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Minister without portfolio

April 24, 2023

A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry. The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision-making authority wherein a minister without portfolio, while they may not head any particular office or ministry, may still receive a ministerial salary and has the right to cast a vote in cabinet decisions.

Albania

Main article: Minister without portfolio (Albania)

In Albania, "Minister without portfolio" are considered members of the government who generally are not in charge of a special department, do not have headquarters or offices and usually do not have administration or staff. This post of was first introduced in 1918, during the Përmeti II government, otherwise known as the Government of Durrës. The members of this cabinet were referred to as Delegatë pa portofol (delegate without portfolio). The name "minister" was used two years later, during the government of Sulejman Delvina.[1] In the 1990s it was common the usage of the name Sekretar Shteti (Secretary of State) to refer to such a position. Mostly these roles were given to smaller allies by the leading parties. Nowadays the name Ministër i Shtetit (State Minister or Minister of State) is used.

Australia

Willie Kelly was given the title in the Cook Ministry from June 1913 to September 1914.

Stanley Bruce was given the title of minister without portfolio when he took up his position in 1932 as the Commonwealth Minister in London. He was given the title by Lyons' Cabinet so that he could better represent the PM and his colleagues free from the limitations of a portfolio. In this case the title was a promotion and carried considerable responsibilities.[2]

Bangladesh

Bangladesh appoints ministers without portfolio during cabinet reshuffles or fresh appointments. Ministers are not usually appointed without portfolio as a coalition negotiation – all long run ministers end up with a portfolio. Suranjit Sengupta was a minister without portfolio in Sheikh Hasina's second government.[3]

Bulgaria

Canada

While the minister without portfolio is seen by some as a mere sinecure appointment, it has been a role that numerous political notables have played over time, including future Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who filled the role in a Pearson cabinet in the 1960s; John Turner also "kept a seat warm" in a Pearson cabinet. Notable Conservatives who filled the role include R. B. Bennett, and Arthur Meighen; however, Meighen served this role after he had been prime minister.

The title of minister without portfolio has been used off and on; in recent times, though, the title has fallen out of favour, and the penultimate minister without portfolio, Gilles Lamontagne, was promoted to postmaster general in 1978. The practice has continued primarily under the guise of ministers of state without responsibilities in the ministers' titles.

The position has also been filled on the federal or provincial level by experienced politicians near the end of their careers as a way of allowing them to counsel the government and take on projects without the burdens associated with administering a government department.

In January 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Jim Carr as a minister without portfolio, in addition to his role as special representative to the Prairies. Carr had previously served as a cabinet minister until November 2019, leaving as a consequence of his diagnosis with multiple myeloma. [4]

Croatia

Denmark

Three "control ministers" served as ministers without portfolio during World War I.

After the Liberation of Denmark in May 1945, the first Danish cabinet included four ministers without portfolio. Among these were Danish ambassador to the U.S. Henrik Kauffmann, who had conducted his own foreign policy throughout the war and refused to follow orders from Copenhagen as long as Denmark remained occupied by a foreign power. Kauffmann served in this capacity from 12 May to 7 November 1945. The three other holders of this title had joined the cabinet a few days before – Aksel Larsen (Communist Party of Denmark), Kr. Juul Christensen (Danish Unity) and Frode Jakobsen (Social Democrats).

Lise Østergaard held a position as minister without portfolio with special attention to foreign policy issues in Anker Jørgensen's cabinet from 26 February 1977 to 28 February 1980.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen appointed Bertel Haarder as minister without portfolio, but effectively Minister for European Affairs. Haarder served in this capacity from 27 November 2001 to 18 February 2005. The reason for appointing a minister without a ministry was the Danish European Union Presidency of 2002. Haarder was considered the most experienced Danish politician on European affairs.

Estonia

Finland

Minister without portfolio is not a common type of cabinet position, and the last minister without portfolio served in 1949. The most famous one was Juho Kusti Paasikivi, who was a part of the "Triumvirate" of Prime Minister Risto Ryti, Minister of Foreign Affairs Väinö Tanner and Paasikivi during the Winter War and the year 1940.[5]

Mikko Luopajärvi (Agrarian Union) 17.4.1919 – 15.8.1919(Kaarlo Castren Cabinet), 15.8.1919 – 5.1.1920 (Vennola I Cabinet)[6]

Kalle Aukusti Lohi (Agrarian Union) 31.3.1925 – 31.12.1925 (Tulenheimo Cabinet)[6]

Matti Paasivuori (Social Democratic Party) 13.12.1926 – 15.11.1927 (Tanner Cabinet)[6]

Kalle Jutila (Agrarian Union) 17.12.1927 – 16.10.1928 (Sunila I Cabinet)[6]

Juhani Leppälä (Agrarian Union) 16.8.1929 – 27.8.1929 (Kallio III Cabinet)[6]

Eljas Erkko (Progressive Party) 20.10.1932 – 25.11.1932 (Sunila II Cabinet)[6]

Ernst von Born (Swedish People's Party) 13.10.1939 – 1.12.1939 (Cajander III Cabinet)[6]

Juho Kusti Paasikivi (Unaffiliated/No party) 1.12.1939 – 27.3.1940 (Ryti I Cabinet)[6]

Mauno Pekkala (Social Democratic Party) 17.11.1944 – 24.11.1944 (Paasikivi II Cabinet)[6]

Hertta Kuusinen (Finnish People's Democratic Party) 26.5.1948 – 4.6.1948 (Pekkala Cabinet)[6]

Aleksi Aaltonen (Social Democratic Party) 29.7.1948 – 30.7.1948 (Fagerholm I Cabinet)[6]

Unto Varjonen (Social Democratic Party) 29.7.1949 – 19.8.1949 (Fagerholm I Cabinet)[6]

Germany

Since 1949, a Federal Minister for Special Affairs (Bundesminister für besondere Aufgaben) is a member of the Federal Government that does not have charge of a Federal Ministry, although the ministry is now commonly assigned to the Heads of the German Chancellery to give this important government functionary cabinet-rank. The ministry was first created in October 1953 to give a ministry level position to Franz Josef Strauss, but has been used almost exclusively for the Head of the Federal Chancellery since the 1960s. A notable exception occurred in the course of German reunification when four members of East Germany's last government were made "Minister for Special Affairs" from October 3, 1990, to January 1991.

Greece

The position of a Minister without portfolio was first created in 1918, with Emmanouil Repoulis being the first Minister without portfolio. Previously, the term had been used to describe Prime Ministers who had not undertaken any secondary Ministerial position (e.g. Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Prominent politicians like Georgios Papandreou, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, Napoleon Zervas and Spyros Markezinis served as Ministers without portfolio during their career, while novelist Nikos Kazantzakis had a brief, 46-day-long tenure as Minister without portfolio in Sofoulis' 1945 cabinet.

In 1991, the position was renamed to Minister of State; the last person to be designated Minister without portfolio and simultaneously the first Minister of State, is Mikis Theodorakis.

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Since the inception of the state, Indonesia had ministers without portfolio, usually given the title Menteri Negara ('State Minister'). The number was not fixed, entirely depended on the behest of the President. Although not explicitly forbidden, Law No. 39/2008 on State Ministries mandated that a ministry must have specific function and responsibilities and also must have minimum number of directorates and other ministerial apparatuses, thus formation of minister without portfolio currently unlikely in post-Reformation Indonesia.

Below is the list of ministers without portfolio ever existed in Indonesian history.

Presidential Cabinet (19 August – 14 November 1945)

First Sjahrir Cabinet (11 November 1945 – 28 February 1946)

  • Rasjidi (on religious affairs)

Third Sjahrir Cabinet (5 October 1946 – 27 July 1947)

Sixth Development Cabinet (6 June – 1 October 1997)

The cabinet was unique, with President Suharto moved the Minister of Information Harmoko to the office of State Minister of Special Affairs (Indonesian: Menteri Negara Urusan Khusus) on 6 June 1997. The Ministry of Special Affairs was dissolved on 1 October 1997, following the inauguration of next-term's parliament and the appointment of Harmoko as its speaker.

Ireland

The Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 allows a Minister to be a member of the Government of Ireland who does not have charge of a Department of State, such a person to be known as a "Minister without portfolio".[10] Such a minister may be given a specific style or title. The only substantive minister without portfolio has been Frank Aiken, the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures during World War II.[11] By the Emergency Powers Act 1939 then in force, the Minister for Defence was able to delegate some competences to him.[12][13]

On a number of occasions a minister has been appointed to an incoming government with the title of a new Department of State. Between the date of appointment and the date of creation of the department, such a minister is formally a minister without portfolio.[14]

When Helen McEntee took six months' maternity leave on 28 April 2021, her portfolio as Minister for Justice was reassigned to Heather Humphreys, in addition to Humphreys's existing portfolio as Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development. McEntee remained a member of the coalition government as minister without portfolio,[25] and was reassigned to the Department of Justice on 1 November 2021.[26] On 25 November 2022, Heather Humphreys was again appointed as Minister for Justice to facilitate a second period of six months' maternity leave from December.[27][28]

Israel

It is common practice in Israel to appoint ministers without portfolio as part of the coalition negotiations, as it allows small coalition partners a seat at the cabinet table. All cabinets in recent years have had at least some such appointment. The Governance Law passed in 2013 forbade ministers without portfolio effectively ending the practice, however in spite of some objections, after the 2015 elections this issue was revisited in the Knesset and it was allowed for the practice to resume. The full alphabetical list of ministers without portfolio since 1949 is:

Italy

Main article: Minister without portfolio (Italy)

Kenya

In Kenya, ministers without portfolio are not common. However three individuals have held the position in the country's history. They are:

  • Chunilal Madan (1956–1957) He was the first Kenyan minister with Asian descent and also country's first minister without portfolio. He was appointed to oversee Kenya's Colonial government operations prior to being appointed as a judge in the country's Supreme court in 1957.
  • Raphael Tuju (2018–2022). He was appointed by Uhuru Kenyatta to oversee government operations in his second term of presidency.
  • Cleophas Wakhungu Malala (2023-to date). He was appointed as the secretary general of the ruling party UDA to oversee the operations of the ruling party and push the hustler agenda for the next five years.

North Macedonia

As of 2017, ministers without portfolio (министер без ресор) are:

  • Ramiz Merko
  • Edmond Ademi
  • Robert Popovski
  • Zoran Sapurik
  • Zorica Apostolovska
  • Adnan Kahil
  • Samka Ibraimovski

Malta

  • Carmelo Abela (2020–)[29]
  • Joe Mizzi (1996–1998)
  • Konrad Mizzi (2016–2017) On April 28, 2016, following the appearance of his name in the Panama Papers leaks, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced in a press conference at the Auberge de Castille that Konrad Mizzi was to be removed from the position of Health and Energy Minister. Mizzi would however retain the title of minister without portfolio, working within the Office of the Prime Minister.[30][31]

Nepal

Ram Sharan Mahat.[32]

Netherlands

Main article: Minister without Portfolio (Netherlands)

A minister without portfolio in the Netherlands is a minister that does not head a specific ministry, but assumes the same power and responsibilities as a minister that does. The minister is responsible for a specific part of another minister's policy field. In that sense, a minister without portfolio is comparable to a staatssecretaris (state secretary or junior minister) in Dutch politics, who also falls under another ministry and is responsible for a specific part of that minister's policy field. However, one distinct difference is that a minister without portfolio is a member of the council of ministers and can vote in it, whereas a state secretary is not. The minister for development cooperation has always been a minister without portfolio.

In the second Balkenende cabinet there were three ministers without portfolio: Agnes van Ardenne (Development Cooperation), Rita Verdonk (Integration and Immigration) and Alexander Pechtold (Government Reform and Kingdom Relations).

In the fourth Balkenende cabinet there were three ministers without portfolio: Eberhard van der Laan (Housing, Neighbourhoods and Integration), Bert Koenders (Development Cooperation) and André Rouvoet, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Youth and Family.

The second Rutte cabinet had two ministers without portfolio: Stef Blok (Housing and the Central Government Sector) and Lilianne Ploumen (Development Cooperation).

