List of Secretaries of State
This is a list of people who held the office of Secretary of State.
In some cases these are de facto officeholders, such as when a person served as Acting Secretary of State while there was no Secretary of State. However, almost all of these resulted in that person receiving a full appointment later, and the tenure has therefore been merged to begin on the date of the previous appointee's resignations and/or the acting SoS's appointment. In the lone case of Robert Madison, he is listed here because his tenure as Acting SoS effectively turned permanent due to Tomás Gariçéir's parental leave.
In many other cases a Secretary of State was a deputy to his predecessor and might have administered either some Clarks or the intervening general election; such an extended period is not counted in that person's tenure as the full position was not vacant. However, General Elections and Clarks conducted by a future SoS while serving as deputy or acting SoS, when immediately preceding their full tenure, are counted and marked as such.
| No. | Secretary of State | Tenure | Appointed by | Clarks conducted | Elections conducted |
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| 1 | Ian von Metairia | August 1987 - November 1990 | 29 | 6th, 7th,8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th | |
| 2 | Robert Madison | December 1990 - June 1991 | 4 | 13th | |
| 3 | Ian von Metairia | July 1991 - June 1995 | 35 | 14th, 15th,16th, 17th, 18th, 19th | |
| 4 | Weston Erni | July 1995 - February 1996 | 6 | 20th | |
| 5 | Sean Hert | March 1996 - October 1996 | 6 | 21st | |
| 6 | Evan Gallagher | November 1996 - September 1997 | 7 | 22nd, 23rd | |
| 7 | Charles Sauls | October 1997 - April 1998 | 5 | 24th | |
| 8 | Ián Anglatzarâ | May 1998 - December 1999 | 15 | 25th, 26th | |
| 9 | Sir Tamoran dal Nava | January 2000 - April 2000 | 2 | 27th | |
| 10 | Davïu Foctéir | May 2000 - March 2001 | 9 | 28th | |
| 11 | Marti-Pair Furxhéir | April 2001 - June 2004[1] | 35 | 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd | |
| 12 | Marc Moisan | 25 June 2004 - 21 September 2004[2] | ? | 2 | 33rd |
| 13 | Tomás Gariçéir | 22 September 2004 - 20 December 2004[3] | Xheralt Conâ | 3 | none |
| 14 | Robert Madison (Acting) | 20 December 2005 - 15 August 2005 | Himself | 6 | 34th (Acting) |
| 15 | Sir John Woolley | 20 August 2005 - 22 February 2007 | Fritz von Buchholtz | 12 | 35th, 36th |
| 16 | Sir Mick Preston | 22 February 2007 - 7 June 2010[4] | Baron Hooligan | 26 | 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st |
| 17 | Iustì Canun | 7 June 2010 - 8 February 2014[5] | Alexandreu Davinescu | 28 | 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th |
| 18 | Marti-Pair Furxheir | 8 February 2014 - 22 May 2018 | Glüc da Dhi | 35 | 46th (Acting), 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 51st |
| 19 | Glüc da Dhi | 22 May 2018 - 15 August 2020 | Lüc da Schir | 18 | 52nd, 53rd, 54th, 55th |
| 20 | Sir Txec Róibeard Nordselva | 15 August 2020 - 30 November 2024[6] | Dame Miestră Schivă | 33 | 56th, 57th, 58th, 59th, 60th |
| 21 | Sir Lüc da Schir | 30 November 2024 - current | Dame Miestră Schivă | 2 | none |
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- ↑ Furxhéir was appointed to allow Foctéir to focus on his studies for a period of six months; however, at the end of the agreed period, Foctéir did not return to activity and Furxhéir, who had resigned as planned, technically served as Acting Secretary of State for four months until he was officially reappointed. [1]
- ↑ Start date is approximate and appointer unknown. Moisan generally dubbed himself as Acting SoS, but there was no SoS he was deputising for.
- ↑ Gariçéir went on leave of absence on 20 December 2004, thus leaving Deputy SoS Ben Madison as Acting SoS.
- ↑ "Acting" from 22 February to his official appointment on 20 April, by virtue of serving as Deputy SoS for Sir John Woolley: https://talossa.proboards.com/thread/1466/appointment-secretary-state
- ↑ On leave since 26 November 2013; M-P Furxhéir served as Acting SoS.
- ↑ On leave for most of November 2024 preparing for accession to the throne; October 2024 Presumptive Heir referendum and November 2024 Clarks both administered by Lüc da Schir as Deputy SoS.