minister of state
Let an agent explain the role of a minister of state assisting a specific cabinet minister, identify holders of such posts with sources, describe their delegated responsibilities and country-specific rank, distinguish other uses of the title, and support civic questions.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Understand What the title means.
Concept
Title by country.
Concept
Concept.
- What does minister of state mean in the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Bavaria, France, Nigeria and elsewhere? provenance
- Which country is meant? boundary
Rank
Rank and responsibilities.
Rank
Rank.
- What rank and delegated responsibilities does the office hold in a given system? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific ministry? action
Identify Office holders.
Holders
Current and past holders.
Holders
Holders.
- Who holds a given minister of state post, according to official sources? provenance
- Is the information current? boundary
Appointment
Appointment.
Appointment
Appointment.
- How are ministers of state appointed and dismissed? provenance
- Which entry fits government formation? action
Civic Civic engagement.
Contact
Engaging with the office.
Contact
Contact.
- How can the public engage with a minister of state on their portfolio? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific portfolio? action
Accountability
Accountability.
Accountability
Accountability.
- How are ministers of state held accountable to parliament and codes of conduct? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Learn History and comparison.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the title develop in different systems? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Compare
Comparison.
Compare
Comparison.
- How do junior and senior ministerial ranks compare across countries? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Minister of Information, Bavarian Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Bavarian minister of finance, Bavarian minister of economics, Bavaria's interior minister, Bavarian Minister of the Interior, Construction and Transportation, Minister of State for Women and Family, Minister of State (Greece), Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Minister of State, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
What it is Filled
A minister assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister, holding delegated responsibilities within that minister's portfolio and with rank and powers defined by the government concerned; this sense excludes uses of the same title for full cabinet ministers or senior ministers who do not serve in such an assisting role.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the role of a minister of state assisting a specific cabinet minister, identify holders of such posts with sources, describe their delegated responsibilities and country-specific rank, distinguish other uses of the title, and support civic questions.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Variable rank
- Delegated portfolios
- Country-specific
- Common in Westminster systems
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present a minister of state in one country as having the powers of the title elsewhere.
- Spread false statements about office holders.
- Impersonate a minister or their office.
- Present outdated appointments as current.
Only with a human decision
- Drafting communications on a minister's behalf.
May
- Explain what minister of state means in each country, keeping the meanings distinct.
- Report office holders and portfolios from official government sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Accurate information on who holds power supports accountability.
- Impersonation of officials is used in fraud.
Who is affected
- Citizens
- Office holders
- Civil servants
Owners Filled
Steward
The government that appoints the office under its constitution.
Master systems
- Official government gazettes
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q83307 - registry parent class
related
- minister - category
- education minister - another ministerial office entry
- defence minister - another ministerial office entry
- lieutenant governor - another deputy office entry
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.minister-of-state
- Wikidata: Q2632935 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632935)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- The minister assists a specific cabinet minister.
- The minister holds delegated responsibilities with country-specific rank and powers.
- Other uses of the title for full cabinet or senior ministers fall outside this sense.
- Not physical; a government office.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the title by country
- identify holders
- describe responsibilities
- support civic questions
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Assuming one country meaning applies elsewhere
- Outdated office holders
- Confusing with secretaries of state
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Constitutional and statutory provisions on ministers
- Ministerial codes of conduct
- Government formation rules
Context of use required Filled
- A ministerial title of varying rank.
- ministers of state in Westminster systems
- Bavarian and German state ministers
- French ministers of state
- ministers of state in Nigeria and other countries
- historical ministers of state
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q2632935: minister of state - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Minister of State - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each country usage be a separate entry?
- How should government directories be linked?
- How should responsibilities be documented?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2632935/spec.json