The third Rutte cabinet has four ministers without portfolio: Sigrid Kaag (Development Cooperation), Sander Dekker (Legal Protection), Martin van Rijn (Medical Care), and Arie Slob (Primary and Secondary Education and Media).

The fourth Rutte cabinet has eight ministers without portfolio: Carola Schouten (Poverty, Participation and Pensions), Liesje Schreinemacher (Development Cooperation), Rob Jetten (Climate and Energy), Conny Helder (Long-Term Healthcare and Sport), Christianne van der Wal (Nature and Nitrogen reduction), Franc Weerwind (Legal Protection), Hugo de Jonge (Housing and Urban Development), and Dennis Wiersma (Primary and Secondary Education and Media).

New Zealand

In the First Labour Government from 1935 Mark Fagan was a "minister without portfolio" from 1935 to 1939, as was David Wilson from 1939 to 1949. They were appointed to the upper house and made a "minister without portfolio" to add them to the cabinet although neither were elected to a seat in Parliament.

In the Third National Government, Keith Holyoake was made a Minister of State 1975–77 after he had retired as party leader, and in the Fourth National Government Robin Gray was made a Minister of State 1993–96 after he was replaced as Speaker (though he was also Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs). Both appointments were considered sinecures to avoid their return as 'backbenchers'.

The following were appointed to the Executive Council as ministers without portfolio.[33]

Key

  Liberal   Reform   United   Labour   National
†: Died in office

Name Portrait Term of Office Prime Minister
James Carroll   16 March 1892 20 February 1896 Ballance
Seddon
Alfred Cadman   21 December 1899 9 May 1901
William Montgomery   19 July 1893 7 November 1895
Mahuta Tāwhiao   22 May 1903 6 August 1906
Hall-Jones
Āpirana Ngata   7 January 1909 28 March 1912 Ward
Peter Buck   28 March 1912 10 July 1912 Mackenzie
Thomas Buxton   28 March 1912 10 July 1912
Māui Pōmare   10 July 1912 3 May 1916 Massey
William Fraser   27 July 1920 16 July 1923†
David Guthrie   25 June 1924 31 March 1927†
Bell
Coates
Heaton Rhodes   18 January 1926 10 December 1928
Francis Bell   24 May 1926 25 August 1928
Sir Joseph Ward   28 May 1930 8 July 1930† Forbes
Robert Masters   20 August 1930 22 September 1931
Mark Fagan   6 December 1935 18 July 1939 Savage
David Wilson   18 November 1939 30 May 1940
Fraser
Paraire Karaka Paikea   21 January 1941 6 May 1943†
Eruera Tirikatene   26 May 1943 13 December 1949
Adam Hamilton   16 July 1940 5 October 1942
Gordon Coates   16 July 1940 5 October 1942
William Polson   15 March 1950 12 December 1950 Holland
Sidney Holland   20 September 1957 12 December 1957 Holyoake
David Seath   24 January 1962 20 December 1963
Hugh Watt   13 March 1975 12 December 1975 Rowling

Norway

From 2009 to 2013 Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (Labour) was a Minister without Portfolio and Chief of Staff in the Prime Ministers Office, where his job was to co-ordinate within government.

Philippines

During the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, then-Senate President Manuel Roxas was appointed minister without portfolio by the Japanese Government.[citation needed]

Portugal

Following the Carnation Revolution, several politicians were made ministers without portfolio:

After the 1st Constitutional Government (1976–1978), there haven't been any appointments of ministers without portfolio.

A similar but not sinecural cabinet position, that of Minister Adjunct (ministro adjunto), who does not head a particular ministry but is instead tasked with the general interministerial measures found in the government programme, has been created in some Portuguese governments.

Serbia

Main article: Minister without portfolio (Serbia)

From 2007 to 2008, Dragan Đilas was a "minister without portfolio" in charge of the National Investment Plan.

Singapore

In Singapore, the appointment holder is known as a 'Minister in the Prime Minister's Office'.

Sweden

Taiwan

In the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China, there are several ministers without portfolio at once. Currently, they are:[35]

Tanzania

President Jakaya Kikwete appointed Professor Mark Mwandosya as a minister without portfolio in 2012.

Uganda

Since 2015, the cabinet list has included a minister without portfolio:

United Kingdom

Main article: Minister without portfolio (United Kingdom)

United States

The Vice President of the United States is a member of the Cabinet but heads no department. As such, the Vice President may be assigned to policy areas of the President's choosing such as foreign diplomacy (Richard Nixon), space programs (Lyndon B. Johnson) or public health (Mike Pence). Prior to the mid-19th century, the Vice President's position as President of the Senate caused the office to be seen as primarily legislative in nature, and as such they were not assigned to deal with public policy.

Cabinet-level officials are president-designated additional members of the Cabinet, which can vary under each president. Most of them head no department, and some of them are not officers of the United States. For example, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget is the head of the Office of Management and Budget, which is an office within a department, namely the Executive Office of the President of the United States headed by the White House Chief of Staff. Similar situations apply (or applied) for the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, the Trade Representative, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Security Advisor, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

An individual who has great influence on government affairs without holding formal office might be described as a "minister without portfolio". Such an appellation is completely unofficial (possibly intended jokingly or disparagingly) and merely serves to underscore the extent of the individual's already-existing influence; it does not grant any new influence or power. Examples include Bernard Baruch,[36] Arthur Burns,[37] and Ivanka Trump.[38]

During his tenure as Secretary of Commerce of the United States the later President Herbert Hoover was sometimes referred to as "Secretary of Commerce and Under-Secretary of all other departments" due to his propensity to get involved in federal government policy outside his department and taking charge when other ministers and/or the President wouldn't or couldn't, such as with his administration of federal relief efforts in the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927.[citation needed]

Vietnam

In the first government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam founded by Hồ Chí Minh after the August Revolution in September 1945, Cù Huy Cận and Nguyễn Văn Xuân were assigned the "Minister without Porfolio" positions.[39] In January 1946, the "Provisional Coalition Government" was installed, and Nguyen Van Xuan retained the post of Minister without Portfolio while Cu Huy Can was elevated to the Ministry of Agriculture.[40] From November 1946 to early 1955, the Viet Minh (and later the Worker's Party)-led "New Government" fought against the return of France to Indochina and the post Ministers without Portfolio was held by Nguyễn Văn Tố, Đặng Văn Hướng and Bồ Xuân Luật.[41] Since the 1954 Geneva Convention, the position has been vacant, except briefly during the 1960-1964 cabinet elected by the 2nd National Assembly, where Lê Văn Hiến occupied the post "Minister without Porfolio and Deputy Chair of the State Planning Commission."[42]

In 2014, Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng tasked the Cabinet Office to examine the possibility of re-introducing the post "Minister without Porfolio."[43] There have been no further developments since.

