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
State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) State Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Sweden) The Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs () is the highest position below the rank of cabinet minister at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. , Annika Söder is State Secretary. The title can alternatively be translated as "Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs" or "Secretary General of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs" For historical reasons, this position has a different title in Swedish than the other State Secretaries of the Swedish government; the other posts are termed "statssekreterare". Before 1945, in a situation where the political head of the ministry often changed rapidly, the