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A minister without portfolio is a
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without specific responsibility as head of a
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. The
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is particularly common in countries ruled by
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governments and a cabinet with decision-making authority wherein ministers without portfolio, while they may not head any particular offices or ministries, may still receive a ministerial salary and have the right to cast a vote in cabinet decisions. The office may also exist to be given to party leaders whose offices (such as a
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) would not otherwise enable them to sit in Cabinet.


Albania

In Albania, a ''"Minister without portfolio"'' is considered a member of the government who is generally not in charge of a special department, does not have headquarters or offices and usually does not have administration or staff. This post was first introduced in 1918 during the Përmeti II government, otherwise known as the Government of Durrës. The members of this cabinet were referred to as ''Delegatë pa portofol'' (delegate without portfolio). The name "minister" was used two years later, during the
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of Sulejman Delvina. In the 1990s it was common the usage of the name ''Sekretar Shteti'' (Secretary of State) to refer to such a position. Mostly these roles were given to smaller allies by the leading parties. Nowadays the name ''Ministër i Shtetit'' (State Minister or Minister of State) is used.


Australia

Willie Kelly was given the title in the Cook Ministry from June 1913 to September 1914. Stanley Bruce was given the title of minister without portfolio when he took up his position in 1932 as the Commonwealth Minister in London. He was given the title by Lyons' Cabinet so that he could better represent the PM and his colleagues free from the limitations of a portfolio. In this case the title was a promotion and carried considerable responsibilities.


Bangladesh

Bangladesh appoints ministers without portfolio during cabinet reshuffles or fresh appointments. Ministers are not usually appointed without portfolio as a coalition negotiation – all long run ministers end up with a portfolio.
Suranjit Sengupta Suranjit Sengupta (5 May 1945 – 5 February 2017) was a Bangladesh Awami League politician. He resigned in 2012 as the first Railway Minister of Bangladesh. He was the member of parliament from Sunamganj-2 constituency in the Jatiya Sangsad ...
was a minister without portfolio in Sheikh Hasina's second government. The most recent minister without portfolio is from the Interim government of Bangladesh, Mahfuz Alam who is also an
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to the chief adviser


Bulgaria

* Bozhidar Dimitrov (2009–2011)


Brazil

The
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determines that the
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(and also other bodies headed by a
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) are provided for by law, so the
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has less freedom to create and reformulate portfolios as it happens in other cabinets.


Extraordinary minister

During the brief parliamentary experience, the position of "''Extraordinary Minister''" was instituted to provide for political and administrative affairs within the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, it was equivalent in prerogatives, advantages and salaries to a Minister of State. There were no nominations after the return to presidentialism, but a 1964 law created an "''Extraordinary Ministry''" to coordinate some related bodies that would be equivalent to a
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. The reorganization of federal public administration in 1967 provided for the appointment of up to four Extraordinary Ministers to perform temporary duties of a relevant nature. Currently, the legislation requires that the Coordinator of the Government Transition Cabinet (the team of the candidate elected to the office of President of the Republic) be appointed as an Extraordinary Minister if the nominee is a
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or a Federal Deputy. In 2018, then President
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issued a provisional measure creating an "''Extraordinary Ministry of Public Security''", it became a common ministry after National Congress converted the provisional measure into law.


Canada

While the minister without portfolio is seen by some as a mere
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appointment, it has been a role that numerous political notables have played over time, including future Prime Minister
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, who filled the role in a Pearson cabinet in the 1960s; John Turner also "kept a seat warm" in a Pearson cabinet. Notable Conservatives who filled the role include R. B. Bennett, and Arthur Meighen; however, Meighen served this role after he had been prime minister. The title of minister without portfolio has been used off and on; in recent times, though, the title has fallen out of favour, and the penultimate minister without portfolio, Gilles Lamontagne, was promoted to postmaster general in 1978. The practice has continued primarily under the guise of
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without responsibilities in the ministers' titles. The position has also been filled on the federal or provincial level by experienced politicians near the end of their careers as a way of allowing them to counsel the government and take on projects without the burdens associated with administering a government department. In January 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Jim Carr as a minister without portfolio, in addition to his role as special representative to the Prairies. Carr had previously served as a cabinet minister until November 2019, leaving as a consequence of his diagnosis with
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.


