Secretary of State

noun phrase

1

: the head of the U.S. government department that is in charge of how the country relates to and deals with foreign countries

2

: the head of one of several important departments of the British government

the Secretary of State for Home Affairs

Examples of Secretary of State in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Idaho Secretary of State spokesperson Chelsea Carattini told the Statesman Noller did not withdraw from the race before the withdrawal deadline, so his name will still appear on ballots. —Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 10 May 2024

Unless Walker intervenes, McClanahan’s name would appear at the top of the ballot in the Republican primary for governor, according to the unofficial candidate filing list on the Missouri Secretary of State Office’s website. —Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2024

Almost a year after the 2020 presidential election, the state's Bureau of Elections ordered Scott to stop administering elections after the clerk prevented maintenance on voting equipment, according to a news release from the Secretary of State's Office. —Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 9 May 2024

The Virginia Democrat took the podium on Monday to make the case for her bill, which would rename a post office in her county after regular customer — and late Secretary of State — Madeleine Albright. —Rachel Treisman, NPR, 8 May 2024

The company's board of directors included former Secretary of State and National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, Treasury and Labor George Shultz and former Secretaries of Defense Bill Perry and James Mattis. —Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 8 May 2024

In mid April, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin joined Secretary of State Antony Blinken in urging Ukraine to desist from attacking Russian oil refineries. —Thomas J. Duesterberg, National Review, 7 May 2024

Visit the Secretary of State's website for more information on acceptable forms of ID. —The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2024

The prime minister of Qatar, another nation at the center of Gaza cease-fire negotiations will attend, alongside the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and Egypt, as well as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. —Willem Marx, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024