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For the common meaning as an office support worker, which can also be a title, see <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary">Secretary</a>. For the most senior official in an Australian governmental department, see <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Department_secretary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Department secretary">Department secretary</a>. </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> For other uses, see <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_(disambiguation)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-disambig" title="Secretary (disambiguation)">Secretary (disambiguation)</a>. </div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"></p> <p><b>Secretary</b> is a title often used in organizations to indicate a person having a certain amount of <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Authority?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Authority">authority</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Power (social and political)">power</a>, or importance in the organization. Secretaries announce important events and communicate to the organization. The term is derived from the Latin word <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">secernere</i></span>, "to distinguish" or "to set apart", the passive participle (<span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">secretum</i></span>) meaning "having been set apart", with the eventual connotation of something private or confidential, as with the English word <i>secret.</i> A <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la">secretarius</i></span> was a person, therefore, overseeing business confidentially, usually for a powerful individual (a king, pope, etc.).</p> <p>The official title of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Party_leader?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Party leader">leader</a> of most <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Communist_party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Communist party">communist</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Socialist_party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist party">socialist</a> political parties is the "<b>General Secretary of the Central Committee</b>" or "<b>First Secretary of the Central Committee</b>". When a communist party is in power, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Secretary of the Communist Party">general secretary</a> is usually the country's <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/De_facto?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="De facto">de facto</a></i> leader (though sometimes this leader also holds state-level positions to monopolize power, such as a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_(government_title)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="President (government title)">presidency</a> or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Premier?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Premier">premiership</a> in order to constitute <i><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/De_jure?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="De jure">de jure</a></i> leadership of the state), such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/China?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="China">China</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Korea?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Vietnam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Laos?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Laos">Laos</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cuba?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In England, the term <i>secretarius</i> was used "from the beginning of the thirteenth century in the varying meanings of a confidential clerk, an ambassador, or a member of the king's council".<sup id="cite_ref-Ruthven_2-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Ruthven-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the fourteenth century, the title became strongly associated with the keeper of the king's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Signet_ring?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Signet ring">signet</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ruthven_2-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Ruthven-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Renaissance?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> to the late 19th century, men involved in the daily correspondence and the activities of the powerful assumed the title of secretary. With time, like many titles, the term was applied to more and varied functions, leading to compound titles to specify the authority associated with its use, like general secretary or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Financial_secretary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Financial secretary">financial secretary</a>.</p> <p>In some countries, such as the United States, the term <i>secretary</i> is used to indicate the holder of a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Cabinet_(government)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Cabinet (government)">cabinet</a>-level post. There are a number of popular variations of the title used to indicate that the secretary in question has a high degree of authority, such as <b>general secretary</b> (or, following usage in the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Norman_language?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Norman language">Norman language</a>, <b>secretary-general</b>), <b>first secretary</b>, and <b>executive secretary</b>.</p> <p>In a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Club_(organization)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Club (organization)">club</a> or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Society?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Society">society</a>, the secretary is also considered to be, in most cases, the third person in charge of the organization, after the president/chairman and vice president/vice chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-Roberts_3-0" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Roberts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In smaller organizations, the secretary typically takes <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Meeting_minutes?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Meeting minutes">meeting minutes</a>, notifies members of meetings, contacts various persons in relation to the society, administers the day-to-day activities of the organization, and creates the order of business. The secretary of a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Non-governmental_organization?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Non-governmental organization">non-governmental organization</a> or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/International_non-governmental_organization?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="International non-governmental organization">international non-governmental organization</a> can combine the function with that of vice president/vice chairman.<sup id="cite_ref-Roberts_3-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-Roberts-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"> <input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"> <div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span> </div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#General_secretary"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">General secretary</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Communist_Party"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Communist Party</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Dravidian_Party"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Dravidian Party</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Secretary-general"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Secretary-general</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#International_intergovernmental_organizations"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">International intergovernmental organizations</span></a></li> </ul></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#First_secretary"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">First secretary</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Executive_secretary"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Executive secretary</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#Secretary-treasurer"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Secretary-treasurer</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(1)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="General_secretary">General secretary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Secretary_(title)&action=edit&section=1&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: General secretary" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-1 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-1"> <p><b>General secretary</b> occurs as the title of a <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Minister_(government)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Minister (government)">ministerial</a> position of authority found in various organizations, such as <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Trade_union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Trade union">trade unions</a>, <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Communist_party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Communist party">communist</a> and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Socialist_party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Socialist party">socialist parties</a>, and <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/International_non-governmental_organization?