foreign minister
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of foreign minister
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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Former Prime Minister Yair Lapid visited in 2021 in his capacity as foreign minister and then again last year as opposition leader.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
"Iran should not use this strait as a weapon to pressure or to blackmail the Gulf countries," Qatari foreign minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told reporters in Doha on Tuesday.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
President Xi Jinping and his longtime foreign minister appeared serious in their conviction that a channel should be a established between Beijing and Washington — a red phone for AI in case of emergencies.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
The pair met in Beijing on Wednesday on what is Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araqchi's first trip to China since the Iran war began.
From BBC • May 6, 2026
Serbia “must be eliminated as a power factor in the Balkans,” warned Count Leopold von Berchtold, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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