Secretary of State for Defence

Secretary of State for Defence - United Kingdom government cabinet minister. Article “Secretary of State for Defence” in Simple English Wikipedia has 25 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 4 references and 1 sections.

This article has the best quality in Dutch Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Since the creation of article “Secretary of State for Defence”, its content was written by 2 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 474 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 51 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 2527 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #14378 in July 2024
• Global: #3500 in July 2024

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #28366 in December 2024
• Global: #52964 in July 2022

There are 20 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Dutch (nl) Lijst van Britse ministers van Defensie		73.4086
2	Chinese (zh) 國防大臣 (英國)		66.3093
3	English (en) Secretary of State for Defence		64.2907
4	Ukrainian (uk) Державний секретар з питань оборони (Велика Британія)		55.1443
5	Persian (fa) وزیر دفاع بریتانیا		48.3324
6	Vietnamese (vi) Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng Anh		45.1337
7	Italian (it) Segretario di Stato per la difesa		32.2327
8	Japanese (ja) 国防大臣 (イギリス)		30.5116
9	Greek (el) Υπουργός Άμυνας του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου		28.6763
10	Hebrew (he) מזכיר ההגנה (בריטניה)		27.5207

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Secretary of State for Defence" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Secretary of State for Defence		1 557 357
2	Russian (ru) Министр обороны Великобритании		104 822
3	Chinese (zh) 國防大臣 (英國)		36 427
4	French (fr) Secrétaire d'État à la Défense		34 901
5	Japanese (ja) 国防大臣 (イギリス)		34 770
6	Polish (pl) Ministrowie obrony Wielkiej Brytanii		33 799
7	Persian (fa) وزیر دفاع بریتانیا		33 625
8	Italian (it) Segretario di Stato per la difesa		9 107
9	Swedish (sv) Storbritanniens försvarsminister		8 467
10	Portuguese (pt) Secretário de Estado para a Defesa do Reino Unido		7 620

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Secretary of State for Defence" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Secretary of State for Defence		11 716
2	Russian (ru) Министр обороны Великобритании		501
3	Chinese (zh) 國防大臣 (英國)		394
4	Japanese (ja) 国防大臣 (イギリス)		197
5	French (fr) Secrétaire d'État à la Défense		179
6	Persian (fa) وزیر دفاع بریتانیا		160
7	Hebrew (he) מזכיר ההגנה (בריטניה)		117
8	Italian (it) Segretario di Stato per la difesa		86
9	Dutch (nl) Lijst van Britse ministers van Defensie		79
10	Vietnamese (vi) Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng Anh		75

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Secretary of State for Defence" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Secretary of State for Defence		238
2	French (fr) Secrétaire d'État à la Défense		38
3	Russian (ru) Министр обороны Великобритании		28
4	Italian (it) Segretario di Stato per la difesa		23
5	Japanese (ja) 国防大臣 (イギリス)		22
6	Chinese (zh) 國防大臣 (英國)		19
7	Swedish (sv) Storbritanniens försvarsminister		15
8	Hebrew (he) מזכיר ההגנה (בריטניה)		13
9	Polish (pl) Ministrowie obrony Wielkiej Brytanii		13
10	Persian (fa) وزیر دفاع بریتانیا		10

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Secretary of State for Defence" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Persian (fa) وزیر دفاع بریتانیا		1
2	Hebrew (he) מזכיר ההגנה (בריטניה)		1
3	Japanese (ja) 国防大臣 (イギリス)		1
4	Dutch (nl) Lijst van Britse ministers van Defensie		1
5	Portuguese (pt) Secretário de Estado para a Defesa do Reino Unido		1
6	Greek (el) Υπουργός Άμυνας του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου		0
7	English (en) Secretary of State for Defence		0
8	French (fr) Secrétaire d'État à la Défense		0
9	Indonesian (id) Menteri Pertahanan Britania Raya		0
10	Italian (it) Segretario di Stato per la difesa		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Secretary of State for Defence" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Secretary of State for Defence		1 100
2	Chinese (zh) 國防大臣 (英國)		330
3	French (fr) Secrétaire d'État à la Défense		262
4	Dutch (nl) Lijst van Britse ministers van Defensie		102
5	Japanese (ja) 国防大臣 (イギリス)		94
6	Russian (ru) Министр обороны Великобритании		90
7	Polish (pl) Ministrowie obrony Wielkiej Brytanii		89
8	Italian (it) Segretario di Stato per la difesa		73
9	Swedish (sv) Storbritanniens försvarsminister		59
10	Simple English (simple) Secretary of State for Defence		51

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#	Language	Value
el	Greek Υπουργός Άμυνας του Ηνωμένου Βασιλείου
en	English Secretary of State for Defence
fa	Persian وزیر دفاع بریتانیا
fr	French Secrétaire d'État à la Défense
he	Hebrew מזכיר ההגנה (בריטניה)
id	Indonesian Menteri Pertahanan Britania Raya
it	Italian Segretario di Stato per la difesa
ja	Japanese 国防大臣 (イギリス)
ko	Korean 영국의 국방장관
ms	Malay Setiausaha Negara bagi Pertahanan
nl	Dutch Lijst van Britse ministers van Defensie
no	Norwegian Storbritannias forsvarsminister
pl	Polish Ministrowie obrony Wielkiej Brytanii
pt	Portuguese Secretário de Estado para a Defesa do Reino Unido
ru	Russian Министр обороны Великобритании
simple	Simple English Secretary of State for Defence
sv	Swedish Storbritanniens försvarsminister
uk	Ukrainian Державний секретар з питань оборони (Велика Британія)
vi	Vietnamese Bộ trưởng Bộ Quốc phòng Anh
zh	Chinese 國防大臣 (英國)

Best Rank

Simple English: #28366 12.2024

Global: #52964 07.2022

Best Rank

Simple English: #14378 07.2024

Global: #3500 07.2024

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