foreign minister

noun

: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

Examples of foreign minister in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Lawmakers also gave their consent for Andrii Sybiha to stay on as foreign minister after serving in an interim role. — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Lawmakers also gave their consent for Andrii Sybiha to stay on as foreign minister after holding the post in an interim role. — Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026

According to reporting in The New York Times, Israel planned to assassinate the Iranian foreign minister and speaker of parliament while the two were conducting negotiations with the United States. — Mark Leonard, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Prosecutors said Maduro and his foreign minister, Delcy Rodriguez, authorized a series of payments totaling $20 million under terms of the PDV USA contract before having a falling out with Rivera’s group by the end of 2017. — Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1678, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for foreign minister

• administer
• sinister

Kids Definition

foreign minister

noun

: a government minister for foreign affairs