subsecretary
noun[C]
(alsosub-secretary)uk/ˌsʌbˈsek.rə.tər.i/us/ˌsʌbˈsek.rə.ter.i/apersonwhoworksfor and isslightlylowerinrankthan thesecretary(= thepersonincharge)of agovernmentdepartmentin somecountries:
She was a subsecretary in the Ecuadorian Ministry of Energy and Mines.
TheMexicansub-secretary offinanceexplainedthe government’spolicygoal.
Synonym
undersecretary
- the Subsecretary ofNationalDefence for theMexicanarmy
- Headvisedvariousofficialsin Argentina from thePresidentdown to the Sub-secretary of Foreign Affairs.
- The sub-secretary made all thearrangementsfor thetrip.
Government ministers & civil servants
- aide
- am
- attorney general
- backbencher
- cabinet
- Foreign Secretary
- functionary
- government
- Home Secretary
- interministerial
- private member
- private secretary
- Privy Councillor
- procurator
- public servant
- syndic
- town clerk
- undersecretary
- vizier
- Whitehall