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secretary of state

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secretary of state

Summary

secretary of state is a position[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (712 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • secretary of state's instance of is recorded as position[3].
  • secretary of state is a type of senior government officials[4].
  • secretary of state is a type of governing body[5].
  • secretary of state is a type of public office[6].
  • secretary of state's Commons category is recorded as Secretaries of state[7].
  • secretary of state's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Secretaries of state[8].
  • secretary of state's ISCO-88 occupation class is recorded as 1110[9].
  • secretary of state's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • secretary of state's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[11].
  • secretary of state's partially coincident with is recorded as deputy minister[12].
  • secretary of state's organization directed by the office or position is recorded as government secretariat[13].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Staatssekretärin'}[14].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Secretária de Estado'}[15].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Secretaria de Estado'}[16].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': "Secretària d'Estat"}[17].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'державна секретарка'}[18].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'segretaria di Stato'}[19].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'дзяржаўная сакратарка'}[20].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'državna sekretarka'}[21].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'valstybės sekretorė'}[22].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': "secrétaire d'État"}[23].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lb', 'text': 'Staatssekretärin'}[24].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'sekretarka stanu'}[25].
  • secretary of state's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': "Secretaria d'Estáu"}[26].
  • secretary of state's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Secretário de Estado'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

secretary of state's instance of is recorded as position[3]. Recorded subclass of include senior government officials[4], governing body[5], and public office[6].

Why It Matters

secretary of state ranks in the top 8% of position entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (712 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Staatssekretärin'}, {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'Secretária de Estado'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Secretaria de Estado'} +10
    Organization directed by the office or position → government secretariat
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → senior government officials, governing body, public office
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10715, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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