| Post: | Confederate States Secretary |
| Body: | State |
| Insignia: | Seal of the Confederate States.svg |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Confederate States |
| Department: | Confederate States State Department |
| Style: | Mr. Secretary |
| Status: | Abolished |
| Member Of: | The Cabinet |
| Reports To: | The President |
| Seat: | Richmond, Virginia |
| Appointer: | The President |
| Appointer Qualified: | with Senate advice and consent |
| Termlength: | No fixed term |
| Formation: | 25 February 1861 |
| First: | Robert Toombs |
| Last: | Judah P. Benjamin |
| Abolished: | 10 May 1865 |
The Confederate States secretary of state was the head of the Confederate States State Department from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War. There were three people who served the position in this time.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | Political Party | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||||
| 1 | Robert Toombs | February 25, 1861 | July 25, 1861 | Democrat | |||||
| 2 | Robert M. T. Hunter | July 25, 1861 | February 22, 1862 | Democrat | |||||
| – | William M. Browne | March 7, 1862 | March 18, 1862 | Democrat | |||||
| 3 | Judah P. Benjamin | March 18, 1862 | May 10, 1865 | Democrat | |||||