foreign minister

NOUN

government minister

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cabinet minister secretary of state

WEAK

foreign secretary minister of foreign affairs

Example Sentences

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Now, Ukraine's foreign minister has told the BBC that Kyiv is keen to introduce some "new dynamics" into the negotiation process.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

"This is a shared responsibility," foreign minister Ronald Lamola said at the weekend on the sidelines of a meeting of the 16-nation Southern African Development Community.

From Barron's • May 25, 2026

Landry did join a meeting between Greenland’s prime minister and foreign minister and the U.S. ambassador to Denmark, Kenneth Howery.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Carlos Fernández de Cossío, Cuba’s deputy foreign minister, said that while the country hopes to avert conflict, it is hardening its defenses.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

On August 23, 1939, Soviet Premier Vyacheslav Molotov, the same official who’d hosted the Rodina’s crew at his summer house, signed a treaty with Germany’s foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein