First Secretary
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
In 1964, Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev was toppled from power; he was succeeded by Leonid Brezhnev as First Secretary and by Alexei Kosygin as Premier.
From Washington Times • Oct. 14, 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
I presented myself at the American Embassy this morning, delivered my dispatches, and had a conference with Mr. Grant-Smith, the First Secretary.
From The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone by Wood, Eric Fisher
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