secretary-general

[ sek-ri-ter-ee-jen-er-uhl ]

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noun

plural secretaries-general.

the head or chief administrative officer of a secretariat.

secretary-general

noun

a chief administrative official, as of the United Nations

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Word History and Origins

Origin of secretary-general¹

First recorded in 1695–1705

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According to state media outlet Xinhua, Xi told Vietnam's Communist Party Secretary-General To Lam to "jointly oppose unilateral bullying".

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He then met top Vietnamese officials including the country's Secretary-General and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

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A spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he was "deeply alarmed and shocked" to learn of the missile attack.

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Under the leadership of the new Communist Party Secretary-General To Lam, Vietnam has embarked on an ambitious plan to build an upper-income, knowledge-and-tech-based economy by the year 2045.

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If nothing changes, "a tariff of 50% sounds like a death knell to the Agoa manufacturing in Lesotho", says Mukhisa Kituyi, a former secretary-general of the UN Conference on Trade and Development and a former Kenyan trade minister.

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