foreign minister

noun

: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

Examples of foreign minister in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The meeting could unveil a new Chinese foreign minister, too. Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024 Such a tone shift could also be signaled by the appointment of a new foreign minister at this year’s gathering – something analysts say could happen in the coming days. Simone McCarthy, CNN, 3 Mar. 2024 And China watchers will parse the annual defense budget and the possible introduction of a new foreign minister. Ken Moritsugu, Quartz, 3 Mar. 2024 Under international pressure, the government mostly stopped building new settlements, but in 1998, ahead of the final status talks for Oslo, Ariel Sharon, then the foreign minister, urged settlers to occupy territory themselves. Shane Bauer, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 In the 1990s, Saddam bribed Russian, French, Chinese, and UN officials to gain their support, and his foreign minister, Tariq Aziz, could not understand why the UN’s chief weapons inspector, the Swedish diplomat Rolf Ekeus, would not get with the program. Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024 At a news conference in Doha with Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, Qatar’s prime minister and foreign minister, said that negotiators had received a response from Hamas, the armed group at war with Israel in Gaza. Michael Levenson, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024 Among those at the meetings was Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, the lawsuit says. Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2024 Last month, former prime minister and ruling party kingmaker Taro Aso was criticized over what were considered insulting and sexist comments about the foreign minister’s appearance and age. Mari Yamaguchi, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1678, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foreign minister was in 1678

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“Foreign minister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20minister. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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foreign minister

noun
: a government minister for foreign affairs

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