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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Musawi was the Party’s second secretary-general, until he was assassinated by Israel, in 1992.
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Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Afif was a long-time media adviser to Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sept. 27.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
An early test of the axis came in 1992, when Israel assassinated Abbas al-Musawi, who was the secretary-general of Hezbollah.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
Trump also received congratulations from Jens Stoltenberg, who served as secretary-general of NATO until his term ended in October.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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Rania Abouzeid, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Afif was a long-time media adviser to Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli air attack on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Sept. 27.
—Reuters, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
An early test of the axis came in 1992, when Israel assassinated Abbas al-Musawi, who was the secretary-general of Hezbollah.
—Renad Mansour, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2024
Trump also received congratulations from Jens Stoltenberg, who served as secretary-general of NATO until his term ended in October.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Secretary-general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/secretary-general. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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