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="International non-governmental organization">international non-governmental organizations</a>. Examples include:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Trades_Union_Congress?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress">General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party_(New_South_Wales_Branch)?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch)">General Secretary of the New South Wales Labor Party (Australia)</a></li> <li>Some church organizations, such as the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/National_Council_of_Churches?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="National Council of Churches">National Council of Churches</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/World_Council_of_Churches?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="World Council of Churches">World Council of Churches</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Labour_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Secretary of the Labour Party">General Secretary of the Labour Party</a></li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Communist_Party">Communist Party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Secretary_(title)&action=edit&section=2&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Communist Party" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"> <div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable"> Main article: <a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1246091330"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"> <p><b>General secretary</b> or <b>first secretary</b> is the official title of leaders of most <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Communist_party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Communist party">Communist political parties</a>. When a Communist party is the ruling party in a Communist-led <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/One-party_state?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="One-party state">one-party state</a>, the general secretary is typically the country's <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/De_facto?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="De facto">de facto</a> leader. Examples include:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party">General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Vietnam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam">General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Cuba?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba">General Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Lao_People%27s_Revolutionary_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party">General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union">General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Kampuchea?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea">General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Mongolian_People%27s_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Party">General Secretary of the Mongolian People's Party</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Workers%27_Party_of_Korea?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea">General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/President_of_the_League_of_Communists_of_Yugoslavia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia">General Secretary of the League of Communist of Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Leadership_of_East_Germany?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Leadership of East Germany">General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of East Germany</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_Czechoslovakia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of presidents of Czechoslovakia">General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Party_of_Labour_of_Albania?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Party of Labour of Albania">General Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Romanian_Communist_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Romanian Communist Party">General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Hungarian_Socialist_Workers%27_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party">General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Polish_United_Workers%27_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Polish United Workers' Party">General Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_of_Bulgaria?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="List of heads of state of Bulgaria">General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party</a></li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="Dravidian_Party">Dravidian Party</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Secretary_(title)&action=edit&section=3&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Dravidian Party" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <p><b>General secretary</b> is the official title of leaders of most <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dravidian_parties?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dravidian parties">Dravidian political parties</a>, that are politically influential in <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Tamil_Nadu?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> of Southern <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/India?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="India">India</a>. Examples include:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li>General Secretary of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li>General Secretary of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Marumalarchi_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></li> <li>General Secretary of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Desiya_Murpokku_Dravida_Kazhagam?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam">Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam</a></li> </ul> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(2)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Secretary-general">Secretary-general</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Secretary_(title)&action=edit&section=4&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Secretary-general" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-2 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-2"> <p>Examples include:</p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"> <h3 id="International_intergovernmental_organizations">International intergovernmental organizations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Secretary_(title)&action=edit&section=5&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: International intergovernmental organizations" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Organization</th> <th>Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/African_Planning_Society?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="African Planning Society">African Planning Society</a> (APS)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_African_Planning_Society?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary-General of the African Planning Society">Secretary-General of the African Planning Society</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Association_of_Southeast_Asian_Nations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of Southeast Asian Nations">Association of Southeast Asian Nations</a> (ASEAN)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary-General_of_ASEAN?