foreign secretary
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There is no question, though, that this week the minister who most starkly signalled change from the previous government was a man who coveted Healey's job - Ed Miliband, who was instead appointed foreign secretary.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
Britain’s new foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has taken the U.K.’s governor seat at the World Bank.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
To date, Mexico has received partial or no responses to complaints sent to the eight states where the 17 deaths of Mexican citizens occurred, Roberto Velasco, Mexican’s foreign secretary, said last week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
Ed Miliband, now Britain’s foreign secretary, praised Hobsbawm for bringing “history out of the ivory tower and into people’s lives.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 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
