secretary-general
noun
sec·re·tary-gen·er·al
ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē-ˈjen-rəl 
-ˈje-nə-rəl
plural secretaries-general
: a principal administrative officer
secretary-general of the United Nations
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Inscriptions inside the tombs allowed the excavation team to identify the names and titles of their owners, said Mohamed Ismail Khaled, secretary-general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, in the statement.
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Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
His post-ambassadorial career included serving as Sweden’s foreign minister and a number of senior positions at the United Nations: president of the General Assembly, special envoy to Darfur, Sudan, and deputy secretary-general.
—John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
Guterres is pushing for clear rules on AI weapons by next year, with both the secretary-general and the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross calling for a legally binding agreement by 2026.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 May 2025
But otherwise, the secretaries-general have been almost uniformly disliked.
—Amanda Chicago Lewis, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Rosa Rahimi, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
His post-ambassadorial career included serving as Sweden’s foreign minister and a number of senior positions at the United Nations: president of the General Assembly, special envoy to Darfur, Sudan, and deputy secretary-general.
—John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
Guterres is pushing for clear rules on AI weapons by next year, with both the secretary-general and the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross calling for a legally binding agreement by 2026.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 20 May 2025
But otherwise, the secretaries-general have been almost uniformly disliked.
—Amanda Chicago Lewis, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Secretary-general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secretary-general. Accessed 8 Jun. 2025.
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