foreign secretary
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He added that at a time "when values of democracy, the rule of law and freedom are under threat as never before", he would "carry that spirit, their spirit, into my work as foreign secretary".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
A keen eye will be on who gets the big jobs - chancellor, home secretary and foreign secretary.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
He'll also need to appoint key roles in his cabinet, such as chancellor, home secretary and foreign secretary.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
“It would be superfluous in me,” Abraham Lincoln’s emissary Charles Francis Adams wrote to the British foreign secretary, “to point out to your lordship that this is war.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
I had agreed to international mediation, and on April 13 a dele-gation arrived led by Lord Carrington, the former British foreign secretary, and Henry Kissinger, the former American secretary of state.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
