First Secretary
Britishnoun
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The Foreign Ministry said in a statement it had summoned U.S. envoy Lynne Tracy and told her that embassy First Secretary Jeffrey Sillin and Second Secretary David Bernstein must leave Russia within seven days.
From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2023
The America First Secretary of State Coalition is chaired by Jim Marchant, the GOP secretary of state candidate in Nevada.
From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2022
Mr Raab, as First Secretary of State, was most likely already Mr Johnson’s designated alternate for these ultimate executive acts should the premier become incapacitated or uncontactable.
From Washington Times • Apr. 8, 2020
As foreign secretary, Raab is formally the First Secretary of State, which gives him a certain superiority over other cabinet members, and therefore a natural pick for a successor in case of an emergency.
From Fox News • Apr. 7, 2020
In August he accepted the offer of First Secretary to the Legation in Japan, most reluctantly, because he saw his peculiar knowledge of Germany would be wasted there.
From Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies by Blore, George Henry
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