China

A state councillor () is similar to ministers without portfolio. The 14th state councillors from 2023 are: * Li Shangfu (former) * Wang Xiaohong * Wu Zhenglong *
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* Qin Gang (former)


Croatia

* Dragutin Kalogjera (1990) * Zvonimir Medvedović (1990) * Gojko Šušak (1990–1991) * Zdravko Mršić (1990–1991) * Dražen Budiša (1991–1992) * Ivan Cesar (1991–1992) * Ivica Crnić (1992) * Darko Čargonja (1992) * Živko Juzbašić (1991–1992) * Mladen Vedriš (1992) * Vladimir Veselica (1991) * Muhamed Zulić (1991–1992) * Zvonimir Baletić (1991–1992) * Slavko Degoricija (1991) * Stjepan Zdunić (1991) * Čedomir Pavlović (1992–1993) * Smiljko Sokol (1992–1993) *
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(1993–1995) – Prime Minister (1995–2000) * Juraj Njavro (1993–1997) * Ivan Majdak (1993–1995) * Marijan Petrović (1995) * Adalbert Rebić (1995) * Davor Štern (1995) * Branko Močibob (1995–1997) * Gordana Sobol (2002–2003) * Bianca Matković (2009–2011) * Goran Marić (2016)


Deputy Prime Ministers without portfolio

* Bernardo Jurlina (1990–1991) * Mate Babić (1990) * Milan Ramljak (1990–1992) * Franjo Gregurić (1990–1991) – Prime Minister (1991–1992) * Mate Granić (1991–1993) – Minister of Foreign Affairs (1993–2000) * Jurica Pavelić (1991–1992) * Zdravko Tomac (1991–1992) * Ivan Milas (1992–1993) * Vladimir Šeks (1992–1994) * Mladen Vedriš (1992–1993) * Ivica Kostović (1993–1995) * Bosiljko Mišetić (1995) * Borislav Škegro (1993–1997) * Ljerka Mintas Hodak (1995–1998) * Željka Antunović (2000–2002) * Slavko Linić (2000–2003) * Goran Granić (2000–2002) * Ante Simonić (2002–2003) * Damir Polančec (2005–2008) * Đurđa Adlešić (2008–2010) *
Slobodan Uzelac Slobodan Uzelac ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Узелац; born 9 August 1947) is a Croatian Serb politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia for Regional Development, Reconstruction and Return in the second cabinet of Prime Minis ...
(2008–2011) * Domagoj Ivan Milošević (2010–2011) * Tomislav Karamarko (2016) *
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(2016) – Speaker of Parliament (2016–2017) * Boris Milošević (2020–2022) * Anja Šimpraga (2022–present)


Denmark

Three "control ministers" served as ministers without portfolio during
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. After the Liberation of Denmark in May 1945, the first Danish cabinet included four ministers without portfolio. Among these were Danish ambassador to the U.S. Henrik Kauffmann, who had conducted his own foreign policy throughout the war and refused to follow orders from Copenhagen as long as Denmark remained occupied by a foreign power. Kauffmann served in this capacity from 12 May to 7 November 1945. The three other holders of this title had joined the cabinet a few days before – Aksel Larsen ( Communist Party of Denmark), Kr. Juul Christensen (
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) and
Frode Jakobsen Frode Jakobsen (21 December 1906 – 15 June 1997), was a Danish writer and politician who is remembered for his contribution to Danish resistance activities during the German occupation of Denmark in the Second World War. He established and ran ...
(
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). Lise Østergaard held a position as minister without portfolio with special attention to foreign policy issues in Anker Jørgensen's cabinet from 26 February 1977 to 28 February 1980.
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appointed Bertel Haarder as minister without portfolio, but effectively Minister for European Affairs. Haarder served in this capacity from 27 November 2001 to 18 February 2005. The reason for appointing a minister without a ministry was the Danish European Union Presidency of 2002. Haarder was considered the most experienced Danish politician on European affairs.


