review	Qwertish 	April 2013 	Passed without vote
Departmental Review	Saracen's Fez 	September 2014	Passed by vote
Statement of Intent	JoeL1994 	August 2015 	Failed
Statement of Intent	thehistorybore 	December 2015 	Withdrawn on request
Departmental Review	Aph 	February 2016 	Passed without vote
Departmental Review	Jammy Duel 	June 2016 	Passed without vote
Statement of Intent	Count Bezukhov 	July 2017 	Passed without vote
Statement of Intent	Connor27 	April 2018 	Failed
== List of Defence Secretaries ==
BlackHawk was appointed as the first Defence Secretary for the Conservative Party in June 2006 and since him, there have been 30 other Defence Secretaries.
Defence Secretary	Party	Party 	Took office 	Left office
BlackHawk 	 	Conservative	June 2006 	November 2006
01kij114 	 	Labour 	June 2008 	November 2008
Minardi 	 	Conservative	November 2008 	May 2009
Indievertigo 	 	Conservative	May 2010 	October 2010
Teaddict 	 	Conservative	November 2010 	March 2011
Student2806 	 	Liberal 	April 2011 	October 2011
thunder_chunky 	 	Liberal 	October 2011 	March 2012
tufc 	 	UKIP 	April 2012 	September 2012
Qwertish 	 	Conservative	April 2013 	August 2013
Saracen's Fez 	 	Socialist 	April 2014 	October 2014
RotatingPhasor 	 	Labour 	October 2014 	February 2015
GoldenEmblem277 	 	Liberal 	February 2015 	April 2015
StatusRed 	 	Labour 	May 2015 	July 2015
JoeL1994 	 	UKIP 	July 2015 	August 2015
XcitingStuart 	 	Liberal 	October 2015 	November 2015
thehistorybore 	 	Liberal 	November 2015 	February 2016
Aph 	 	Liberal 	February 2016 	April 2016
Jammy Duel 	 	Conservative	April 2016 	August 2016
notneb 	 	Labour 	November 2016 	May 2017
Count Bezukhov 	 	Liberal 	June 2017 	September 2017
Michael_Fish 	 	Liberal 	September 2017	December 2017
CoffeeGeek 	 	Conservative	December 2017 	March 2018
Connor27 	 	Libertarian 	March 2018 	May 2018
LibertarianMP 	 	Libertarian 	May 2018 	June 2018
EagleKingdom 	 	Conservative	June 2018 	September 2018
Life_peer 	 	Conservative	September 2018	July 2019
SoggyCabbages 	 	Labour 	July 2019 	September 2019
junaidk7 	 	Labour 	September 2019	December 2019
5ATB 	 	Labour 	December 2019 	May 2020
Napp 	 	Conservative	May 2020 	November 2020
FRS500 	 	Labour 	November 2020 	incumbent
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