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary-General of ASEAN">Secretary-General of ASEAN</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Caribbean_Community?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Caribbean Community">Caribbean Community</a> (CARICOM)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_Caribbean_Community?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community">Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a></td> <td>The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Commonwealth_Secretary-General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Commonwealth Secretary-General">Commonwealth Secretary-General</a> is the de facto leader. The secretary-general advises member nations and heads conferences with the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Head_of_the_Commonwealth?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Head of the Commonwealth">Head of the Commonwealth</a>, currently King <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Charles_III?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Charles III">Charles III</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Council_of_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Council of Europe">Council of Europe</a> (COE)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Council_of_Europe?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary General of the Council of Europe">Secretary General of the Council of Europe</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Council_of_the_European_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Council of the European Union">Council of the European Union</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_Council_of_the_European_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union">Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Commission?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Commission">European Commission</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_European_Commission?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary-General of the European Commission">Secretary-General of the European Commission</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Court_of_Auditors?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Court of Auditors">European Court of Auditors</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_European_Court_of_Auditors?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary-General of the European Court of Auditors">Secretary-General of the European Court of Auditors</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/European_Economic_and_Social_Committee?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="European Economic and Social Committee">European Economic and Social Committee</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_European_Economic_and_Social_Committee?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee">Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/INTERPORTPOLICE?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="INTERPORTPOLICE">INTERPORTPOLICE</a></td> <td>Secretary General of the INTERPORTPOLICE<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/League_of_Nations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="League of Nations">League of Nations</a> (1919–1946)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_League_of_Nations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary General of the League of Nations">Secretary General of the League of Nations</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Treaty Organization">North Atlantic Treaty Organization</a> (NATO)</td> <td>The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General_of_NATO?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary General of NATO">Secretary General of NATO</a> is the chief administrative officer of NATO.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Organisation_for_Economic_Co-operation_and_Development?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development">Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development</a> (OECD)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_OECD?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary-General of the OECD">Secretary-General of the OECD</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a> (OIC)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Organisation_of_Islamic_Cooperation?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation">Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Organization_of_American_States?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Organization of American States">Organization of American States</a> (OAS)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Organization_of_American_States?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary General of the Organization of American States">Secretary General of the Organization of American States</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Organization_of_the_Petroleum_Exporting_Countries?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries">Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries</a> (OPEC)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Organization_of_the_Petroleum_Exporting_Countries?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries">Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Pacific_Islands_Forum?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Pacific Islands Forum">Pacific Islands Forum</a></td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Pacific_Islands_Forum_Secretariat?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat">Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Union_of_South_American_Nations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Union of South American Nations">Union of South American Nations</a> (UNASUR)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General_of_the_Union_of_South_American_Nations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations">Secretary General of the UNASUR</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/United_Nations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (UN)</td> <td>The <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Secretary-General of the United Nations">Secretary-General of the United Nations</a> is described as the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chief_administrative_officer?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Chief administrative officer">chief administrative officer</a> and the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/De_facto?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="De facto">de facto</a> head of the United Nations. The Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations hires, terminates, and controls all <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/United_Nations?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> staff and relief efforts around the World.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Western_European_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Western European Union">Western European Union</a> (WEU)</td> <td><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/List_of_Secretaries_General_of_the_Western_European_Union?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Secretaries General of the Western European Union">Secretary-General of the Western European Union</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(3)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="First_secretary">First secretary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Secretary_(title)&action=edit&section=6&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: First secretary" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-3 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-3"> <p><b>First secretary</b> is the title of the chief officer or leader in many organizations, and is also a modern <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Diplomatic_rank?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Diplomatic rank">diplomatic rank</a>. Examples include:</p> <ul> <li>Some <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Consumer_organization?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Consumer organization">consumer organizations</a>, such as the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/National_Consumers_League?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="National Consumers League">National Consumers League</a></li> <li>Some political parties, especially <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Communist_party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Communist party">Communist</a> or <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Socialist_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Socialist Party">Socialist Parties</a></li> <li>In Workers' Party and Communist Party organizations: <ul> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Armenia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia">First Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Azerbaijan?