Minister in charge of defence affairs of a state.
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Examples for "secretary of defence"
1What is your response to the American secretary of defence's statement?
2As former secretary of defence Bob Gates has said, we won't buy the same horse twice.
3The newly empowered Democrats were today renewing calls for Donald Rumsfeld to be sacked as the US secretary of defence.
4During his time in the post, he also performed stints as acting secretary of defence and deputy secretary of defence.
5Photo: AP Mr Shanahan's tenure saw the longest ever period that the US has been without a permanent secretary of defence.
1Shanahan has served as the deputy secretary of defense since July 2017.
2The door opened and in walked Howard Rubin, the secretary of defense.
3Kerr had been talking with the secretary of defense when Henry entered.
4Yet Glenn doesn't quite get the smugness of the former secretary of defense.
5But the secretary of defense was in charge of its money and power.
1The draft also stipulates that the minister of defence must come from the armed forces.
2He was given the minister of defence title in the rebel-held eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
3The Iraqi minister of defence Khaled al-Obeidi said earlier that nine soldiers died in the strike on Friday.
4They are in turn accountable to the minister of defence and military veterans of the Department of Defence.
5In 1999, Marshal Igor Sergeev, then minister of defence, admitted that Russia could not compete militarily with the west.
1He is the minister of defense for the government in Khartoum.
2He had declined an invitation to Khartoum, to see the minister of defense.
3The draft also stipulates that the minister of defense must come from the armed forces.
4That was Lee Jung Kim, the minister of defense.
5Several Presidium members supported the minister of defense.
1The eyes of the minister of war were large with amazement.
2Mentezufis, as representative of the minister of war, had gone with the viceroy.
3Palmerston was to be president of the council, and Ellenborough minister of war.
4Dearborn, now minister of war, was our fellow-traveller through the wilderness.
5He was still minister of war, but he gave out almost no orders.
1They hanged the war minister, Count Baillat de Latour-froma lamppost.
2Waving a rifle over his head, the war minister rushed from the building.
3Such sad comfort do those who stir up war minister to the oppressed.
4The war minister, Von Roon, also received three hundred thousand thalers.
5Their commander, General Gonzalez Salas, Madero's war minister, committed suicide after the defeat.
1As a result the defence minister and army chief of staff resigned.
2He must vacate the post of defence minister in order to run.
3He also gave the defence minister 48 hours to provide the report.
4Russian Duma impeachment committee against Yeltsin hears evidence from former defence minister.
5Mauritania's defence minister has visited in an apparent attempt to smooth relations.
6After 1954, Giap became defence minister in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
7Libya's defence minister was dismissed in June after militias besieged two ministries.
8Her husband, defence minister Raul Castro, is acting president of the country.
9Former defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi was appointed national state security minister.
10The defence minister did not say how many troops the government had sent.
11Libya's defence minister has held talks with townsmen today, reports Reuters.
12He is a strong defence minister and he should remain in that position.
13Former defence minister Mr Alfred Moisiu was sworn in as Albania's president yesterday.
14On Monday Assad replaced his defence minister, a key figure in the leadership.
15The incident led to the resignation of the German defence minister.
16In March, Russia's defence minister confirmed its polar bases were back in use.
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