minister without portfolio

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noun, plural ministers without portfolios.

a minister of state who is not appointed to any specific department in a government.

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Origin of minister without portfolio

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby minister without portfolio

ministerium, minister of state, Minister of the Crown, minister plenipotentiary, minister resident, minister without portfolio, ministrant, ministrate, ministration, ministroke, ministry

How to use minister without portfolio in a sentence

Yisrael Galili, a minister without portfolio, sought a “fitting response” to the U.N. in the settlement committee he chaired.
How Delegitimizing Israel Encourages Radicalism|Gil Troy|February 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
What does a Minister without portfolio do when he comes to work?
Israel’s New Election Discourse|Don Futterman|January 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Dr. Murray approved the idea, and thought that the Minister without Portfolio might give up loafing and take to fishing.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, May 12, 1920|Various
He was now "minister without portfolio" in the Schreiner Ministry.
Lord Milner's Work in South Africa|W. Basil Worsfold

Yet he only held office for six months—as minister without portfolio in the Scanlen ministry from May to November 1881.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5|Various
He then became what is known on the continent as a minister without portfolio.
The Government of England (Vol. I)|A. Lawrence Lowell