undersecretary

/ ˌʌndəˈsɛkrətrɪ /

noun

1. 1. any of various senior civil servants in certain government departments

   2. short for undersecretary of state: any of various high officials subordinate only to the minister in charge of a department

2. (in the US) a high government official subordinate only to the secretary in charge of a department

Other Word Forms

• undersecretaryship noun

Example Sentences

Other European countries were “waiting for someone else to make the first move,” said Tomasz Szatkowski, a former Polish undersecretary of defense, who oversaw the strategic defense review that started its military reforms.

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Mr Reinsch, who was also undersecretary of commerce for export administration in the 1990s during President Bill Clinton's administration, said that Bessent's approach, so far, has been "a classic way to deal with Trump".

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Elbridge Colby, Trump’s nominee to be undersecretary of Defense for policy, recently reiterated the call for Taiwan to increase its defense spending in a confirmation hearing.

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"No employee is obligated to report their activities outside of their Department chain of command," an email from Tibor Nagy, acting undersecretary for management, said.

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Edgar, an IBM executive, previously served in Trump’s first term as chief financial officer and as associate deputy undersecretary of management for Homeland Security.

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