Secretary (title)

Secretary is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of authority, power, or importance in the organization. The term is derived from the Latin word secernere, "to distinguish" or "to set apart", the passive participle (secretum) meaning "having been set apart", with the eventual connotation of something private or confidential, as with the English word secret. A secretarius was a person, therefore, overseeing business confidentially, usually for a powerful individual (a king, pope, etc.).

The official title of the leader of most Communist and Socialist political parties is the "General Secretary of the Central Committee" or "First Secretary of the Central Committee". When a Communist party is in power, the General Secretary is usually the country's de facto leader (though sometimes this leader also holds state-level positions to monopolize power, such as a presidency or premiership in order to constitute de jure leadership of the state), such as China and Cuba.

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NATO Names North Macedonia's Shekerinska As Deputy Secretary General

MENA FN 20 Nov 2024
(MENAFN - Jordan Times) AMMAN - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has appointed Radmila Shekerinska from North Macedonia as the next Deputy Secretary General.–I am happy to announce the ... ....
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Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) receives Ambassador of Sri Lanka Ameer Ajwad

Sri Lanka News 20 Nov 2024
Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Jasem Mohamed Al Budaiwi received Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ameer Ajwad at the GCC Secretariat in Riyadh, recently. While extending a warm welcome to Ambassador Ameer Ajwad, Secretary General ......
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OPEC Secretary General to COP29: oil and gas are a gift from God

Middle East Online 20 Nov 2024
BAKU - OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al Ghais on Wednesday told the COP29 climate ......
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Rs 45m grant distributed among high court bars to address lawyers issues

Urdu Point 20 Nov 2024
</p><p>On this occasion, the presidents and general secretaries of these Bar Associations visited Lahore and met with Punjab's Law Minister Malik Sohaib Ahmed Bharth. The delegation included General Secretary Lahore High Court Bar Association, Barrister Qadir Bakhsh, ......

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