super-cabinet
noun[C]
(alsosupercabinet,super cabinet)uk/ˈsuː.pəˌkæb.ɪ.nət/us/ˈsuː.pɚˌkæb.ən.ət/acabinet(= asmallgroupof the mostimportantpeopleingovernment)that has usually beenformedfor aparticularpurpose:
It was asmallsuper-cabinet made up of the mostseniormembersof thecabinet.
There weredemandsfor thecreationof a supercabinet to takecontrolof thecrisis.
Thesupercabinettookimportantpoliticalandeconomicdecisions.
- Theyproposedthat thebusinessofgovernmentshould bedirectedby a super-cabinet of five of the mostseniorministers.
- Thecommitteeactsas akindof super-cabinet toadvisethePresident.
- Aneconomicsupercabinet was set up for thedurationof therecession.
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