What is Foreign Secretary?
{{Infobox official post | post = {{flagicon image|Flag of the United Kingdom.svg}} <br /><hr/>Secretary of State<br /><small>for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs</small><hr/> | flag = | flagsize = | flagcaption = | insignia = Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government).svg | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = [[Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom|Royal Arms]] of [[Government of the United Kingdom|His Majesty's Government]] | image = David Lammy, 2024 (cropped).jpg | incumbent = [[David Lammy]] | incumbentsince = 5 July 2024 | department = [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] | style = Foreign Secretary<br>(informal)<br>[[The Right Honourable]]<br>(UK and Commonwealth)<br>[[Excellency|His Excellency]]<br>(international)<ref>{{cite document |title=Public List |url=https://www.un.int/protocol/sites/www.un.int/files/Protocol%20and%20Liaison%20Service/hspmfm.pdf |work=Protocol and Liaison Service |publisher=United Nations |date=24 August 2016 |access-date=10 September 2017}}</ref> | member_of = [[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]]<br>[[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]]<br>[[National Security Council (United Kingdom)|National Security Council]] (NSC) | reports_to = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|The Prime Minister]] | residence = [[Carlton House Terrace#Carlton Gardens|No. 1 Carlton Gardens]] | seat = [[Westminster]] | status = [[Great Offices of State|Great Office of State]] | appointer = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|The Crown]] | appointer_qualified = on advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] | termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure]] | formation = 27 March 1782 | first = [[Charles James Fox]] | salary = | website = [http://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/foreign-secretary www.gov.uk] | body = | constituting_instrument = }} The '''Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs''' (known as the '''Foreign Secretary''') is the [[Minister (government)|Minister]]