plenipotentiary

Speer was given a 20-year prison sentence while Fritz Sauckel, Hitler’s general plenipotentiary for labor mobilization, was hanged for almost exactly the same crimes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 24, 2025

According to Marcin Horala, the Polish government's plenipotentiary responsible for overseeing the hub's construction, it is one of the most important projects underway in central and eastern Europe for military and civilian use.

From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2022

The third and final point of the plan would grant the region its own prime minister, who would be “a legitimate and plenipotentiary representative of ARD in talks with international structures.”

From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2022

They even get the glorious title of plenipotentiary, or all-powerful.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2018

In drawing up treaties this government adheres to the 'alternat,' by which in the copy of the treaty to be retained by this government, the United States is named first, and our plenipotentiary signs first.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by James Wilford Garner

They were appointed as "plenipotentiaries" and yet were instructed not take any final decisions without their cabinet's permission.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021

In his biography, Will to Power, Ronan Fanning accused de Valera of failing to explain his strategy properly to the plenipotentiaries before the talks began.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2021

The US President, Woodrow Wilson, briefly raised the question of women’s political representation with his fellow plenipotentiaries, but few wished to see women’s rights recognized as a legitimate matter for international agreement.

From Time ● Apr. 2, 2015

State plenipotentiaries are planted in Catholic publishing houses .

From Time Magazine Archive

Kaunitz and De Quiros were the respective plenipotentiaries of the Empire and Spain.

From William the Third by H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill