foreign minister

Noun

Meaning

a government minister for foreign relations

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

secretary of state secretary minister assignee attorney deputy factor agent delegate envoy commissary cabinet minister foreign secretary State Department Foreign Ministry
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Antonyms

figurehead internal affairs domestic policy internal company policies home politics internal policy
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Hypernyms

minister government minister

Examples

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference', you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes. Joseph Stalin

Good news from France, where the man picked by Nicolas Sarkozy as his foreign minister is not the execrable Hubert Védrine, but Bernard Kouchner - a socialist who supports Israel and the invasion of Iraq. Charles Foster Johnson

I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister. Eduard Shevardnadze

The greatest foreign minister in Canadian history except for Lester Pearson...the person who tried first of all to get rid of the deficit...the credit for the fight in trying to get rid of the deficit belongs to Joe Clark and John Crosbie, and yet they are scorned. Joe Clark

There is no chance whatsoever of victory; therefore I agree with the foreign minister that the Potsdam declaration should be accepted at once, with only that one condition about retaining the Emperor. Mitsumasa Yonai

Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer. Frank Bainimarama

Close letter words and terms

foreign legion Foreign Longhair foreign matter Foreign Ministry foreign mission foreign money