Estonia

* Jaan Tõnisson (1918) (provisional government) * Karl Ast (1924–1925) * Juhan Kaarlimäe (1944) * Johannes Sikkar (1952–1953) ( in exile) * Artur Terras (1952–1953) (in exile) * Aksel Mark (1956–1962) (in exile) * Arvo Horm (1956–1964) (in exile) * Peeter Panksep (1956–1964) (in exile) * Eduard Leetmaa (1959–1962) (in exile; appointed, but did not enter office) * Ivar Grünthal (1962–1964) (in exile) * Renate Kaasik (1971–1990) (in exile) *
Verner Hans Puurand Verner Hans Puurand (until 1938 Puurmann; 14 September 1904 – 12 June 1983) was an Estonian Naval officer and politician. From 1973 to 1977 he was a minister of Estonian government-in-exile. He was born in Tapa parish, Estonia. In 1928 he gradu ...
(1973–1977) (in exile) * Jaan Timusk (1973–1990) (in exile) * Ants Pallop (1973–1992) (in exile) * Arvo Horm (1977–1992) (in exile) * Ivar Paljak (1985–1990) (in exile) * Olev Olesk (1986–1990) (in exile) * Endel Lippmaa (1990–1991) (interim government) *Artur Kuznetsov (1990–1991) (interim government) * Klara Hallik (1992) (interim government) * Arvo Niitenberg (1992) (interim government) * Jüri Luik (1992–1993) * Peeter Olesk (1993–1994) * Eiki Nestor (1994–1995) * Arvo Niitenberg (1994–1995) * Ants Leemets (1995) * Jaak Allik (1995–1996) * Endel Lippmaa (1995–1996) * Tiit Kubri (1995–1997) * Riivo Sinijärv (1996) * Andra Veidemann (1996–1999) * Peep Aru (1997–1999) * Katrin Saks (1999–2003) * Toivo Asmer (1999–2003) * Eldar Efendijev (2002–2003) * Paul-Eerik Rummo (2003–2007) * Jaan Õunapuu (2003–2007) * Urve Palo (2007–2009) * Urmas Kruuse (2014) * Anne Sulling (2014)


Finland

Minister without portfolio is not a common type of cabinet position, and the last minister without portfolio served in 1949. The most famous one was Juho Kusti Paasikivi, who was a part of the "Triumvirate" of Prime Minister
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, Minister of Foreign Affairs Väinö Tanner and Paasikivi during the
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and the year 1940. * Mikko Luopajärvi ( Agrarian Union) 17.4.1919 – 15.8.1919 ( Kaarlo Castren Cabinet), 15.8.1919 – 5.1.1920 ( Vennola I Cabinet) * Kalle Aukusti Lohi ( Agrarian Union) 31.3.1925 – 31.12.1925 ( Tulenheimo Cabinet) * Matti Paasivuori ( Social Democratic Party) 13.12.1926 – 15.11.1927 ( Tanner Cabinet) * Kalle Jutila ( Agrarian Union) 17.12.1927 – 16.10.1928 ( Sunila I Cabinet) * Juhani Leppälä ( Agrarian Union) 16.8.1929 – 27.8.1929 ( Kallio III Cabinet) * Eljas Erkko ( Progressive Party) 20.10.1932 – 25.11.1932 ( Sunila II Cabinet) * Ernst von Born ( Swedish People's Party) 13.10.1939 – 1.12.1939 ( Cajander III Cabinet) * Juho Kusti Paasikivi (Unaffiliated/No party) 1.12.1939 – 27.3.1940 ( Ryti I Cabinet) * Mauno Pekkala ( Social Democratic Party) 17.11.1944 – 24.11.1944 ( Paasikivi II Cabinet) * Hertta Kuusinen ( Finnish People's Democratic Party) 26.5.1948 – 4.6.1948 ( Pekkala Cabinet) * Aleksi Aaltonen ( Social Democratic Party) 29.7.1948 – 30.7.1948 ( Fagerholm I Cabinet) * Unto Varjonen ( Social Democratic Party) 29.7.1949 – 19.8.1949 ( Fagerholm I Cabinet)


Germany

*
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(1933) * Ernst Röhm (1933) *
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(1933–1941) * Arthur Seyss-Inquart (1939–1945) *
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(1939–1943) *
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(1941–1945) Since 1949, a Federal Minister for Special Affairs (''Bundesminister für besondere Aufgaben'') is a member of the
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that does not have charge of a Federal Ministry, although the ministry is now commonly assigned to the
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to give this important government functionary cabinet-rank. The ministry was first created in October 1953 to give a ministry level position to Franz Josef Strauss, but has been used almost exclusively for the Head of the Federal Chancellery since the 1960s. A notable exception occurred in the course of
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when four members of East Germany's last government were made "Minister for Special Affairs" from October 3, 1990, to January 1991.


Greece

The position of a Minister without portfolio was first created in 1918, with Emmanouil Repoulis being the first Minister without portfolio. Previously, the term had been used to describe Prime Ministers who had not undertaken any secondary Ministerial position (e.g.
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). Prominent politicians like
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, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos,
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and Spyros Markezinis served as Ministers without portfolio during their career, while novelist Nikos Kazantzakis had a brief, 46-day-long tenure as Minister without portfolio in Sofoulis' 1945 cabinet. In 1991, the position was renamed to
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; the last person to be designated Minister without portfolio and simultaneously the first Minister of State, is
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.


Hungary

* Zsolt Semjén (2010–present) * Tamás Fellegi (2011–2012)


India

* C. Rajagopalachari, N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar and V.K. Krishna Menon1st Nehru government * T.T. Krishnamachari and
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2nd Nehru Government *
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and Murasoli Maran3rd Vajpayee government * K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Natwar Singh1st Manmohan Singh government


Indonesia

Since the inception of the state, Indonesia had ministers without portfolio, usually given the title ''Menteri Negara'' ('State Minister'). The number was not fixed, entirely depended on the behest of the President. Although not explicitly forbidden, Law No. 39/2008 on State Ministries mandated that a ministry must have specific function and responsibilities and also must have minimum number of directorates and other ministerial apparatuses, thus formation of minister without portfolio is currently unlikely in post-Reformation Indonesia. Below is the list of ministers without portfolio that ever existed in Indonesian history.


Presidential Cabinet (19 August – 14 November 1945)

* Mohammad Amir * Sartono * Alexander Andries Maramis * Oto Iskandar di Nata


First Sjahrir Cabinet (11 November 1945 – 28 February 1946)

* Rasjidi (on religious affairs)


Third Sjahrir Cabinet (5 October 1946 – 27 July 1947)

* Hamengkubuwono IX * Wahid Hasyim * Wikana (on youth affairs) * Soedarsono * Tan Po Goan (on Chinese affairs) * Danoedirdja Setiaboedi


Sixth Development Cabinet (6 June – 1 October 1997)

The cabinet was unique, with President
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moved the Minister of Information Harmoko to the office of State Minister of Special Affairs () on 6 June 1997. The Ministry of Special Affairs was dissolved on 1 October 1997, following the inauguration of next-term's
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and the appointment of Harmoko as its speaker.


Ireland

The Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 1939 allows a Minister to be a member of the
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who does not have charge of a Department of State, such a person to be known as a "Minister without portfolio". Such a minister may be given a specific style or title. The only substantive minister without portfolio has been
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, the Minister for the Co-ordination of Defensive Measures during
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. By the Emergency Powers Act 1939 then in force, the Minister for Defence was able to delegate some competences to him. On a number of occasions a minister has been appointed to an incoming government with the title of a new Department of State. Between the date of appointment and the date of creation of the department, such a minister is formally a minister without portfolio. When
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took six months'
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on 28 April 2021, her portfolio as Minister for Justice was reassigned to Heather Humphreys, in addition to Humphreys's existing portfolio as Minister for Social Protection and Minister for Rural and Community Development. McEntee remained a member of the coalition government as minister without portfolio, and was reassigned to the Department of Justice on 1 November 2021. On 25 November 2022, Heather Humphreys was again appointed as Minister for Justice to facilitate a second period of six months' maternity leave from December.


