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Northern Ireland Office The Northern Ireland Office (NIO; ga, Oifig Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: ''Norlin Airlann Oaffis'') is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for Northern Ireland affairs. The NIO is led by the Secretary of State for No ...

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Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development 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 ...

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Secretary of State for Scotland The secretary of state for Scotland ( gd, Rùnaire Stàite na h-Alba; sco, Secretar o State fir Scotland), also referred to as the Scottish secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for ...

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Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, also referred to as the environment secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for the Department for Environment, Foo ...

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Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport The secretary of state for digital, culture, media and sport, also referred to as the culture secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department f ...

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Cherie Blair Cherie, Lady Blair, (; born 23 September 1954), also known professionally as Cherie Booth, is an English barrister and writer. She is married to the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Sir Tony Blair. Early life and education Boot ...

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Local precedence

#The Lord Lieutenant of the County: #* Lord Lieutenant for County Antrim ( David McCorkell) #* Lord Lieutenant for County Armagh ( Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon) #* Lord Lieutenant for the County Borough of Belfast (Finnouala Jay-O'Boyle) #* Lord Lieutenant for County Down (Gawn William Rowan Hamilton) #* Lord Lieutenant for County Fermanagh ( Alan Brooke, 3rd Viscount Brookeborough) #* Lord Lieutenant for the County Borough of Londonderry (Angela Garvey) #* Lord Lieutenant for County Londonderry (Alison Millar) #* Lord Lieutenant for County Tyrone (

Robert Lowry Scott Robert Lowry Scott (born 17 June 1951), is the Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of County Tyrone. There were lieutenants of counties in Ireland until the reign of James II James I ...

) #The Lord Mayor: #*The

(appointed annually) #The (Elected) Mayor #The Deputy Mayor #Councillors #Justices of the Peace #The Town Clerk

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Politics of Northern Ireland Society of Northern Ireland