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noun

(in countries other than the U.S.) a cabinet minister who conducts and supervises foreign and diplomatic relations with other states.

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Also called, especially British, foreign secretary .

Compare secretary of state (def. 1).

Origin of foreign minister

First recorded in 1700–10

OTHER WORDS FROM foreign minister

foreign ministry, noun

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foreigner, foreign exchange, foreign-flag, foreignism, foreign legion, foreign minister, foreign mission, foreign office, foreign policy, foreign relations, Foreign Relations Committee

How to use foreign minister in a sentence

During the Taliban’s rule of Afghanistan in 1996-2001, Akhund held senior positions in government, including governor of Kandahar, foreign minister and deputy leader at various points.
Mohammad Hassan Akhund Is to Lead Afghanistan's Government. Here's What to Know about the Taliban's New Prime Minister|Eloise Barry|September 9, 2021|Time
As a health minister and foreign minister, that’s what I did, too.
Why There Should Be a Moratorium on COVID-19 Booster Shots Until Low-Income Countries Get Vaccinated|Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus|August 12, 2021|Time
He distinguished himself in suppressing peasant rebellions and rose quickly in the imperial court to become the Qing empire’s highest-ranking governor, its commerce minister, and its de facto foreign minister.
China’s path to modernization has, for centuries, gone through my hometown|Yangyang Cheng|June 30, 2021|MIT Technology Review
In Paraguay, the foreign minister said that at least five members of President Mario Abdo Benítez’s family were in the Champlain Towers building when it collapsed.
Asleep in their beachfront condos, they vanished into a mountain of rubble|Lori Rozsa, Marc Fisher, Derek Hawkins, Silvia Foster-Frau|June 24, 2021|Washington Post

Cambodia, with its seemingly free press, is also a haven for foreign journalists.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Domestically, the prime minister maintains the dubious line that he is the only man who can keep the still-fragile peace.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
One of its top officials is the current minister of the interior in Baghad.
What an Iranian Funeral Tells Us About the Wars in Iraq|IranWire|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Huckabee is also not burdened by, or beholden to, foreign investors.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But,” said the prime minister of Flatland, starting a difficulty, “who is to be greatest chief?
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
He professed both to abominate and despise all mystery, refinement, and intrigue, either in a prince or a minister.
Gulliver's Travels|Jonathan Swift
One of her humours was to unite the son of her minister, with a niece of the widowed Queen of Saint Germain's.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter

British Dictionary definitions for foreign minister

foreign minister

foreign secretary

noun

(often capitals) a cabinet minister who is responsible for a country's dealings with other countriesUS equivalent: secretary of state

Derived forms of foreign minister

foreign ministry, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for foreign minister

foreign secretary

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