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First Secretary

British  

noun

  1. the chief minister of the National Assembly for Wales

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Dominic Raab - as First Secretary of State - will stand in for the prime minister when needed.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2020

He also had the very effective help of his First Secretary of Legation, Mr. Hugh Gibson, now our Minister to Poland.

From Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work by Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman)

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