Because the Office of Secretary of Defense is vested with legal powers which exceeds those of any commissioned officer, and is second only to the Office of President in the military hierarchy, it has sometimes unofficially been referred to as a de facto " deputy commander-in-chief ".

William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley ( sometimes spelled Burleigh ), KG ( 13 September 1520 – 4 August 1598 ) was an English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I for most of her reign, twice Secretary of State ( 1550 – 1553 and 1558 – 1572 ) and Lord High Treasurer from 1572.

Currently Raúl Castro — brother of former President Fidel Castro — is President of the Council of State, President of the Council of Ministers ( sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister ), First Secretary of the Communist Party, and Commander-in-Chief of the Revolutionary Armed Forces.

As a congressman Laird had supported a strong defense posture and had sometimes been critical of Secretary McNamara.

The Yalta Conference, sometimes called the Crimea Conference and codenamed the Argonaut Conference, held February 4 – 11, 1945, was the wartime meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, represented by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and General Secretary Joseph Stalin, respectively, for the purpose of discussing Europe's post-war reorganization.

Although Diamond is sometimes referred to as " highly decorated ", his only personal decoration was the Secretary of the Navy Commendation Ribbon, which later became the Navy Commendation Medal.

** Naishi-no-kami ( 尚侍 ): Chief Lady of Chamber, Emperor's Secretary in chief, sometimes informal 1st class concubine

" However, looking back across Home's career, The Times considered that his reputation rested not on his brief premiership, but on his two spells as Foreign Secretary: " He brought to the office ... his capacity for straight talking, for toughness towards the Soviet Union and for firmness ( sometimes interpreted as a lack of sympathy ) towards the countries of Africa and Asia.

The CMC is usually chaired by the General Secretary of CPC, who is supported by two to three Vice Chairmen, sometimes, but not currently, including the Minister of National Defense.

Even after the Union, there was still a Secretary of State for Scotland until 1746, though the post was sometimes vacant.

In his autobiography the American General and Secretary of State Colin Powell claims direct descent from Coote's identically named nephew Eyre Coote while he was serving as Governor of Jamaica, which has led to Powell sometimes being incorrectly referred to as a direct descendent of the elder General Coote.

Myers is sometimes cited as the youngest-ever White House Press Secretary, however Ron Ziegler, Richard Nixon's press secretary, was 29 when he assumed the role in January 1969.

At University College, Oxford, where he read Classics, he shared tutorials with Robin Butler, later Cabinet Secretary and sometimes referred to as a " pillar of the Establishment ".

Kennan responded on February 22, 1946, by sending a lengthy 5, 500-word telegram ( sometimes cited as being over 8, 000 words ) from Moscow to Secretary of State James Byrnes outlining a new strategy on how to handle diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union.

However, the term " Cabinet Secretary " is also sometimes used in a generic sense to refer to one of the members of the United States Cabinet, as these people are titled Secretary ( e. g., Secretary of State or Secretary of Defense ).

Carl Diem ( born June 24, 1882, Würzburg – December 17, 1962, Cologne ) was a German sports administrator, and as Secretary General of the Organizing Committee of the Berlin Olympic Games, the chief organizer of the 1936 Olympic Summer Games ( sometimes referred to as the " Nazi Olympics ").

She sometimes was mentioned as a possible nominee for Secretary of Defense in a Kerry administration.

Aflaq took the pre-eminent position of Amid, sometimes translated as ' doyen ' or as ' leader '; and was elected to a four-member executive committee, under the constitution adopted at the congress, this made him effective leader of the party, with sweeping powers within the organisation ; al-Bitar was elected Secretary General of the National Command.

In some countries and territories, including Hong Kong, the Philippines, the UK, and the US, holders of some posts equivalent to ministries are called secretaries of state, sometimes referred to simply as secretaries ( e. g., the Home Secretary ).

These documents formed the basis of SIOP-5 ( January 1976 ), sometimes called the Schlesinger Doctrine after Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger.

The head of the Department of the Taoiseach ( sometimes also written as the Department of An Taoiseach ) is known as the Secretary General of the Department.

* 1939 – John W. Snow, American politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury

* 1843 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War ( d. 1926 )

* 1884 – Ogden L. Mills, American businessman and politician, 50th United States Secretary of the Treasury ( d. 1937 )

* 1991 – Collapse of the Soviet Union – Mikhail Gorbachev resigns as General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.

* 1911 – Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and diplomat, 5th Secretary General of NATO ( d. 2002 )

* 1940 – William Cohen, American politician and author, 20th United States Secretary of Defense

* 1938 – Robert Rubin, American politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury

* 1940 – James Brady, American activist, 15th White House Press Secretary

* 1865 – U. S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family are attacked in his home by Lewis Powell.

* 1922 – Joseph Stalin becomes the first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

* 1969 – Vietnam War: United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird announces that the United States will start to " Vietnamize " the war effort.

* 1996 – A United States Air Force airplane carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown crashes in Croatia, killing all 35 on board.

* – both of Young's books were commissioned by the U. S. Department of Defense, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense ( Installations and Environment )

* Henry Austin Bruce-1st Baron Aberdare & Home Secretary ( 1868 – 1873 )

* 1922 – Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interior leases Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming.

* 1927 – First distance public television broadcast ( from Washington, D. C., to New York City, displaying the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover ).

* 1950 – Brian J. Doyle, American Deputy Press Secretary in the United States Department of Homeland Security

* C. I. Hamilton, " Selections from the Phinn Committee of Inquiry of October – November 1853 into the State of the Office of Secretary to the Admiralty, in The Naval Miscellany, volume V, edited by N. A. M. Rodger, ( London: Navy Records Society, London, 1984 ).

* Secretary or Company secretary – legally recognized " titled " corporate officer who reports to the Board of Directors and is responsible for keeping the records of the Board and the company.

* Secretary-Treasurer – in many cases, the offices of Secretary and Treasurer are held by the same person.

Attlee was Lord Privy Seal ( 1940 – 42 ), Deputy Prime Minister ( 1942 – 45 ), Dominions Secretary ( 1942 – 43 ), and Lord President of the Council ( 1943 – 45 ).