Minister without Portfolio
A Minister without Portfolio is a government minister with no specific responsibilities.
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Ministers without Portfolio in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, it is a Cabinet position, and is often used to get people such as the Chairman of the Conservative Party or the Chair of the Labour Party into Cabinet meetings.
- Lord Fitzwilliam (1806-1807)
- Lord Camden (1812-1827)
- Lord Mulgrave (1819-1820)
- Lord Lansdowne (Apr-Jul 1827 and 1852-1858)
- The Duke of Portland (Jul-Sep 1827)
- Lord Carlisle (1830-1834)
- The Duke of Wellington (1841-1846)
- Lord John Russell (1853-1854)
- Spencer Horatio Walpole (1867-1868)
- Sir Michael Hicks Beach (1887-1888)
- Lord Lansdowne (1915-1916)
- Arthur Henderson (1916-1917)
- Lord Milner (1916-1918)
- Jan Smuts (1917-1919)
- Sir Edward Carson (1917-1919)
- George Barnes (1917-1920)
- Sir Eric Geddes (Jan-Oct 1919)
- Sir Laming Worthington-Evans (1920-1921)
- Christopher Addison (1921-1922)
- Lord Percy (1935-1936)
- Edward Leslie Burgin (Apr-Jul 1939)
- Lord Hankey (1939-1940)
- Arthur Greenwood (1940-1942)
- A. V. Alexander (Oct-Dec 1946)
- Viscount Mills (1961-1962)
- William Francis Deedes (1962-1964)
- Lord Carrington (1963-1964)
- Lord Young (1984-1985)
- Jeremy Hanley (1994-1995)
- Brian Mawhinney (1995-1997)
- Peter Mandelson (1997-1998)
- Charles Clarke (2001-2002)
- John Reid (2002-2003)
- Ian McCartney (2003-)
Ministers without Portfolio in Taiwan
In the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China there are several such ministers (政務委員) at one time:- Hu Sheng-cheng
- Lin Yi-fu
- Lin Sheng-fong
- Kuo Yao-chi
- Chen Chi-mai
- Lin Ferng-ching
- Fu Li-yeh