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Secretary of State
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English
Noun
secretary of state Secretaries of State
Any of several senior government positions whose function varies from nation to nation.
The chief clerk of a U.S. state.
en Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/17/politics/dark-money-fga-ashcroft-invs/index.html 2024-03-17 When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms. https://web.archive.org/web/20260623083134/https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/17/politics/dark-money-fga-ashcroft-invs/index.html 23 June 2026
Translations
any of several senior government positions
Armenian: hy պետքարտուղար
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 國務卿 U.S. foreign minister, cmn 國務大臣
Dutch: nl minister van Buitenlandse Zaken m
Finnish: fi valtiosihteeri; fi ulkoministeri US Secr. of St.
French: fr secrétaire d'État m f
Georgian: ka სახელმწიფო მდივანი, ka საგარეო საქმეთა მინისტრი
German: de Staatssekretär m, de Staatssekretärin f
Hungarian: hu külügyminiszter US , hu államtitkár, hu miniszter UK
Italian: it segretario di Stato m, it segretaria di Stato f
Japanese: ja 国務長官 こくむちょうかん, kokumuchōkan
Khmer: km រដ្ឋលេខាធិការ roattʰa’leekʰaatʰi’kaa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: in US nb utenriksminister m
Nynorsk: in US nn utanriksminister m
Polish: pl sekretarz stanu m-pr
Russian: ru госуда́рственный секрета́рь m, ru госсекрета́рь m, equivalent ru мини́стр иностра́нных дел m
Spanish: Secretario de Estado m US, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores m other countries
Swedish: sv utrikesminister c
Vietnamese: vi ngoại trưởng, vi bộ trưởng ngoại giao, vi quốc vụ khanh
chief clerk of a U.S. state
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 州務卿
Hungarian: hu államtitkár
Polish: pl sekretarz stanu m-pr
Vietnamese: vi bang vụ khanh, vi tổng thư ký tiểu bang, vi tổng thư ký bang Vietnam
See also
en foreign minister
en secretary of the commonwealth
en Government People Titles