About Private Secretary
A private secretary is a civil servant in a governmental department or ministry, responsible to a secretary of state or minister.
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Ben Wallace: New UK defence secretary to be announced
By Chris Mason & Henry Zeffman & Nick EardleyBBC News
The UK's new defence secretary is expected to be announced on Thursday.
Ben Wallace , who currently holds The Role , announced last month that he would leave his post at The Next reshuffle of cabinet ministers.
Names mentioned by senior Conservatives as potential replacements include Armed Forces Minister James Heappey and Chief Secretary to the Treasury John Glen .
Downing Street has refused to comment on Mr Wallace's successor.
As well as Mr Heappey and Mr Glen, there are reports that a Tory MP who has done The Job before may be asked to do it a second time.
The Daily Telegraph Liam Fox - who was defence secretary in 2010, under then Prime Minister David Cameron - is a " leading candidate" for The Job .
He after it emerged that His Best man Adam Werritty had joined him on 18 foreign trips and handed out business cards suggesting he was his Adviser - despite having no official role.
Dr Fox was an ardent supporter of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak 's campaign to be Conservative leader Last Summer .
Mr Heappey, a former Army Major who served in Afghanistan, has been an MP since 2015. He endorsed former Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the 2019 leadership election, and went on to serve as his parliamentary Private Secretary .
It was Mr Johnson who appointed him as parliamentary under-secretary for The Armed Forces in 2020, before promoting him to minister of state two years later.
Meanwhile Mr Glen, a former management consultant, has held A Number of government roles including parliamentary under-secretary for arts, heritage and tourism (2017-18) and city minister (2018-22).
The Change to Mr Sunak's top team comes after Mr Wallace that he would leave his post at The Next reshuffle of government ministers, and Parliament at The Next general election.
Mr Wallace has served continuously as a minister under five Prime Ministers , having originally been appointed by Mr Cameron as a government whip in 2014.
He went on to be a Northern Ireland minister, security minister and has been defence secretary since July 2019.
Downing Street refused to comment on the reports surrounding Mr Wallace's replacement.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com