Liam Byrne replacing Hazel Blears, one of the highest-profile roles in the government outside the cabinet. However, just a fortnight later Home Secretary John Reid moved him to the immigration role, switching portfolios with Tony McNulty. McNulty had been connected with the foreign prisoners scandal that caused Tony Blair to sack Charles Clarke in May 2006. Byrne's move was seen as an attempt by Reid to establish an entirely new team to sort out the immigration system. During this period he was also Minister for the West Midlands. Gordon Brown named him Minister for the Cabinet Office in October 2008, replacing the
Foreign Secretary (India) Foreign Secretary (India) The Foreign Secretary ("Videsh Sachiv") is the administrative head of the Ministry of External Affairs and is the top diplomat for foreign relations. This post is generally held by an IFS officer of the rank of Secretary to Government of India. The current Foreign Secretary is Vijay Keshav Gokhale. As a Secretary to Government of India, the Foreign Secretary ranks 23rd on Indian Order of Precedence. Foreign Secretary is the administrative head of the Ministry of External Affairs, and is the principal adviser to the External Affairs Minister on all matters of policy and administration within the