secretary-general
noun
sec·re·tary-gen·er·al
ˈse-krə-ˌter-ē-ˈjen-rəl 
-ˈje-nə-rəl
plural secretaries-general
: a principal administrative officer
secretary-general of the United Nations
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As secretary-general, Nasrallah—along with Hezbollah’s top military strategist Imad Mughniyeh—was widely credited with transforming the group from a local militia to a nonstate military more powerful than the Lebanese Armed Forces.
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Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
As secretary-general, Urquiza will oversee the organization's day-to-day operations, succeeding Germany's Jürgen Stock, who has led since 2014 and is ineligible for another term.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Mohamed Ismail Khaled, the secretary-general of the supreme council of antiquities in Egypt, told ABC News that most of the wooden coffins and linen wraps that would have been customary for these kinds of burials were destroyed by ancient floods.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Last month, Israel struck the southern suburbs of Beirut and killed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of the militant group Hezbollah, then followed up with a military campaign against Hezbollah’s infrastructure in southern Lebanon and the capital.
—Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Nov. 2024
As secretary-general, Urquiza will oversee the organization's day-to-day operations, succeeding Germany's Jürgen Stock, who has led since 2014 and is ineligible for another term.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Mohamed Ismail Khaled, the secretary-general of the supreme council of antiquities in Egypt, told ABC News that most of the wooden coffins and linen wraps that would have been customary for these kinds of burials were destroyed by ancient floods.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Last month, Israel struck the southern suburbs of Beirut and killed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary-general of the militant group Hezbollah, then followed up with a military campaign against Hezbollah’s infrastructure in southern Lebanon and the capital.
—Kim Ghattas, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Secretary-general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secretary-general. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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