foreign minister

noun

: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

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Advertisement The foreign ministers of Congo and Rwanda last month agreed on the terms and conditions of the disengagement of Rwandan forces in eastern Congo. Justin Kabumba, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024 Hakan Fidan, the Turkish foreign minister, said that the new government should treat all faiths and ethnicities equally. Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024 Kyiv's foreign minister recently said in an interview with the Financial Times that the country is heading toward defeat. Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024 Later Saturday, foreign ministers and senior diplomats from eight key countries, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Egypt, Turkey and Iran, along with Mr. Pederson, gathered on the sidelines of the Doha Summit to discuss the situation in Syria. Bassem Mroue and Zeina Karam, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for foreign minister 

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 23 Dec. 2024.

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foreign minister

noun
: a government minister for foreign affairs

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