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
San Marino Secretary for Foreign Affairs San Marino Secretary for Foreign Affairs The Secretary for Foreign Affairs () is the Minister for Foreign Affairs of San Marino. Together with the Secretary for Interior and the Secretary for Treasury, this officer is one of the three members of the executive Congress of State directly appointed by the Grand and General Council, the parliament of the republic. Due to the absence of the office of Prime Minister in the constitutional structure of the State, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs is traditionally seen as the most relevant post in the Sammarinese government. Since 2016, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs