foreign secretary
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of foreign secretary
First recorded in 1650–60
Example Sentences
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But Tugendhat, the Tory MP for Tonbridge in Kent who Badenoch appointed her shadow foreign secretary in a reshuffle earlier this month, has suggested Trump does not mean it.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Britain’s new foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has taken the U.K.’s governor seat at the World Bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
To date, Mexico has received partial or no responses to complaints sent to the eight states where the 17 deaths of Mexican citizens occurred, Roberto Velasco, Mexican’s foreign secretary, said last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
“It’s terrible that a man has lost his life, I think, because others were so keen on having him burnish their credentials,” said James Cleverly, a former U.K. foreign secretary who is Black.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
I had agreed to international mediation, and on April 13 a dele-gation arrived led by Lord Carrington, the former British foreign secretary, and Henry Kissinger, the former American secretary of state.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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