foreign minister

American  

noun

1. (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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foreign minister British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• foreign ministry noun

Etymology

Origin of foreign minister

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

Hugo de Zela, Peru's foreign minister, said the country was not going to accept any more irregular migrants.

From Barron's

But the Venezuelans are "trying hard not to provoke the US," said Guillaume Long, a senior research fellow at the Washington-based Center for Economic and Policy Research and a former Ecuadoran foreign minister.

From Barron's

The Financial Times newspaper quotes one of the delegates, though - Ukraine's deputy foreign minister Sergiy Kyslytsya - who talks of a new 19-point plan with "very little left" from the original draft.

From BBC

Ghana has received official confirmation from the United States that Washington has fully removed the 15 percent tariff imposed on the West African nation's cocoa and agricultural exports, its foreign minister announced Monday.

From Barron's

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said the bloc’s foreign ministers would review the emerging details but stressed that any viable plan would require both Ukrainian and European backing.

From Salon

Related Words

• cabinet minister
• secretary of state