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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Who has Trump picked for his Cabinet so far? Matthew Whitaker is latest nomination

Star Gazette 21 Nov 2024
Attorney General Matthew Whitaker to be the next U.S ... Prior to Whitaker's stint, he served as chief of staff to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who Trump fired on Nov ... Matt Gaetz of Florida has been nominated as the next Attorney General overseeing the Justice Department, that he has long criticized.Secretary of State....
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‘An extraordinarily bad choice’: SPH Dean Ashish Jha criticizes RFK Jr. nomination for Health and ...

The Brown Daily Herald 21 Nov 2024
Kennedy Jr., who has gained notoriety for his anti-vaccine views, embrace of raw milk, skepticism of HIV/AIDS and wish to remove fluoride from water, “go wild on health.” Last Thursday, Trump nominated Kennedy to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services ...None of the health secretaries in general have had public health experience,” Jha said....
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Chairman of SCH inaugurates BDOC

bizbahrain 21 Nov 2024
Jaleela bint Al Sayed Jawad Hasan, Minister of Health, and Lulwa Saleh Al Awadhi, SCW Secretary General, alongside senior officials and medical professionals, were present ... The Bahrain Diabetes Society presented a token of appreciation to HRH Princess Sabeeka bint Ibrahim, received by Lulwa Saleh Al Awadhi, SCW Secretary General....
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Party chief and his spouse set off for official visit to Malaysia

Vietnam News 21 Nov 2024
HÀ NỘI — General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Tô Lâm, his spouse Ngô Phương Ly, and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Hà Nội on Thursday morning for a three-day official visit to Malaysia at the invitation of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and his spouse....
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Trump's Treasury search

The Hill 21 Nov 2024
Trump’s hunt for Treasury secretary nears end ... “The single greatest choice that Trump could make in the Cabinet to affect his economic agenda is the Treasury secretary,” said a person with knowledge of discussions. “The Treasury secretary by statute has the greatest authority over tariffs and tariff policy in general.”....
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Vietnamese PM receives General Secretary of MIU Party of Dominican Republic

Vietnam News 21 Nov 2024
SANTO DOMINGO – Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính received General Secretary of the United Left Movement (MIU) Party and Minister of Regional Integration Policies of the Dominican Republic Miguel Mejia in Santo Domingo on Wednesday afternoon (local time), as part of his official visit to the Caribbean nation....
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Incoming North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong names a dozen Cabinet members

Grand Forks Herald 21 Nov 2024
representative for North Dakota, won the general election with 68% of the vote, according to the Secretary of State’s website ... Mitchell Johnson, North Dakota National Guard adjutant general.Ron Henke, ... Doug Burgum’s Interior secretary nomination ... Doug Burgum for Interior secretary....
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Musical chairs at Mar-a-Lago

The Spectator 21 Nov 2024
Last week, the President-elect announced that he had chosen Matt Gaetz for attorney general, Tulsi Gabbard as director of intelligence, Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense, Robert F. Kennedy Jr as secretary of health and human services and ......
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"Blessed Xizang, Loving Shannan": The Cultural Tourism & Investment Promotion Event for Shannan City, Xizang Autonomous Region, China Successfully Held In Thailand

Vietnam News 21 Nov 2024
Attendees included CI REN, Deputy Mayor of Shannan Municipal People's Government, LA YUAN, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director-General ... Secretary PU QIONG presented an investment promotion, while General Manager YU ZHEN showcased Shannan's tourism products....
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From The Past Pages Of Dawn: 1974: Fifty Years Ago: Pakistani draft adopted

Dawn 21 Nov 2024
... would have the [General] Assembly endorse, in principle, the concept of a denuclearised South Asia ... … Under the Pakistan draft, the Secretary-General has been given a clear mandate with a view to promoting consultations to achieve the objective....
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Pacific news in brief for 21 November

RNZ 21 Nov 2024
The Cook Islands Foreign Secretary Tepaeru Herrmann is looking into establishing Cook Islands representation in French Polynesia ... A letter from general secretary Reverend James Bhagwan said the PCC call on the New Zealand government to listen deeply to the cry of the tangata whenua and ensure that their actions preserve the mana of the nation....
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Suzara named FIVB executive vice president

The Manila Times 21 Nov 2024
... Fabio Azevedo, who was elected new president of the FIVB during its 39th General Assembly and Elections last week in Porto, Portugal ... He was joined in the congress by PNVF vice president Ricky Palou, secretary-general Donaldo "Don" Caringal and director Tonyboy Liao in Porto....
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Former health secretary Matt Hancock to be questioned at Covid inquiry

AOL 21 Nov 2024
He became a household name during the crisis and regularly appeared in Downing Street press briefings ... Commenting ahead of Mr Hancock’s appearance, Kate Bell, assistant general secretary of the TUC, said ... “The former health secretary must come clean about the readiness and resilience of our health service when Covid struck ... ....

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