Health Secretary (Libirachi Empire)

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The **Secretary of State for Scientific Advancement and Health** of the Libirachi Empire, also known as the **Heath Secretary** or the **Science Minister**, is a senior cabinet role within the Libirachi Imperial Cabinet responsible for overseeing the management of the health system in the Empire. The health secretary is also ex-officio the Director of the ADAWR, giving them operational control over the Army Division for Advanced Weapons Research.

As the head of the Ministry of Scientific Advancement and Health, as well as the Army Division for Advanced Weapons Research, the secretary of state for scientific advancement and health is a mid-level cabinet rank. The health secretary is responsible for the overall control of the network of Libirachi hospitals and health practitioners, as well as managing the Army Division for Advanced Weapons Research, a division of COMPNOR.

Like all other cabinet roles, the secretary of state for scientific advancement and health is appointed upon the president's request after receiving assent from the emperor; as such, the health secretary serves purely at the pleasure of the president and thus can be removed from office in a reshuffle or altogether sacked mid-term.

Through the control of the Scientific Advancement wing of the Commission for the Preservation of the New Order, the health secretary is also responsible for the various state controlled research facilities and divisions such as the Imperial Purge Trooper Battalion responsible for guarding high ranking scientists and military personnel involved in important projects.

Since the creation of the Ministry of Health and Social Care in 1950, and the appointment of a Minster of Health in 1975, there have been a string of ministers of health and heath secretaries, although only a handful of the people to hold the office are actually known, as the custom of the Cabinet Office (between 1852 and 1970) was to destroy all records of any serving ministers once a new cabinet was formed. As such, only the ministers of health and health secretaries since the presidency of Jacob Zuma are actually known to the public, and following the election of the Revolutionary party in 2010, the ministers of state have begun to play a major role in official state publications and announcements. In 2023 the office of Minister of Health was replaced with the role Health Secretary.

The people to hold the title health secretary since the Cabinet Office reforms are:

* Curtis Evans (1995 - 2010)
* Henry Ashton (2010 - 2023)
* Freya Sherman (2023 -)

Under the tenure of Dr. Freya Sherman, the role of health secretary gained significant public attention as the role of the Army Division for Advanced Weapons Research expanded; in 2026, Sherman was at the centre of an attempted coup d'état against Empress Penny Fox after the pair were found to be in a relationship by members of the imperial court.

## See Also

* Commission for the Preservation of the New Order
* Army Division for Advanced Weapons Research
* Libirachi Imperial Army
* Director of ADAWR
* Emperor of the Libirachi Empire
* President of the Libirachi Empire
* Imperial Cabinet