From there he moved on to the position of Government Secretary which he held until his death in 1879.

This role usually fell to the Government Secretary, such as Robert Herrick in 1935, but de Castro given the position instead.

He was appointed Government Secretary, a position in the territorial government equivalent to Lieutenant Governor of a state, on March 25, 1954.

The Government Secretary coordinates agencies, offices and other services subordinated to the government.

In January 1856 Groenendaal was forced to resign as Government Secretary.

In 1894 he moved to British Guiana, where he was Government Secretary and acted as Governor several times.

On December 23, 1957, he was made Government Secretary.

In 1806, he was appointed Government Secretary in the Dutch East Indies.

He left these posts in 1996, when he became Government Secretary and Head of the Public Service.

After serving as Government Secretary for five years, Tsekoa was appointed to the Senate and sworn in on June 14, 2001.