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A minister without portfolio is either a government minister with no specific responsibilities or a minister who does not head a particular ministry The sinecure is particularly common in countries ruled by coalition governments and a cabinet with decision making authority wherein a minister without portfolio while they may not head any particular office or ministry may still receive a ministerial salary and has the right to cast a vote in cabinet decisions Contents 1 Albania 2 Australia 3 Bangladesh 4 Bulgaria 5 Canada 6 Croatia 6 1 Deputy Prime Ministers without portfolio 7 Denmark 8 Estonia 9 Finland 10 Germany 11 Greece 12 Hungary 13 India 14 Indonesia 14 1 Presidential Cabinet 19 August 14 November 1945 14 2 First Sjahrir Cabinet 11 November 1945 28 February 1946 14 3 Third Sjahrir Cabinet 5 October 1946 27 July 1947 14 4 Sixth Development Cabinet 6 June 1 October 1997 15 Ireland 16 Israel 17 Italy 18 Kenya 19 North Macedonia 20 Malta 21 Nepal 22 Netherlands 23 New Zealand 24 Norway 25 Philippines 26 Portugal 27 Serbia 28 Singapore 29 Sweden 30 Taiwan 31 Tanzania 32 Uganda 33 United Kingdom 34 United States 35 Vietnam 36 References 37 External linksAlbania EditMain article Minister without portfolio Albania In Albania Minister without portfolio are considered members of the government who generally are not in charge of a special department do not have headquarters or offices and usually do not have administration or staff This post of was first introduced in 1918 during the Permeti II government otherwise known as the Government of Durres The members of this cabinet were referred to as Delegate pa portofol delegate without portfolio The name minister was used two years later during the government of Sulejman Delvina 1 In the 1990s it was common the usage of the name Sekretar Shteti Secretary of State to refer to such a position Mostly these roles were given to smaller allies by the leading parties Nowadays the name Minister i Shtetit State Minister or Minister of State is used Australia EditWillie Kelly was given the title in the Cook Ministry from June 1913 to September 1914 Stanley Bruce was given the title of minister without portfolio when he took up his position in 1932 as the Commonwealth Minister in London He was given the title by Lyons Cabinet so that he could better represent the PM and his colleagues free from the limitations of a portfolio In this case the title was a promotion and carried considerable responsibilities 2 Bangladesh EditBangladesh appoints ministers without portfolio during cabinet reshuffles or fresh appointments Ministers are not usually appointed without portfolio as a coalition negotiation all long run ministers end up with a portfolio Suranjit Sengupta was a minister without portfolio in Sheikh Hasina s second government 3 Bulgaria EditBozhidar Dimitrov 2009 2011 Canada EditWhile the minister without portfolio is seen by some as a mere sinecure appointment it has been a role that numerous political notables have played over time including future Prime Minister Jean Chretien who filled the role in a Pearson cabinet in the 1960s John Turner also kept a seat warm in a Pearson cabinet Notable Conservatives who filled the role include R B Bennett and Arthur Meighen however Meighen served this role after he had been prime minister The title of minister without portfolio has been used off and on in recent times though the title has fallen out of favour and the penultimate minister without portfolio Gilles Lamontagne was promoted to postmaster general in 1978 The practice has continued primarily under the guise of ministers of state without responsibilities in the ministers titles The position has also been filled on the federal or provincial level by experienced politicians near the end of their careers as a way of allowing them to counsel the government and take on projects without the burdens associated with administering a government department In January 2021 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Jim Carr as a minister without portfolio in addition to his role as special representative to the Prairies Carr had previously served as a cabinet minister until November 2019 leaving as a consequence of his diagnosis with multiple myeloma 4 Croatia EditDragutin Kalogjera 1990 Zvonimir Medvedovic 1990 Gojko Susak 1990 1991 Zdravko Mrsic 1990 1991 Drazen Budisa 1991 1992 Ivan Cesar 1991 1992 Ivica Crnic 1992 Darko Cargonja 1992 Zivko Juzbasic 1991 1992 Mladen Vedris 1992 Vladimir Veselica 1991 Muhamed Zulic 1991 1992 Zvonimir Baletic 1991 1992 Slavko Degoricija 1991 Stjepan Zdunic 1991 Cedomir Pavlovic 1992 1993 Smiljko Sokol 1992 1993 Zlatko Matesa 1993 1995 Prime Minister 1995 2000 Juraj Njavro 1993 1997 Ivan Majdak 1993 1995 Marijan Petrovic 1995 Adalbert Rebic 1995 Davor Stern 1995 Branko Mocibob 1995 1997 Gordana Sobol 2002 2003 Bianca Matkovic 2009 2011 Goran Maric 2016 Deputy Prime Ministers without portfolio Edit Bernardo Jurlina 1990 1991 Mate Babic 1990 Milan Ramljak 1990 1992 Franjo Greguric 1990 1991 Prime Minister 1991 1992 Mate Granic 1991 1993 Minister of Foreign Affairs 1993 2000 Jurica Pavelic 1991 1992 Zdravko Tomac 1991 1992 Ivan Milas 1992 1993 Vladimir Seks 1992 1994 Mladen Vedris 1992 1993 Ivica Kostovic 1993 1995 Bosiljko Misetic 1995 Borislav Skegro 1993 1997 Ljerka Mintas Hodak 1995 1998 Zeljka Antunovic 2000 2002 Slavko Linic 2000 2003 Goran Granic 2000 2002 Ante Simonic 2002 2003 Damir Polancec 2005 2008 Đurđa Adlesic 2008 2010 Slobodan Uzelac 2008 2011 Domagoj Ivan Milosevic 2010 2011 Tomislav Karamarko 2016 Bozo Petrov 2016 Speaker of Parliament 2016 2017 Boris Milosevic 2020 2022 Anja Simpraga 2022 present Denmark EditThree control ministers served as ministers without portfolio during World War I After the Liberation of Denmark in May 1945 the first Danish cabinet included four ministers without portfolio Among these were Danish ambassador to the U S Henrik Kauffmann who had conducted his own foreign policy throughout the war and refused to follow orders from Copenhagen as long as Denmark remained occupied by a foreign power Kauffmann served in this capacity from 12 May to 7 