<Li> Germany : Minister of State ( Staatsminister in German ) is the title given to a parliamentary state secretary ( a member of parliament serving as a political aide to a cabinet minister ) serving in the Foreign Office or the Chancellor 's Office . Accordingly , Minister of State ranks between a Secretary of State and a Federal Minister . It is also used as the title of cabinet ministers of certain German states . Historically , the same title was used ( sometimes alternating with other styles ) , notably as head of government in certain of the many constituent monarchies of pre-reunion Germany , e.g. in Hesse - Darmstadt , Hesse - Kassel ( or Hesse - Cassel ) , Lippe , Schaumburg - Lippe , in Hannover , Mecklenburg - Strelitz , Reuss - Schleiz - Gera and Reuss Junior Line , electorate / kingdom Saxony , Saxe - Altenburg , Saxe - Coburg - Gotha , Saxe - Meiningen , Saxe - Weimar - Eisenach , Schwarzburg - Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg - Sondershausen . </Li>
<Li> Germany : Minister of State ( Staatsminister in German ) is the title given to a parliamentary state secretary ( a member of parliament serving as a political aide to a cabinet minister ) serving in the Foreign Office or the Chancellor 's Office . Accordingly , Minister of State ranks between a Secretary of State and a Federal Minister . It is also used as the title of cabinet ministers of certain German states . Historically , the same title was used ( sometimes alternating with other styles ) , notably as head of government in certain of the many constituent monarchies of pre-reunion Germany , e.g. in Hesse - Darmstadt , Hesse - Kassel ( or Hesse - Cassel ) , Lippe , Schaumburg - Lippe , in Hannover , Mecklenburg - Strelitz , Reuss - Schleiz - Gera and Reuss Junior Line , electorate / kingdom Saxony , Saxe - Altenburg , Saxe - Coburg - Gotha , Saxe - Meiningen , Saxe - Weimar - Eisenach , Schwarzburg - Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg - Sondershausen . </Li>
what is the difference between federal minister and minister of state
what is the difference between federal minister and minister of state
Minister of State ranks between a Secretary of State and a Federal Minister
Minister of State ranks between a Secretary of State and a Federal Minister