Israel

It is common practice in Israel to appoint ministers without portfolio as part of the coalition negotiations, as it allows small coalition partners a seat at the cabinet table. All cabinets in recent years have had at least some such appointment. The Governance Law passed in 2013 forbade ministers without portfolio effectively ending the practice, however in spite of some objections, after the 2015 elections this issue was revisited in the Knesset and it was allowed for the practice to resume. The full alphabetical list of ministers without portfolio since 1949 is: * Mansour Abbas (2021–2022) * Ofir Akunis (2015) * Yosef Almogi (1961–62) * Shulamit Aloni (1974, 1993) * Yehuda Amital (1995–96) * Shaul Amor (1999) * Zalman Aran (1954–55) *
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(1984–86, 1987–88) * Eli Avidar (2021–2022) * Ruhama Avraham (2007–08) * Ami Ayalon (2007–08) * Yisrael Barzilai (1969–70) * Benny Begin (2009–13, 2015) *
Menachem Begin Menachem Begin ( ''Menaḥem Begin'', ; (Polish documents, 1931–1937); ; 16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician, founder of both Herut and Likud and the prime minister of Israel. Before the creation of the state of Isra ...
(1967–70) * Mordechai Ben-Porat (1982–84) * Yosef Burg (1984) * Eitan Cabel (2006–07) * Ra'anan Cohen (2001–02) * Yitzhak Cohen (2006–08) *
Aryeh Deri Aryeh Makhlouf Deri (; ), also Arie Deri, Arye Deri, or Arieh Deri (born 17 February 1959), is an Israeli politician and one of the founders of the Shas political party who served as the Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Health, and Minister ...
(1993) * Aryeh Dolchin (1969–70) * Sarah Doron (1983–84) *
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(1959–60) * Rafael Edri (1988–90) * Yaakov Edri (2006–07) *
Effi Eitam Efraim "Effi" Eitam (; born 25 July 1952) is an Israeli brigadier general, former commander of the 91st Division, and politician. A former leader of the National Religious Party, he later led a breakaway faction, Ahi, which merged into Likud ...
(2002) * Gadi Eizenkot (2023–2024) *
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(1966–67, 1969–77) *
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(2023–2024) * Akiva Govrin (1963–64) * Mordechai Gur (1988–90) * Gideon Hausner (1974–77) *
Tzachi Hanegbi Tzachi Hanegbi (; born 26 February 1957) is an Israeli politician and national security expert serving as Israel's National Security Advisor. A member of Likud, Hanegbi previously served as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mini ...
(2016, 2020) * Yigal Hurvitz (1984–88) * Haim Landau (1978–79) *
Pinhas Lavon Pinhas Lavon (; 12 July 190424 January 1976) was an Israeli politician, minister and labor leader, best known for the Lavon Affair. Early life Lavon was born Pinhas Lubianiker in the small city of Kopychyntsi in the Galicia region of Austria ...
(1952–54) * David Levy (2002) * Yitzhak Levy (2002) *
Tzipi Livni Tziporah Malka "Tzipi" Livni (, ; born 8 July 1958) is an Israeli politician, diplomat and lawyer. A former member of the Knesset and leader in the center-left political camp, Livni is a former Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel), foreign mini ...
(2001–02) * David Magen (1990) * Raleb Majadele (2007) * Dan Meridor (2001–03) * Yitzhak Moda'i (1981–82, 1986–88) *
Shaul Mofaz Shaul Mofaz (; 4 November 1948) is a retired Israeli military officer and politician. He joined the Israel Defense Forces in 1966 and served in the Paratroopers Brigade. He fought in the Six-Day War, Yom Kippur War, 1982 Lebanon War, and Operati ...
(2012) * Peretz Naftali (1951–52, 1955–59) * Meshulam Nahari (2006–13) * Dan Naveh (2001–03) * Moshe Nissim (1978–80, 1988–90) *
Ehud Olmert Ehud Olmert (; , ; born 30 September 1945) is an Israeli politician and lawyer who served as the prime minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009. The son of a former Herut politician, Olmert was first elected to the Knesset for Likud in 1973, at th ...
(1988–90) * Yossi Peled (2009) *
Shimon Peres Shimon Peres ( ; ; born Szymon Perski, ; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the president of Israel from 2007 t ...
(1969) * Yitzhak Peretz (1984, 1987–88) * Haim Ramon (2005) * Gideon Sa'ar (2023–2024) * Pinchas Sapir (1968–69) * Yosef Sapir (1967–69) * Avner Shaki (1988–90) * Yosef Shapira (1984–88) *
Ariel Sharon Ariel Sharon ( ; also known by his diminutive Arik, ; 26 February 192811 January 2014) was an Israeli general and politician who served as the prime minister of Israel from March 2001 until April 2006. Born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestin ...
(1983–84) * Yifat Shasha-Biton (2023–2024) * Victor Shem-Tov (1969–70) * Salah Tarif (2001–02) * Hili Tropper (2023–2024) *
Ezer Weizman Ezer Weizman (, ; 15 June 1924 – 24 April 2005) was an Israeli major general and politician who served as the president of Israel, first elected in 1993 and re-elected in 1998. Before the presidency, Weizman was commander of the Israeli Air ...
(1984–88) *
Dov Yosef Dov Joseph (; 27 May 1899 – 7 January 1980) was an Israeli statesman. During the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, he was in charge of Jerusalem. He later held ministerial positions in nine Israeli governments. Biography Bernard Joseph (later Dov J ...
(1952–53) * Rehavam Ze'evi (1991–92)


Italy


Japan

In Japan, is not defined by law. The does not forbid ministers who do not serve any ministries, establishing the existence of minister without portfolio. There are two meanings of minister without portfolio in Japan: The broader sense is a minister who is neither
Prime Minister of Japan The is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Japan Self-Defense Force ...
or ministers of
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, while the narrower sense is further from the broader sense - which specifically refers to ministers without ministries and certain titles such as
Chair of the National Public Safety Commission The is a member of the Cabinet of Japan and is the presiding officer of the National Public Safety Commission (Japan), National Public Safety Commission, which is the parent agency of the National Police Agency (Japan), National Police Agency. T ...
, Chief Cabinet Secretary, or Minister of State for Special Missions ( ja). In Japan, a minister without portfolio usually refers to the narrower sense. There has not been minister without portfolio since Takashi Sasagawa of the Mori Cabinet in 2001. Most ministers without serving ministries in a cabinet will be Ministers of State for Special Missions in practice.


