General Secretary

Preposition: of

• union: Alan Ritchie, general secretary of construction union UCATT said: ' The number of deaths on building sites remains stubbornly high.
• party: He takes over from Armando Guebuza, who was elected general secretary of the party at the Frelimo Eighth Congress in June.

Possessives

• union: Unions may submit as many nominations as they wish, but each nomination must be signed by the union's general secretary.
• party: Political Commission elected The new Central Committee on 25 May re-elected Manuel Tome as the party's general secretary.

Converse of object

• elect: Kevin Curran, the newly elected general secretary of the GMB, used his victory speech to attack the setting up of foundation hospitals.
• have: Likewise, in David Triesman we have a general secretary committed to making party education and communication top priorities.
• defeat: It was a close-run thing tho: I defeated general secretary Ignatius Leong from Singapore by 16 votes to 15 with one abstention.

Adjective modifier

• deputy: The employer is currently refusing to discuss clauses in agreements relating to job security, the deputy general secretary warned.
• rmt: RMT general secretary Bob Crow, however, voted for the Greens and Ken Livingstone on June 10.
• assistant: Union assistant general secretary Gerry Morrissy said, " This is both cultural and commercial madness.
• first: R J Evans He was appointed as the first salaried general secretary of the Inland Waterways Association in 1952.
• part-time: Like his part-time general secretary, Haylett clearly leans toward possible engagement with Respect.
• SPD: He took over the party chairmanship and imposed his own candidate as SPD general secretary.