Secretary General

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Alternative forms

secretary general, secretary-general

Etymology

Calque of French secrétaire général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun (i.e., postpositive).

Noun

Secretary General (plural Secretaries General)

The chief administrator of an international body such as NATO or the United Nations.
The secretary of a non-Communist political party, governmental entity, or other NGO in many countries.

Synonyms

First Secretary
General Secretary
SG

Translations

chief administrator of an international body

Arabic: أمين عام
Burmese: အထွေထွေအတွင်းရေးမှူးချုပ် (my) (a.htwehtwea.twang:re:hmu:hkyup)
Catalan: secretari general m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 秘書長 / 秘书长 (zh) (mìshūzhǎng), 書記長 / 书记长 (zh) (shūjìcháng)
Danish: generalsekretær c
Dutch: secretaris-generaal (nl) m
Faroese: aðalskrivari m, aðalritari m
Finnish: pääsihteeri (fi)
French: secrétaire général (fr) m, premier secrétaire (fr) m
Georgian: გენერალური მდივანი (generaluri mdivani)
German: Generalsekretär (de) m, Generalsekretärin (de) f
Greek: γενικός γραμματέας (el) m or f (genikós grammatéas)
Hebrew: מזכיר כללי (mazkír klalí)
Hungarian: főtitkár (hu)
Icelandic: aðalritari m
Indonesian: sekretaris jenderal (id)
Irish: Ard-Rúnaí m
Japanese: 総書記 (ja) (そうしょき, sōshoki), 書記長 (ja) (しょきちょう, shokichō), 事務総長 (jimu sōchō)
Kazakh: бас хатшы (bas xatşy)
Korean: 사무총장 (ko) (samuchongjang), 서기장(書記長) (ko) (seogijang)
Malay: Setiausaha Agung
Norwegian:
Bokmål: generalsekretær

Nynorsk: generalsekretær
Polish: sekretarz generalny m
Portuguese: secretário-geral (pt) m
Russian: генера́льный секрета́рь (ru) m (generálʹnyj sekretárʹ), генсе́к (ru) m (gensék)
Swahili: katibu mkuu
Swedish: generalsekreterare (sv)
Turkish: genel sekreter (tr)
Vietnamese: tổng thư kí (總書記)
Welsh: ysgrifennydd cyffredinol

Anagrams

General Secretary, general secretary