Kenya

In
Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...
, ministers without portfolio are not common. However three individuals have held the position in the country's history. They are: * Chunilal Madan (1956–1957) He was the first Kenyan minister with Asian descent and also country's first minister without portfolio. He was appointed to oversee Kenya's Colonial government operations prior to being appointed as a judge in the country's
Supreme court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...
in 1957. * Raphael Tuju (2018–2022). He was appointed by
Uhuru Kenyatta Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta ( born 26 October 1961) is a Kenyan politician who served as the fourth president of Kenya from 2013 to 2022. The son of Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya's first president, he previously served as Prime Minister of Kenya, Deputy Pri ...
to oversee government operations in his second term of presidency. * Cleophas Wakhungu Malala (2023-to 2024). He was appointed as the secretary general of the ruling party UDA to oversee the operations of the ruling party and push the hustler agenda for the next five years. Malala was however unceremoniously fired by UDA for sympathizing with former deputy president, Rigathi Gachagua.


Malta

* Carmelo Abela (2020–2022) * Joe Mizzi (1996–1998) * Konrad Mizzi (2016–2017) On April 28, 2016, following the appearance of his name in the
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leaks, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced in a press conference at the Auberge de Castille that Konrad Mizzi was to be removed from the position of Health and Energy Minister. Mizzi would however retain the title of minister without portfolio, working within the Office of the Prime Minister.


Nepal

Ram Sharan Mahat.


Netherlands

A minister without portfolio in the Netherlands is a minister that does not head a specific ministry, but assumes the same power and responsibilities as a minister that does. The minister is responsible for a specific part of another minister's policy field. In that sense, a minister without portfolio is comparable to a '' staatssecretaris'' (state secretary or junior minister) in Dutch politics, who also falls under another ministry and is responsible for a specific part of that minister's policy field. However, one distinct difference is that a minister without portfolio is a member of the
council of ministers Council of Ministers is a traditional name given to the supreme Executive (government), executive organ in some governments. It is usually equivalent to the term Cabinet (government), cabinet. The term Council of State is a similar name that also m ...
and can vote in it, whereas a state secretary is not. The minister for development cooperation has always been a minister without portfolio. In the second Balkenende cabinet there were three ministers without portfolio: Agnes van Ardenne (Development Cooperation), Rita Verdonk (Integration and Immigration) and Alexander Pechtold (Government Reform and Kingdom Relations). In the
fourth Balkenende cabinet The fourth Balkenende cabinet was the Executive (government), executive branch of the Politics of the Netherlands, Government of the Netherlands from 22 February 2007 until 14 October 2010. The Cabinet of the Netherlands, cabinet was formed by ...
there were three ministers without portfolio: Eberhard van der Laan (Housing, Neighbourhoods and Integration), Bert Koenders (Development Cooperation) and André Rouvoet, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Youth and Family. The second Rutte cabinet had two ministers without portfolio: Stef Blok (Housing and the Central Government Sector) and Lilianne Ploumen (Development Cooperation). The third Rutte cabinet had four ministers without portfolio: Sigrid Kaag (Development Cooperation), Sander Dekker (Legal Protection), Martin van Rijn (Medical Care), and Arie Slob (Primary and Secondary Education and Media). The fourth Rutte cabinet has eight ministers without portfolio: Carola Schouten (Poverty, Participation and Pensions), Liesje Schreinemacher (Development Cooperation), Rob Jetten (Climate and Energy), Conny Helder (Long-Term healthcare and Sport), Christianne van der Wal (Nature and Nitrogen reduction), Franc Weerwind (Legal Protection), Hugo de Jonge (Housing and Urban Development), and Dennis Wiersma (Primary and Secondary Education and Media).


New Zealand

In the First Labour Government from 1935 Mark Fagan was a "minister without portfolio" from 1935 to 1939, as was David Wilson from 1939 to 1949. They were appointed to the
upper house An upper house is one of two Legislative chamber, chambers of a bicameralism, bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted p ...
and made a "minister without portfolio" to add them to the cabinet although neither were elected to a seat in Parliament. In the Third National Government, Keith Holyoake was made a Minister of State 1975–77 after he had retired as party leader, and in the Fourth National Government Robin Gray was made a Minister of State 1993–96 after he was replaced as Speaker (though he was also Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs). Both appointments were considered sinecures to avoid their return as '
backbencher In Westminster system, Westminster and other parliamentary systems, a backbencher is a member of parliament (MP) or a legislator who occupies no Minister (government), governmental office and is not a Frontbencher, frontbench spokesperson ...
s'. The following were appointed to the Executive Council as ministers without portfolio. ;Key
†: Died in office


North Macedonia

As of 2017, ministers without portfolio (министер без ресор) are: * Ramiz Merko * Edmond Ademi * Robert Popovski * Zoran Sapurik * Zorica Apostolovska * Adnan Kahil * Samka Ibraimovski


Norway

From 2009 to 2013 Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (Labour) was a Minister without Portfolio and Chief of Staff in the Prime Ministers Office, where his job was to co-ordinate within government.


