super-minister
noun[C]
(alsosuper minister,superminister)uk/ˈsuː.pəˌmɪn.ɪ.stər/us/ˈsuː.pɚˌmɪn.ɪ.stɚ/amemberof thegovernmentin the UK and many othercountrieswho is inchargeof anumberof differentdepartments:
She has beenappointedas a super-minister for the country'stroublededucationsystem.
He is asuperministerwhoco-ordinatestheministersfor theeconomy,finance, andindustry.
- Herecentlyappointedasuperministerforsocialcohesion, whoseresponsibilitiesrangefromhousingtoeducation.
- Theycomplainthat too muchpowerisconcentratedin thehandsof onesuperminister.
- She is the new Super-Minister for Economics and Agriculture.
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