November 1945 The three other holders of this title had joined the cabinet a few days before Aksel Larsen Communist Party of Denmark Kr Juul Christensen Danish Unity and Frode Jakobsen Social Democrats Lise Ostergaard held a position as minister without portfolio with special attention to foreign policy issues in Anker Jorgensen s cabinet from 26 February 1977 to 28 February 1980 Anders Fogh Rasmussen appointed Bertel Haarder as minister without portfolio but effectively Minister for European Affairs Haarder served in this capacity from 27 November 2001 to 18 February 2005 The reason for appointing a minister without a ministry was the Danish European Union Presidency of 2002 Haarder was considered the most experienced Danish politician on European affairs Estonia EditJaan Tonisson 1918 provisional government Karl Ast 1924 1925 Juhan Kaarlimae 1944 Johannes Sikkar 1952 1953 in exile Artur Terras 1952 1953 in exile Aksel Mark 1956 1962 in exile Arvo Horm 1956 1964 in exile Peeter Panksep 1956 1964 in exile Eduard Leetmaa 1959 1962 in exile appointed but did not enter office Ivar Grunthal 1962 1964 in exile Renate Kaasik 1971 1990 in exile Verner Hans Puurand 1973 1977 in exile Jaan Timusk 1973 1990 in exile Ants Pallop 1973 1992 in exile Arvo Horm 1977 1992 in exile Ivar Paljak 1985 1990 in exile Olev Olesk 1986 1990 in exile Endel Lippmaa 1990 1991 interim government Artur Kuznetsov 1990 1991 interim government Klara Hallik 1992 interim government Arvo Niitenberg 1992 interim government Juri Luik 1992 1993 Peeter Olesk 1993 1994 Eiki Nestor 1994 1995 Arvo Niitenberg 1994 1995 Ants Leemets 1995 Jaak Allik 1995 1996 Endel Lippmaa 1995 1996 Tiit Kubri 1995 1997 Riivo Sinijarv 1996 Andra Veidemann 1996 1999 Peep Aru 1997 1999 Katrin Saks 1999 2003 Toivo Asmer 1999 2003 Eldar Efendijev 2002 2003 Paul Eerik Rummo 2003 2007 Jaan Ounapuu 2003 2007 Urve Palo 2007 2009 Urmas Kruuse 2014 Anne Sulling 2014 Finland EditMinister without portfolio is not a common type of cabinet position and the last minister without portfolio served in 1949 The most famous one was Juho Kusti Paasikivi who was a part of the Triumvirate of Prime Minister Risto Ryti Minister of Foreign Affairs Vaino Tanner and Paasikivi during the Winter War and the year 1940 5 Mikko Luopajarvi Agrarian Union 17 4 1919 15 8 1919 Kaarlo Castren Cabinet 15 8 1919 5 1 1920 Vennola I Cabinet 6 Kalle Aukusti Lohi Agrarian Union 31 3 1925 31 12 1925 Tulenheimo Cabinet 6 Matti Paasivuori Social Democratic Party 13 12 1926 15 11 1927 Tanner Cabinet 6 Kalle Jutila Agrarian Union 17 12 1927 16 10 1928 Sunila I Cabinet 6 Juhani Leppala Agrarian Union 16 8 1929 27 8 1929 Kallio III Cabinet 6 Eljas Erkko Progressive Party 20 10 1932 25 11 1932 Sunila II Cabinet 6 Ernst von Born Swedish People s Party 13 10 1939 1 12 1939 Cajander III Cabinet 6 Juho Kusti Paasikivi Unaffiliated No party 1 12 1939 27 3 1940 Ryti I Cabinet 6 Mauno Pekkala Social Democratic Party 17 11 1944 24 11 1944 Paasikivi II Cabinet 6 Hertta Kuusinen Finnish People s Democratic Party 26 5 1948 4 6 1948 Pekkala Cabinet 6 Aleksi Aaltonen Social Democratic Party 29 7 1948 30 7 1948 Fagerholm I Cabinet 6 Unto Varjonen Social Democratic Party 29 7 1949 19 8 1949 Fagerholm I Cabinet 6 Germany EditHermann Goring 1933 Ernst Rohm 1933 Rudolf Hess 1933 1941 Arthur Seyss Inquart 1939 1945 Hjalmar Schacht 1939 1943 Martin Bormann 1941 1945 Since 1949 a Federal Minister for Special Affairs Bundesminister fur besondere Aufgaben is a member of the Federal Government that does not have charge of a Federal Ministry although the ministry is now commonly assigned to the Heads of the German Chancellery to give this important government functionary cabinet rank The ministry was first created in October 1953 to give a ministry level position to Franz Josef Strauss but has been used almost exclusively for the Head of the Federal Chancellery since the 1960s A notable exception occurred in the course of German reunification when four members of East Germany s last government were made Minister for Special Affairs from October 3 1990 to January 1991 Greece EditThe position of a Minister without portfolio was first created in 1918 with Emmanouil Repoulis being the first Minister without portfolio Previously the term had been used to describe Prime Ministers who had not undertaken any secondary Ministerial position e g Ministry of Foreign Affairs Prominent politicians like Georgios Papandreou Panagiotis Kanellopoulos Napoleon Zervas and Spyros Markezinis served as Ministers without portfolio during their career while novelist Nikos Kazantzakis had a brief 46 day long tenure as Minister without portfolio in Sofoulis 1945 cabinet In 1991 the position was renamed to Minister of State the last person to be designated Minister without portfolio and simultaneously the first Minister of State is Mikis Theodorakis Hungary EditZsolt Semjen 2010 present Tamas Fellegi 2011 2012 India EditC Rajagopalachari N Gopalaswami Ayyangar and V K Krishna Menon 1st Nehru government 7 T T Krishnamachari and Lal Bahadur Shastri 2nd Nehru Government Mamata Banerjee and Murasoli Maran 3rd Vajpayee government 8 K Chandrasekhar Rao and Natwar Singh 1st Manmohan Singh government 7 Arun Jaitley 1st Modi government 9 Indonesia EditSince the inception of the state Indonesia had ministers without portfolio usually given the title Menteri Negara State Minister The number was not fixed entirely depended on the behest of the President Although not explicitly forbidden Law No 39 2008 on State Ministries mandated that a ministry must have specific function and responsibilities and also must have minimum number of directorates and other ministerial apparatuses thus formation of minister without portfolio currently unlikely in post Reformation Indonesia Below is the list of ministers without portfolio ever existed in Indonesian history Presidential Cabinet 19 August 14 November 1945 Edit Mohammad Amir Sartono Alexander Andries Maramis Oto Iskandar di NataFirst Sjahrir Cabinet 11 November 1945 28 February 1946 Edit Rasjidi on religious affairs Third Sjahrir Cabinet 5 October 1946 27 July 1947 Edit Hamengkubuwono IX Wahid Hasyim Wikana on youth affairs Soedarsono