Philippines

During the
Japanese Occupation of the Philippines The Japanese occupation of the Philippines (Filipino language, Filipino: ''Pananakop ng mga Hapones sa Pilipinas''; ) occurred between 1942 and 1945, when the Empire of Japan, Japanese Empire occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during Wo ...
, then-Senate President
Manuel Roxas Manuel Acuña Roxas (; January 1, 1892 – April 15, 1948) was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the fifth president of the Philippines from 1946 until his death in 1948. He served briefly as the third and last President of the ...
was appointed minister without portfolio by the Japanese Government.


Poland

In Poland, the term is used for a minister who is a member of the
Council of Ministers Council of Ministers is a traditional name given to the supreme Executive (government), executive organ in some governments. It is usually equivalent to the term Cabinet (government), cabinet. The term Council of State is a similar name that also m ...
but does not head a government department and is not supported by a ministry. A minister without portfolio performs tasks determined by the
prime minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...
. Since the enactment of the 1997 Constitution, this option has been provided for in Article 149(1).


Portugal

Following the
Carnation Revolution The Carnation Revolution (), code-named Operation Historic Turn (), also known as the 25 April (), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Portugal. The coup produced major socia ...
, several politicians were made ministers without portfolio: *
Álvaro Cunhal Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal (; 10 November 1913 – 13 June 2005) was a Portuguese communist revolutionary and politician. He was one of the major opponents of the dictatorial regime of the '' Estado Novo''. He served as secretary-general of the P ...
(1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th provisional government) *
Ernesto Melo Antunes Ernesto Augusto de Melo Antunes junior, Order of Liberty, GCL (Lisbon, 2 October 1933 – 10 August 1999) was a Portugal, Portuguese military officer who had a major role in the Carnation Revolution of 25 April 1974. Background Melo Antunes was ...
(2nd, 3rd provisional government) * Francisco Pereira de Moura (1st, 4th provisional government) * Francisco Sá Carneiro (1st provisional government) *
Joaquim Magalhães Mota Joaquim Jorge de Magalhães Saraiva da Mota (November 17, 1935 in Santarém, São Salvador – September 26, 2007 in Lisbon) was a Portuguese lawyer and politician. Background He was a son of Elói do Nascimento Saraiva da Mota (July 2, 190 ...
(2nd, 3rd, 4th provisional government) * Jorge Campinos (1st constitutional government) *
Mário Soares Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares (; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portugal, Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the List of Presidents of P ...
(4th provisional government) * Vítor Alves (2nd, 3rd provisional government) After the 1st Constitutional Government (1976–1978), there haven't been any appointments of ministers without portfolio. A similar but not sinecural cabinet position, that of Minister Adjunct (''ministro adjunto''), who does not head a particular ministry but is instead tasked with the general interministerial measures found in the government programme, has been created in some Portuguese governments.


Serbia

From 2007 to 2008, Dragan Đilas was a "minister without portfolio" in charge of the National Investment Plan. * Milan Krkobabić (2016) * Slavica Đukić Dejanović (2017) * Nenad Popović (2017)


Singapore

In Singapore, the appointment holder is known as a 'Minister in the Prime Minister's Office'.


Spain

In Spain, in addition to the Ministers in charge of a Department, there may be Ministers without a portfolio, who will be responsible for certain government functions. In the event that there are Ministers without a portfolio, the scope of their powers, the administrative structure, as well as the material and personal resources attached to it will be determined by
Royal Decree A decree is a legal proclamation, usually issued by a head of state, judge, royal figure, or other relevant authorities, according to certain procedures. These procedures are usually defined by the constitution, Legislative laws, or customary l ...
.


Sweden

* Dag Hammarskjöld (1951–1953). *
Olof Palme Sven Olof Joachim Palme (; ; 30 January 1927 – 28 February 1986) was a Swedish politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1969 to 1976 and 1982 to 1986. Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until as ...
(1963–1965).


Taiwan

Article 5 of the Organizational Act of the Executive Yuan () allows the
Executive Yuan The Executive Yuan () is the executive (government), executive branch of the government of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Under the Additional Articles of the Constitution of the Republic of China, amended constitution, the head of the Execut ...
of the
Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
to appoint seven to nine Ministers without Portfolio (). According to the article, they can also serve ministers of councils or commissions in the Executive Yuan. , they are: * Chen Shih-chung * Liu Chin-ching, also serving as Minister of National Development * Wu Cheng-wen, also serving as Minister of Science and Technology * Chen Chin-de, also serving as Minister of Public Construction * Yang Jen-ni * Chi Lien-cheng * Shih Che * Lin Ming-hsin


Tanzania

President
Jakaya Kikwete Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born 7 October 1950) is a Tanzanian politician who was the List of Presidents of Tanzania, fourth president of Tanzania, in office from 2005 to 2015. Prior to his election as president, he was the Ministry of Foreign Aff ...
appointed Professor Mark Mwandosya as a minister without portfolio in 2012.


Uganda

Since 2015, the cabinet list has included a minister without portfolio: * Abraham Byandala – 2015 until 2016 * Abdul Nadduli – 2016 to 2019 * Kirunda Kivejinja – 2019 to 2021


United Kingdom


United States

The Vice President of the United States is a member of the Cabinet but heads no department. As such, the Vice President may be assigned to policy areas of the President's choosing such as foreign diplomacy (
Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...
), space programs (
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) or public health (
Mike Pence Michael Richard Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Repub ...
). Prior to the mid-19th century, the Vice President's position as
President of the Senate President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate. It corresponds to the Speaker (politics), speaker in some other assemblies. The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's Order of succession, succes ...
caused the office to be seen as primarily legislative in nature, and as such they were not assigned to deal with public policy. Cabinet of the United States#Cabinet-level officials, Cabinet-level officials are president-designated additional members of the Cabinet, which can vary under each president. Most of them head no department, and some of them are not officers of the United States. For example, the Office of Management and Budget, Director of the Office of Management and Budget is the head of the Office of Management and Budget, which is an office within a department, namely the Executive Office of the President of the United States headed by the White House Chief of Staff. Similar situations apply (or applied) for the Council of Economic Advisers, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, the Office of the United States Trade Representative, Trade Representative, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, National Security Advisor (United States), National Security Advisor, Office of National Drug Control Policy, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. An individual who has great influence on government affairs without holding formal office might be described as a "minister without portfolio". Such an appellation is completely unofficial (possibly intended jokingly or disparagingly) and merely serves to underscore the extent of the individual's already-existing influence; it does not grant any new influence or power. Examples include Bernard Baruch, Arthur Burns, and Ivanka Trump. Herbert Hoover, the Secretary of Commerce of the United States, Secretary of Commerce under presidents Warren G. Harding, Harding and Calvin Coolidge, Coolidge, took the position on the understanding that he would have input on all matters pertaining to the economy. He used this concession so eagerly that Treasury official Seymour Parker Gilbert, S. Parker Gilbert dubbed him "Under-Secretary of all other departments."


Vietnam

In the first Provisional government, government of the North Vietnam, Democratic Republic of Vietnam founded by Ho Chi Minh, Hồ Chí Minh after the August Revolution in September 1945, Huy Cận, Cù Huy Cận and :vi:Nguyễn Văn Xuân (học giả), Nguyễn Văn Xuân were assigned the "Minister without Portfolio" positions. In January 1946, the ":vi:Chính phủ Liên hiệp Lâm thời Việt Nam Dân chủ Cộng hòa, Provisional Coalition Government" was installed, and Nguyen Van Xuan retained the post of Minister without Portfolio while Cu Huy Can was elevated to the Ministry of Agriculture. From November 1946 to early 1955, the Viet Minh (and later the Communist Party of Vietnam, Worker's Party)-led "New Government" fought against the French Indochina, return of France to Indochina and the post Ministers without Portfolio was held by Nguyễn Văn Tố, Đặng Văn Hướng and Bồ Xuân Luật. Since the 1954 Geneva Conference, 1954 Geneva Convention, the position has been vacant, except briefly during the 1960–1964 cabinet elected by the National Assembly (Vietnam), 2nd National Assembly, where Lê Văn Hiến occupied the post "Minister without Portfolio and Deputy Chair of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (Vietnam), State Planning Commission." In 2014, Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng tasked the Cabinet Office to examine the possibility of re-introducing the post "Minister without Portfolio." There have been no further developments since.


References


External links


List of Canadian Ministers Without Portfolio and Ministers of State
(Parliament of Canada Website)

{{Cabinet Office Ministers without portfolio, Ministerial offices, Portfolio, Minister without