consul general

noun

|Updated on: 14 Aug 2018

Definition of consul general

plural consuls general

: a consul of the first rank stationed in an important place or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consuls

Recent Examples of consul general from the Web

José Vicente Chinchilla, the consul general of El Salvador, said there was no indication until this week that children separated from their families had been sent to New York, let alone how many.

— New York Times, "16 and Alone, Inside a Center for Separated Children in New York," 21 June 2018
Privacy - Terms The original owner was Cuba's consul general in Miami, Don Domingo Milord, who built the mansion for his wife, Paula.

— sonia osorio, miamiherald, "The old Cuban consulate has been the subject of ghost stories. Now it can be yours.," 30 May 2018
Itay Milner is deputy consul general of Israel to the Midwest.

— Bloomberg.com, "Israeli Diplomat Says He Was Thrown Out of Uber for Speaking Hebrew," 4 May 2018
Even the Korean consul general got into the spirit at the Korean embassy in Mexico.

— cady lang, Time, "All It Took Was Beating Germany to Unite Mexico and South Korea World Cup Fans," 27 June 2018
Even the Korean consul general to Mexico, Byoung-Jin Han, took part in the festivities, being hoisted onto people’s shoulders.

— michelle gant, Fox News, "Mexican restaurant celebrates World Cup advancement by offering Korean customers discount as thanks," 28 June 2018
In a briefing with journalists Monday, Britain’s consul general in East Jerusalem, Philip Hall, said such terminology has been used for decades, in keeping with United Nations resolutions.

— ruth eglash, Washington Post, "Prince William is first British royal to visit Israel, on a trip that will also take him to Palestinian territories," 25 June 2018
In contrast, the consul general running the Jerusalem consulate has historically had his or her own chief of mission authority.

— CBS News, "Trump mulls changes to Jerusalem consulate responsible for Palestinian relations," 1 June 2018
In contrast, the consul general running the Jerusalem consulate has historically had his or her own chief of mission authority.

— Washington Post, "After embassy move, Trump weighs Jerusalem consulate changes," 1 June 2018

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