Tan Po Gwan Danoedirdja SetiaboediSixth Development Cabinet 6 June 1 October 1997 Edit The cabinet was unique with President Suharto moved the Minister of Information Harmoko to the office of State Minister of Special Affairs Indonesian Menteri Negara Urusan Khusus on 6 June 1997 The Ministry of Special Affairs was dissolved on 1 October 1997 following the inauguration of next term s parliament and the appointment of Harmoko as its speaker Ireland EditThe Ministers and Secretaries Amendment Act 1939 allows a Minister to be a member of the Government of Ireland who does not have charge of a Department of State such a person to be known as a Minister without portfolio 10 Such a minister may be given a specific style or title The only substantive minister without portfolio has been Frank Aiken the Minister for the Co ordination of Defensive Measures during World War II 11 By the Emergency Powers Act 1939 then in force the Minister for Defence was able to delegate some competences to him 12 13 On a number of occasions a minister has been appointed to an incoming government with the title of a new Department of State Between the date of appointment and the date of creation of the department such a minister is formally a minister without portfolio 14 Title Govt Minister Appt to govt Dept created DeptMinister for Economic Planning and Development 15th Martin O Donoghue 8 July 1977 15 13 December 1977 16 17 Department of Economic Planning and DevelopmentMinister for Public Expenditure and Reform 29th Brendan Howlin 9 March 2011 18 6 July 2011 19 20 Department of Public Expenditure and ReformMinister for Rural and Community Development 31st Michael Ring 14 June 2017 21 19 July 2017 22 Department of Rural and Community DevelopmentMinister for Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science 32nd Simon Harris 27 June 2020 23 2 August 2020 24 Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and ScienceWhen Helen McEntee took six months maternity leave on 28 April 2021 her portfolio as Minister for Justice was reassigned to Heather Humphreys in addition to Humphreys s existing portfolio as Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development McEntee remained a member of the coalition government as minister without portfolio 25 and was reassigned to the Department of Justice on 1 November 2021 26 On 25 November 2022 Heather Humphreys was again appointed as Minister for Justice to facilitate a second period of six months maternity leave from December 27 28 Israel EditIt is common practice in Israel to appoint ministers without portfolio as part of the coalition negotiations as it allows small coalition partners a seat at the cabinet table All cabinets in recent years have had at least some such appointment The Governance Law passed in 2013 forbade ministers without portfolio effectively ending the practice however in spite of some objections after the 2015 elections this issue was revisited in the Knesset and it was allowed for the practice to resume The full alphabetical list of ministers without portfolio since 1949 is Ofir Akunis 2015 Yosef Almogi 1961 62 Shulamit Aloni 1974 1993 Yehuda Amital 1995 96 Shaul Amor 1999 Zalman Aran 1954 55 Moshe Arens 1984 86 1987 88 Eli Avidar 2021 Ruhama Avraham 2007 08 Ami Ayalon 2007 08 Yisrael Barzilai 1969 70 Benny Begin 2009 13 2015 Menachem Begin 1967 70 Mordechai Ben Porat 1982 84 Yosef Burg 1984 Eitan Cabel 2006 07 Ra anan Cohen 2001 02 Yitzhak Cohen 2006 08 Aryeh Deri 1993 Aryeh Dolchin 1969 70 Sarah Doron 1983 84 Abba Eban 1959 60 Rafael Edri 1988 90 Yaakov Edri 2006 07 Effi Eitam 2002 Yisrael Galili 1966 67 1969 77 Akiva Govrin 1963 64 Mordechai Gur 1988 90 Gideon Hausner 1974 77 Tzachi Hanegbi 2016 2020 Yigal Hurvitz 1984 88 Haim Landau 1978 79 Pinhas Lavon 1952 54 David Levy 2002 Yitzhak Levy 2002 Tzipi Livni 2001 02 David Magen 1990 Raleb Majadele 2007 Dan Meridor 2001 03 Yitzhak Moda i 1981 82 1986 88 Shaul Mofaz 2012 Peretz Naftali 1951 52 1955 59 Meshulam Nahari 2006 13 Dan Naveh 2001 03 Moshe Nissim 1978 80 1988 90 Ehud Olmert 1988 90 Yossi Peled 2009 Shimon Peres 1969 Yitzhak Peretz 1984 1987 88 Haim Ramon 2005 Pinchas Sapir 1968 69 Yosef Sapir 1967 69 Avner Shaki 1988 90 Yosef Shapira 1984 88 Ariel Sharon 1983 84 Victor Shem Tov 1969 70 Salah Tarif 2001 02 Ezer Weizman 1984 88 Dov Yosef 1952 53 Rehavam Ze evi 1991 92 Italy EditMain article Minister without portfolio Italy Kenya EditIn Kenya ministers without portfolio are not common However three individuals have held the position in the country s history They are Chunilal Madan 1956 1957 He was the first Kenyan minister with Asian descent and also country s first minister without portfolio He was appointed to oversee Kenya s Colonial government operations prior to being appointed as a judge in the country s Supreme court in 1957 Raphael Tuju 2018 2022 He was appointed by Uhuru Kenyatta to oversee government operations in his second term of presidency Cleophas Wakhungu Malala 2023 to date He was appointed as the secretary general of the ruling party UDA to oversee the operations of the ruling party and push the hustler agenda for the next five years North Macedonia EditAs of 2017 ministers without portfolio minister bez resor are Ramiz Merko Edmond Ademi Robert Popovski Zoran Sapurik Zorica Apostolovska Adnan Kahil Samka IbraimovskiMalta EditCarmelo Abela 2020 29 Joe Mizzi 1996 1998 Konrad Mizzi 2016 2017 On April 28 2016 following the appearance of his name in the Panama Papers leaks Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced in a press conference at the Auberge de Castille that Konrad Mizzi was to be removed from the position of Health and Energy Minister Mizzi would however retain the title of minister without portfolio working within the Office of the Prime Minister 30 31 Nepal EditThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2022 Ram Sharan Mahat 32 Netherlands EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Main article Minister without Portfolio Netherlands A minister without portfolio in the Netherlands is a minister that does not head a specific ministry but assumes the same power and responsibilities as a minister that does The minister is