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{{Short description|Senior ministerial office of the United Kingdom}} {{Infobox official post | post = {{small|[[United Kingdom]]}} <br/> First Secretary of State | body = the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | flag = | flagsize = | flagcaption = | insignia = Coat of arms of the United Kingdom (2022, lesser arms).svg | insigniacaption = [[Royal arms of the United Kingdom|Royal Arms]] of [[Government of the United Kingdom|His Majesty's Government]] | image = | status = | incumbent = Vacant | incumbentsince = 15 September 2021 | department = [[Government of the United Kingdom]] | style = [[The Right Honourable]] (formal)<br>[[Excellency|His/Her Excellency]] (diplomatic) | residence = ''None, may use [[grace and favour]] residences'' | nominator = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] | reports_to = [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] | seat = | appointer = [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|The King]] (on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]]) | termlength = [[At His Majesty's pleasure]] | member_of = {{ubl|[[Cabinet of the United Kingdom|Cabinet]] |[[Privy Council of the United Kingdom|Privy Council]]||[[National Security Council (United Kingdom)|National Security Council]]}} | inaugural = [[Rab Butler]] | formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1962|7|13}} | salary = Β£153,022 per annum<br>(including Β£81,932 MP salary)<ref>{{cite web |title=Salaries of Members of Her Majesty's Government from 1st April 2019 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/811042/Salaries_of_Members_of_Her_Majesty_s_Government_April_2019.pdf |access-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710181627/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/811042/Salaries_of_Members_of_Her_Majesty_s_Government_April_2019.pdf |archive-date=10 July 2021 |language=English |date=1 April 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> (2019) | website = }} {{uk-gov-positions}} {{PoliticsUK}}'''First Secretary of State''' is an office that is sometimes held by a [[minister of the Crown]] in the [[Government of the United Kingdom]]. The office indicates seniority,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010|title=The Cabinet Manual|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/60641/cabinet-manual.pdf|access-date=3 June 2021|website=[[gov.uk]]|at=3.12}}</ref> including over all other [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|secretaries of state]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Nicholas|last=Watt|date=8 May 2015|title=George Osborne made first secretary of state in cabinet reshuffle|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/may/08/george-osborne-made-first-secretary-of-state-in-cabinet-reshuffle|access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> The office is not always in use, so there have sometimes been extended gaps between successive holders. The office frequently serves the same political functions as that of [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Deputy Prime Minister]], and while there have been occasions when the two titles have existed at the same time, Prime Ministers historically have tended to designate one or the other (or neither). The office is currently vacant. The most recent person to hold the title was [[Dominic Raab]] from 2019 to 2021, which ended when the title was swapped for Deputy Prime Minister instead in 2022.
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