The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom is a defunct Cabinet-level ministerial position in HM Government. Aside from maintaining the postal system, the Telegraph Act of 1868 established the Postmaster General's right to exclusively maintain electric telegraphs. This would subsequently extend to telecommunications and broadcasting. The office was abolished in 1969 by the Post Office Act 1969. A new public authority governed by a chairman was established under the name of the "Post Office.

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  • The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom is a defunct Cabinet-level ministerial position in HM Government. Aside from maintaining the postal system, the Telegraph Act of 1868 established the Postmaster General's right to exclusively maintain electric telegraphs. This would subsequently extend to telecommunications and broadcasting. The office was abolished in 1969 by the Post Office Act 1969. A new public authority governed by a chairman was established under the name of the "Post Office. " The position of "Postmaster General" was replaced with "Minister of Posts and Telecommunications"; subsequently such functions generally fall within the remit of the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, although the present-day Royal Mail Group is overseen by the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
  • Postmaster General var fra 1510 til 1969 en lavere ministerpost i England og senere i Storbritannia. Embetsinnehaveren var sjef for postverket, General Post Office.
  • Lista osób pełniących funkcję Postmaster-General
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  • The Postmaster General of the United Kingdom is a defunct Cabinet-level ministerial position in HM Government. Aside from maintaining the postal system, the Telegraph Act of 1868 established the Postmaster General's right to exclusively maintain electric telegraphs. This would subsequently extend to telecommunications and broadcasting. The office was abolished in 1969 by the Post Office Act 1969. A new public authority governed by a chairman was established under the name of the "Post Office.
  • Postmaster General var fra 1510 til 1969 en lavere ministerpost i England og senere i Storbritannia. Embetsinnehaveren var sjef for postverket, General Post Office.
  • Lista osób pełniących funkcję Postmaster-General
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  • Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
  • Postmaster General (Storbritannia)
  • Poczmistrze generalni Wielkiej Brytanii
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