The Grand Secretariat, or the Cabinet (Chinese: 內閣; pinyin: Nèigé), was nominally a coordinating agency but de facto the highest institution in the imperial...

The Grand Steward's Secretariat (長官官房, Chōkan-kanbō) is the head department of the Imperial Household Agency of Japan. The origins of the structure of...

agencies and Grand Preceptor, a top-ranking, non-functional civil service post, under the Hongxi Emperor (r. 1424–25). The Grand Secretariat drew its members...

the concentration of power in the Grand Secretariat and worked to prevent it. From 1582 to 1591, the Grand Secretariat was briefly led by Zhang Siwei (張四維)...

of the Grand Secretariat. In an attempt to counterbalance Yan Song's influence, the emperor called Xia Yan back to lead the Grand Secretariat in October...

him in 1380. The Central Secretariat was also abolished and its functions delegated to the Hanlin Academy and Grand Secretariat. The Chancellery (門下省, Ménxiàshěng)...

privy council, eclipsing the Grand Secretariat in function and importance, which is why it has become known as the "Grand Council" in English. Despite...

Ministries system Ming dynasty: Central Secretariat → Grand Secretariat Qing dynasty: Grand Secretariat → Grand Council → Cabinet Republic of China: State...

competent ministers and grand secretaries were responsible for handling them, it did lead to a power struggle within the Grand Secretariat. The winner of this...

The Secretariat, officially the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is a body serving the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s...