responsible for a specific part of another minister s policy field In that sense a minister without portfolio is comparable to a staatssecretaris state secretary or junior minister in Dutch politics who also falls under another ministry and is responsible for a specific part of that minister s policy field However one distinct difference is that a minister without portfolio is a member of the council of ministers and can vote in it whereas a state secretary is not The minister for development cooperation has always been a minister without portfolio In the second Balkenende cabinet there were three ministers without portfolio Agnes van Ardenne Development Cooperation Rita Verdonk Integration and Immigration and Alexander Pechtold Government Reform and Kingdom Relations In the fourth Balkenende cabinet there were three ministers without portfolio Eberhard van der Laan Housing Neighbourhoods and Integration Bert Koenders Development Cooperation and Andre Rouvoet Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Youth and Family The second Rutte cabinet had two ministers without portfolio Stef Blok Housing and the Central Government Sector and Lilianne Ploumen Development Cooperation The third Rutte cabinet has four ministers without portfolio Sigrid Kaag Development Cooperation Sander Dekker Legal Protection Martin van Rijn Medical Care and Arie Slob Primary and Secondary Education and Media The fourth Rutte cabinet has eight ministers without portfolio Carola Schouten Poverty Participation and Pensions Liesje Schreinemacher Development Cooperation Rob Jetten Climate and Energy Conny Helder Long Term Healthcare and Sport Christianne van der Wal Nature and Nitrogen reduction Franc Weerwind Legal Protection Hugo de Jonge Housing and Urban Development and Dennis Wiersma Primary and Secondary Education and Media New Zealand EditIn the First Labour Government from 1935 Mark Fagan was a minister without portfolio from 1935 to 1939 as was David Wilson from 1939 to 1949 They were appointed to the upper house and made a minister without portfolio to add them to the cabinet although neither were elected to a seat in Parliament In the Third National Government Keith Holyoake was made a Minister of State 1975 77 after he had retired as party leader and in the Fourth National Government Robin Gray was made a Minister of State 1993 96 after he was replaced as Speaker though he was also Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs Both appointments were considered sinecures to avoid their return as backbenchers The following were appointed to the Executive Council as ministers without portfolio 33 Key Liberal Reform United Labour National Died in office Name Portrait Term of Office Prime MinisterJames Carroll 16 March 1892 20 February 1896 BallanceSeddonAlfred Cadman 21 December 1899 9 May 1901William Montgomery 19 July 1893 7 November 1895Mahuta Tawhiao 22 May 1903 6 August 1906Hall JonesApirana Ngata 7 January 1909 28 March 1912 WardPeter Buck 28 March 1912 10 July 1912 MackenzieThomas Buxton 28 March 1912 10 July 1912Maui Pōmare 10 July 1912 3 May 1916 MasseyWilliam Fraser 27 July 1920 16 July 1923 David Guthrie 25 June 1924 31 March 1927 BellCoatesHeaton Rhodes 18 January 1926 10 December 1928Francis Bell 24 May 1926 25 August 1928Sir Joseph Ward 28 May 1930 8 July 1930 ForbesRobert Masters 20 August 1930 22 September 1931Mark Fagan 6 December 1935 18 July 1939 SavageDavid Wilson 18 November 1939 30 May 1940FraserParaire Karaka Paikea 21 January 1941 6 May 1943 Eruera Tirikatene 26 May 1943 13 December 1949Adam Hamilton 16 July 1940 5 October 1942Gordon Coates 16 July 1940 5 October 1942William Polson 15 March 1950 12 December 1950 HollandSidney Holland 20 September 1957 12 December 1957 HolyoakeDavid Seath 24 January 1962 20 December 1963Hugh Watt 13 March 1975 12 December 1975 RowlingNorway EditFrom 2009 to 2013 Karl Eirik Schjott Pedersen Labour was a Minister without Portfolio and Chief of Staff in the Prime Ministers Office where his job was to co ordinate within government Philippines EditDuring the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines then Senate President Manuel Roxas was appointed minister without portfolio by the Japanese Government citation needed Portugal EditFollowing the Carnation Revolution several politicians were made ministers without portfolio Alvaro Cunhal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th provisional government Ernesto Melo Antunes 2nd 3rd provisional government Francisco Pereira de Moura 1st 4th provisional government Francisco Sa Carneiro 1st provisional government Joaquim Magalhaes Mota 2nd 3rd 4th provisional government Jorge Campinos 1st constitutional government Mario Soares 4th provisional government Vitor Alves 2nd 3rd provisional government After the 1st Constitutional Government 1976 1978 there haven t been any appointments of ministers without portfolio A similar but not sinecural cabinet position that of Minister Adjunct ministro adjunto who does not head a particular ministry but is instead tasked with the general interministerial measures found in the government programme has been created in some Portuguese governments Serbia EditMain article Minister without portfolio Serbia From 2007 to 2008 Dragan Đilas was a minister without portfolio in charge of the National Investment Plan Milan Krkobabic 2016 Slavica Đukic Dejanovic 2017 Nenad Popovic 2017 Singapore EditIn Singapore the appointment holder is known as a Minister in the Prime Minister s Office Sweden EditDag Hammarskjold 1951 1953 Olof Palme 1963 1965 34 Taiwan EditIn the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China there are several ministers without portfolio at once Currently they are 35 Chang Ching sen Huang Chih ta John Deng Kung Ming hsin also serving as Minister of National Development Council Lo Ping cheng Lin Wan i Wu Tze cheng also serving as Minister of Public Construction CommissionTanzania EditPresident Jakaya Kikwete appointed Professor Mark Mwandosya as a minister without portfolio in 2012 Uganda EditSince 2015 the cabinet list has included a minister without portfolio Abraham Byandala 2015 until 2016 Abdul Nadduli 2016 to 2019 Kirunda Kivejinja 