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan">First Secretary of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan</a></li> <li>First Secretary of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Chinese Communist Party">Chinese Communist Party</a>—see <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party_Committee_Secretary?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary">Party Committee Secretary</a> <ul> <li>First Secretary of the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Communist_Youth_League_of_China?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Communist Youth League of China">Communist Youth League of China</a></li> </ul></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Cuba?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba">First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Czechoslovakia?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia">First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Secretary_of_the_French_Socialist_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="First Secretary of the French Socialist Party">First Secretary of the French Socialist Party</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Secretary_of_the_Georgian_Communist_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party">First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Lithuania?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="First Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania">First Secretary of the Communist Party of Lithuania</a></li> <li><a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/First_Secretary_of_the_Polish_United_Workers%27_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" class="mw-redirect" title="First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party">First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party</a></li> <li>First Secretary of the <a 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a government agency for the Greek regions of Macedonia and Thrace</li> </ul> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(4)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Executive_secretary">Executive secretary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Secretary_(title)&action=edit&section=7&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Executive secretary" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-4 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-4"> <p>Examples include:</p> <ul> <li><a 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State">Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State</a></li> </ul> </section> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 section-heading" onclick="mfTempOpenSection(5)"> <span class="indicator mf-icon mf-icon-expand mf-icon--small"></span> <h2 id="Secretary-treasurer">Secretary-treasurer</h2><span class="mw-editsection"> <a role="button" href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/w/index.php?title=Secretary_(title)&action=edit&section=8&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Edit section: Secretary-treasurer" class="cdx-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--icon-only cdx-button--weight-quiet "> <span class="minerva-icon minerva-icon--edit"></span> <span>edit</span> </a> </span> </div> <section class="mf-section-5 collapsible-block" id="mf-section-5"> <p>Within many organizations, the title of secretary is combined with that of <a 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News">Yahoo! News</a></i>. August 9, 2016. <q><span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"A lot of analysts now see it as a given" that Xi will seek to stay <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Chinese_Communist_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Chinese Communist Party">Party</a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Chinese_Communist_Party?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party">General Secretary</a>, the <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/China?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="China">country</a>'s most powerful <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Paramount_leader?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB" title="Paramount leader">post</a>, said Christopher K. Johnson, a former CIA analyst and now China specialist at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Yahoo%21+News&rft.atitle=Xi%27s+here+to+stay%3A+China+leader+tipped+to+outstay+term&rft.date=2016-08-09&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fau.news.yahoo.com%2Fxis-here-to-stay-china-leader-tipped-to-outstay-term-32278287.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASecretary+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span></li> <li id="cite_note-Ruthven-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-Ruthven_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="https://en-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Secretary_General?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB#cite_ref-Ruthven_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">J. 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lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دبیرکل" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secr%25C3%25A9taire_g%25C3%25A9n%25C3%25A9ral" title="Secrétaire général – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Secrétaire général" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekretaris-generaal" title="Sekretaris-generaal – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Sekretaris-generaal" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%25C3%25BAna%25C3%25AD_(teideal)" title="Rúnaí (teideal) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Rúnaí (teideal)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretario_xeral" title="Secretario xeral – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Secretario xeral" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katibu_mkuu" title="Katibu mkuu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Katibu mkuu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%25C5%2591titk%25C3%25A1r" title="Főtitkár – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Főtitkár" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="ja" data-title="総書記" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalsekret%25C3%25A6r" title="Generalsekretær – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Generalsekretær" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalsekret%25C3%25A6r" title="Generalsekretær – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Generalsekretær" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekretarz_generalny" title="Sekretarz generalny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Sekretarz generalny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretar_general" title="Secretar general – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Secretar general" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D0%2593%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BD%25D0%25B5%25D1%2580%25D0%25B0%25D0%25BB%25D1%258C%25D0%25BD%25D1%258B%25D0%25B9_%25D1%2581%25D0%25B5%25D0%25BA%25D1%2580%25D0%25B5%25D1%2582%25D0%25B0%25D1%2580%25D1%258C" title="Генеральный секретарь – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Генеральный секретарь" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Secretary" title="General Secretary – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="General Secretary" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%25D8%25B3%25DA%25A9%25D8%25B1%25D8%25AA%25DB%258E%25D8%25B1%25DB%258C_(%25D9%2586%25D8%25A7%25D9%2588%25D9%2586%25DB%258C%25D8%25B4%25D8%25A7%25D9%2586)" title="سکرتێری (ناونیشان) – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="سکرتێری (ناونیشان)" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%25C3%25A4%25C3%25A4sihteeri" title="Pääsihteeri – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Pääsihteeri" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalsekreterare" title="Generalsekreterare – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Generalsekreterare" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://translate.google.com/website?sl=auto&tl=en&hl=en-GB&u=https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekreterlik" title="Sekreterlik – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Sekreterlik" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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