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The Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs was a British Cabinet minister responsible for dealing with the
United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...
's relations with members of the
Commonwealth of Nations The Commonwealth of Nations, simply referred to as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire. The chief institutions of the organisation are the Co ...
(its former colonies). The minister's department was the Commonwealth Office. The position was created on 1 August 1966 by the merger of the old positions of Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and
Secretary of State for the Colonies The secretary of state for the colonies or colonial secretary was the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, British Cabinet government minister, minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various British Empire, colonial dependencies. Histor ...
. In 1968 the position was merged with that of
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...
to create the new position of
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs The secretary of state for foreign, Commonwealth and development affairs, known as the foreign secretary, is a minister of the Crown of the Government of the United Kingdom and head of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Seen as ...
.


Secretaries of State for Commonwealth Affairs, 1966–1968

Commonwealth Affairs Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom 1966 establishments in the United Kingdom 1968 disestablishments in the United Kingdom 1960s in the United Kingdom Ministries established in 1966 {{UK-gov-stub