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{{Redirect|Councillor of state| the differently spelled role it should not be confused for|Counsellor of State}}
{{Redirect|Junior Minister|the position in the government of Northern Ireland|Junior Minister (Northern Ireland)}} {{Executive}}
A '''minister''' is a [[politician]] who holds public office in a national or regional [[government]], making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers.
In [[Commonwealth realm]] jurisdictions which use the [[Westminster system]] of government, ministers are usually required to be members of one of the houses of [[Parliament]] or [[legislature]], and are usually from the political party that controls a majority in the lower house of the legislature. In other jurisdictions — such as [[Belgium]], [[Mexico]], [[Netherlands]], [[Philippines]], [[United States]] — the holder of a cabinet-level post or other government official is not permitted to be a member of the legislature. Depending on the administrative arrangements in each jurisdiction, ministers are usually heads of a [[Ministry (government department)|government department]] and members of the government's ministry, [[Cabinet (government)|cabinet]] and perhaps of a committee of cabinet. Some ministers may be more senior than others, and some may hold the title "assistant minister" or "deputy minister". Some jurisdictions, with a large number of ministers, may designate ministers to be either in the inner or outer ministry or cabinet.
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