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In most Protestant churches, a minister is a member of the ordained clergy who leads a congregation; such a person may also be called a pastor, preacher, or elder. In many churches, ministers are required to be seminary trained although some churches allow laymen to preach. Compare with priest. In Catholic churches, not only ordained deacons, priests and bishops, are ministers, but there are also lay ministers, including lectors who read scriptural passages to the congregation, altar servers, and extraordinary ministers of communion.

A minister is a politician who heads a government ministry or department (e.g. education, finance, health, state, war etc...). Senior ministers are members of the cabinet, usually led by a prime minister or president.

The term "minister" comes from a Latin word meaning a "servant" (or first servant). In some countries (such as the US), such a person is instead known as a secretary or secretary of state.

A few ministers:

17th Century
- France
  - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Minister of Finance
  - François-Michel le Tellier, French Minister of War
20th Century
- - Joseph Goebbels, German Minister of Propaganda
  - Moshe Dayan, Israeli Minister of Defense
  - Sheila Copps, Canadian Minister of Heritage
21st Century
- - Ali Shamkhani, Iranian Minister of Defense
  - Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf, Iraqi Minister of Information

See the lists below for more.

Lists of ministers

Cabinet details ministries in various countries, e.g.

- not to be confused with Swiss Federal Council
Other cabinets are usually included in Politics of ..-articles
Lists of incumbents groups lists of ministers by country
Specific ministers:
- Prime Minister
- Foreign minister
- Defence minister
- Finance minister
- Interior minister
- Health minister
- Justice Minister
- sometimes Chancellor

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-In most [[Protestant]] [[church]]es, a '''minister''' is a member of the ordained clergy who leads a congregation; such a person may also be called a pastor, preacher, or elder. In many churches, ministers are required to be [[seminary]] trained although some churches allow laymen to preach. Compare with [[priest]]. In Catholic churches, not only ordained deacons, priests and bishops, are '''ministers''', but there are also lay ministers, including lectors who read scriptural passages to the congregation, alter servers, and extraordinary ministers of communion.
+In most [[Protestant]] [[church]]es, a '''minister''' is a member of the ordained clergy who leads a congregation; such a person may also be called a pastor, preacher, or elder. In many churches, ministers are required to be [[seminary]] trained although some churches allow laymen to preach. Compare with [[priest]]. In Catholic churches, not only ordained deacons, priests and bishops, are '''ministers''', but there are also lay ministers, including lectors who read scriptural passages to the congregation, altar servers, and extraordinary ministers of communion.
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