We often hear about the "US Secretary of State" on the news, even if people who are not familiar with the world political pattern, when they hear the "Secretary of State", they will immediately have the impression that this is "the United States", and the fact is that "Secretary of State" is a unique position in the United States, and now Secretary of State Antony Blinken often appears in many foreign affairs activities, and often attends *** decisions, which shows his extraordinary political status. So what exactly is the position of Secretary of State in the United States?And how much power do you have?
The U.S. Secretary of State was established relatively early, as early as 1789, when France was in the period of the Great Revolution, and China was in power during Qianlong, but at this time he was about to "retire" when he was old, which also means that the Qing Dynasty was from prosperity to weakness. At this time, the United States, which had just declared independence, implemented the management method of "separation of powers", and in order to avoid disputes in diplomacy, it set up a relatively balanced and constrained management situation.
The first Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, was a learned historical figure, the famous "Declaration of Independence" was drafted by him, and he has a high reputation in the history of American development, and he is a leader on a par with Washington and Lincoln, which shows his extraordinary position in the United States. At that time, foreign affairs activities were not so frequent, so the focus of his work was in the United States, and under his leadership, he formed the Democratic Republican Party, which played an important role in promoting the two-party system later implemented in the United States.
When the United States was first established, its original intention was to develop foreign affairs, but in the case of limited conditions, most of the main work of the secretary of state was to do domestic affairs, and participated in the construction of laws, as well as personnel appointments, custody of important documents, etc., when the United States officially faced the world, the work of the secretary of state began to turn to diplomacy. It can be seen from this that the U.S. Secretary of State is equivalent to the job of *** long, but in fact, the power of the secretary of state is more than *** long.
Although the secretary of state is appointed, he has to submit his resignation to the secretary of state when he resigns, which shows the complex relationship between the mutual influence and constraints between the ** institutions of the United States. In addition, on the surface, the secretary of state does the best work, but in fact, the secretary of state's work is not only limited to foreign affairs, and many times the work he undertakes is "equal" to the first, for example, some federal affairs proclamations need to be signed by both before they can be implemented or issued.
It can be seen from this that the status of the US secretary of state is very high, and although he is at the ministerial level, he has a higher status than the ministerial level, and the secretary of state belongs to the "chief minister" of the United States, and the post of secretary of state among the ministers is a veritable "boss" status. In addition to the principal and deputy leaders, the secretary of state ranks fourth in the "leadership team", which means that the status of the secretary of state is higher than that of ordinary cabinet ministers, and the high status means that the power in his hands is also very large, and he also has the power to preserve and use the "national seal" of the United States.
We all know how important the "national seal" is for a country, and the secretary of state has the power to preserve and use it, which shows that his power is so great that it must be handed over to the secretary of state when he submits his resignation. At the same time, the secretary of state also has the power to coordinate, direct, and supervise overseas affairs, indicating that the secretary of state also has a partial say in military operations. It can be seen that for the US Secretary of State, participation in the management of foreign affairs and international affairs is only a basic right, and in addition, the Secretary of State also has more participation and management rights in the US "leadership team".
The US secretary of state has such great power that one person will certainly not be able to keep himself busy, so he has set up the posts of deputy secretary of state, assistant secretary of state, and deputy secretary, and has dealt with the "division of labor in detail", for example, there are those who are responsible for managing political affairs, who are mainly responsible for handling domestic political aspects, and those who are responsible for coordinating security assistance programs mainly deal with related contents, and so on. Each deputy secretary of state performs his or her own duties to support the normal operation of this huge institution, and many of the work is closely linked.
Through the above introduction, it can be seen that the position of the US Secretary of State is very "complex", his position is not the prime minister we know, foreign affairs are basically handled by the Secretary of State, but it is not the first long, its "complex" position determines the unusual status and power, as the "fourth person" of the cabinet agency, its work content can involve many fields within the United States, not limited to politics, diplomacy, and even occasionally intervene in the military management, which is the special feature of the Secretary of State.
The U.S. initially created the post of secretary of state primarily to deal with domestic affairs, but over time their focus shifted to foreign affairs, and the accumulation of years of work has given the secretary of state the special status and powers that he now has. Now the United States will continue to develop the post of secretary of state, which is very distinctive and unique to the United States, and this is also one of the major characteristics of the United States.