Meaning of junior minister | Babel Free

Definitions

a member of a legislative body who holds a position in government below cabinet level, i.e. reporting to the head of a department, not the prime minister or head of government

Examples

“The junior minister Nadine Morano, who recently said Dati had been served a political career "on a golden platter", suggested she go back to her roots and run in rural Burgundy, where she grew up in a poor family of 11 children.”

“One junior minister failed to see why main lines could not simply be turned into motorways and be done with it.”

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