minister

Example Sentences

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When he stood down from that post in 2007, he had been the longest-serving defence minister in the history of the Ministry of Defence.

From BBC

She added that current and former ministers were "never briefed on these tweets when they spoke publicly about the case", and he civil servants in charge of the case "were also unaware" of them.

From BBC

Hemmati is a former economy and finance minister who was dismissed by parliament in March because of the sharp depreciation of the rial.

From Barron's

By convention, a Shiite Muslim holds the post of prime minister, the parliament speaker is Sunni and the largely ceremonial presidency goes to a Kurd.

From Barron's

The first item of the day is questions to business and trade ministers.

From BBC