2006 British leaders

British Incumbents
Year = 2006
Last Year = 2005
Next Year = 2007|

Government

*Monarch
**Head of State - Her Majesty Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom (since 1952) [ [http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page412.asp HM The Queen] ]
* Prime Minister
** Head of Government - Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister for the Civil Service (since 1997) [http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page1371.asp Full List of Cabinet members of Her Majesty's Government] ]
*Deputy Prime Minister
** Deputy Head of Government - John Prescott, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and First Secretary of State (since 1997) ]
*Chancellor of the Exchequer
** Head of the Treasury - Gordon Brown, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Second Lord of the Treasury (since 1997) ]
*Foreign Secretary
*# Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (2001 - 2006) ]
*# Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (since 2006) ]
*Secretary of State for the Home Department
*#Charles Clarke, Secretary of State for the Home Department (2004 - 2006) ]
*#John Reid, Secretary of State for the Home Department (since 2006) ]
*Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
*# Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001 - 2006) ]
*# David Miliband, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (since 2006) ]
*Secretary of State for Transport
*# Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Transport (2002 - 2006) ]
*# Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for Transport (since 2006)
*Secretary of State for Scotland ]
*# Alistair Darling, Secretary of State for Transport (2003 - 2006) ]
*# Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for Transport (since 2006)
*Secretary of State for Health ]
** Patricia Hewitt, Secretary of State for Health (since 2005) ]
*Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
** Peter Hain, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (since 2002) ]
*Secretary of State for Defence
*# John Reid, Secretary of State for Defence (1999 - 2006) ]
*# Des Browne, Secretary of State for Defence (since 2006) ]

Religion

* Archbishop of Canterbury
**Dr Rowan Douglas Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury (2002- )
* Archbishop of York
*# Dr David Hope, Archbishop of York (1995-2005)
*# Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York (2005- )

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