2019 to 2021United Kingdom EditMain article Minister without portfolio United Kingdom United States EditThe Vice President of the United States is a member of the Cabinet but heads no department As such the Vice President may be assigned to policy areas of the President s choosing such as foreign diplomacy Richard Nixon space programs Lyndon B Johnson or public health Mike Pence Prior to the mid 19th century the Vice President s position as President of the Senate caused the office to be seen as primarily legislative in nature and as such they were not assigned to deal with public policy Cabinet level officials are president designated additional members of the Cabinet which can vary under each president Most of them head no department and some of them are not officers of the United States For example the Director of the Office of Management and Budget is the head of the Office of Management and Budget which is an office within a department namely the Executive Office of the President of the United States headed by the White House Chief of Staff Similar situations apply or applied for the Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers the Trade Representative Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy National Security Advisor Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy An individual who has great influence on government affairs without holding formal office might be described as a minister without portfolio Such an appellation is completely unofficial possibly intended jokingly or disparagingly and merely serves to underscore the extent of the individual s already existing influence it does not grant any new influence or power Examples include Bernard Baruch 36 Arthur Burns 37 and Ivanka Trump 38 During his tenure as Secretary of Commerce of the United States the later President Herbert Hoover was sometimes referred to as Secretary of Commerce and Under Secretary of all other departments due to his propensity to get involved in federal government policy outside his department and taking charge when other ministers and or the President wouldn t or couldn t such as with his administration of federal relief efforts in the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 citation needed Vietnam EditIn the first government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam founded by Hồ Chi Minh after the August Revolution in September 1945 Cu Huy Cận and Nguyễn Văn Xuan were assigned the Minister without Porfolio positions 39 In January 1946 the Provisional Coalition Government was installed and Nguyen Van Xuan retained the post of Minister without Portfolio while Cu Huy Can was elevated to the Ministry of Agriculture 40 From November 1946 to early 1955 the Viet Minh and later the Worker s Party led New Government fought against the return of France to Indochina and the post Ministers without Portfolio was held by Nguyễn Văn Tố Đặng Văn Hướng and Bồ Xuan Luật 41 Since the 1954 Geneva Convention the position has been vacant except briefly during the 1960 1964 cabinet elected by the 2nd National Assembly where Le Văn Hiến occupied the post Minister without Porfolio and Deputy Chair of the State Planning Commission 42 In 2014 Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng tasked the Cabinet Office to examine the possibility of re introducing the post Minister without Porfolio 43 There have been no further developments since References Edit Dervishi Kastriot 2006 Historia e Shtetit Shqiptar 1912 2005 Shtepia Botuese 55 p 955 ISBN 99943 799 3 3 Mr Bruce to be Minister without Portfolio Advocate 16 June 1932 Retrieved 24 January 2017 Bangladesh s PM Sheikh Hasina keeps Home Foreign Affairs Defence portfolios The Economic Times PTI Retrieved 2 February 2016 Curry Bill Walsh Marieke 12 January 2021 Trudeau shuffles senior ministers puts Champagne in Innovation and Garneau at Global Affairs The Globe and Mail Etusivu kansallisbiografia fi Retrieved 5 October 2021 a b c d e f g h i j k l Ministerit nimikkeittain Valtioneuvosto in Finnish Retrieved 5 October 2021 a b Just what is a minister without portfolio www rediff com Retrieved 13 July 2018 Vajpayee reinducts Mamat a Banerjee as cabinet minister without portfolio India Today Retrieved 13 July 2018 Congress Minister without portfolio is giving gyan Congress hits back at Jaitley s blog The Times of India 6 June 2018 Ministers and Secretaries Amendment Act 1939 s 4 Minister without portfolio No 36 of 1939 s 4 Enacted on 21 December 1939 Act of the Oireachtas Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 18 July 2020 Chubb Basil 1982 Government amp Politics of Ireland 2nd ed Stanford University Press p 170 ISBN 0 8047 1115 1 Emergency Powers Act 1939 s 6 Delegation of statutory powers and duties No 28 of 1939 s 6 Enacted on 3 September 1939 Act of the Oireachtas Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 18 July 2020 Air Raid Precautions Approval of Expenditure by Essential Undertakers Amendment No 2 Regulations 1944 S R O No 326 of 1943 Signed on 30 September 1943 Statutory Rules and Orders of the Government of Ireland Retrieved from Irish 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of 1977 Signed on 9 December 1977 Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 3 August 2020 Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State Dail Eireann 31st Dail Tuesday 15 March 2011 Houses of the Oireachtas Retrieved 16 March 2020 Ministers and Secretaries Amendment Act 2011 s 7 No 10 of 2011 s 7 Enacted on 4 July 2011 Act of the Oireachtas Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 2 August 2020 Ministers and Secretaries Amendment Act 2011 Appointed Day Order 2011 S I No 401 of 2011 Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 8 May 2012 Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State Dail Eireann 32nd Dail Tuesday 20 June 2017 Houses of the Oireachtas Retrieved 14 January 2020 Ministers and Secretaries Amendment Act 2017 s 1 Department of Rural and Community Development No 18 of 2017 s 1 Enacted on 19 July 2017 Act of the Oireachtas Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 4 August 2020 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