foreign minister

noun

: a governmental minister for foreign affairs

Examples of foreign minister in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Turkey’s foreign minister said earlier this year that his country would consider doing the same. — Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026

Days later, after North Korea’s vice foreign minister addressed the UN General Assembly, the mission published the phone number in question on the first page of the minister’s speech. — Max Saltman, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026

Active in Finnish and European politics for two decades, Stubb has served in the European Parliament and as Finland’s finance minister, foreign minister, prime minister and now its president. — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026

The German and Russian foreign ministers met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly’s annual meeting last month in what was believed to be the first such face-to-face meeting since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. — Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 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