secretary-general
secretary-general
Definition
secretary-general (-jen′ər əl)
noun pl. -·tar′ies-gen′eral
the chief administrative officer of an organization, in charge of a secretariat
secretary-general
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- un: The secretary-general of the UN is a mate of ours.
Possessives
- representative: Yasushi Akashi has been appointed the secretary-general's special representative in charge of the former Yugoslavia.
Converse of object
- appoint: Yasushi Akashi has been appointed the secretary-general 's special representative in charge of the former Yugoslavia.
- say: Then it says the secretary-general is determined to secure full compliance with UN decisions.
- become: From 1991 until becoming secretary-general in May 2001 he was Egypt's foreign minister.
Adjective modifier
- un: The first meeting will take place in Greece next year under the aegis of the UN secretary-general Kofi Annan.
- deputy: SEF sends a letter to ARATS to invite its deputy secretary-general to visit Taiwan to discuss the details of Wang's visit.
- first: The League's headquarters were in Geneva and its first secretary-general was Sir Eric Drummond.
- assistant: Mr Halliday worked for the UN for 34 years, and was an assistant secretary-general when he was sent to Baghdad.
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