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Definition of junior minister in English: junior ministernoun (in the UK) a government minister who is not a member of the cabinet. he refused to accept responsibility, sending out junior ministers to explain the fiasco Example sentencesExamples - Unlike cabinet ministers, junior ministers (with the exeption of the chief whip) do not have state cars with garda drivers.
- The appointment of Cabinet ministers, junior ministers, senior staff to committees etc allows the party leadership huge powers of patronage.
- Apart from senior and junior ministers, other top government officials from various ministries will attend.
- The opposition minister is also on the committee along with his/her junior ministers.
- Two female junior ministers spoke in defence of censorship.
- But today, this paper offers cautious congratulations to junior minister Steve Webb on his plans for pensions reform.
- The Junior Minister at the Department of Enterprise said he would press the issue with the Cabinet, but the decision will ultimately rest with Mr McCreevy.
- In 2008, Lewis - then a junior Minister at the Department of Health - made an unhelpful intervention on tax policy.
- His preference to work with the bureaucracy and junior ministers was honed during 12 years as chief minister of Gujarat.
- Legislation limits the number of junior ministers to 17.
Definition of junior minister in US English: junior ministernoun (in the UK) a government minister who is not a member of the cabinet. he refused to accept responsibility, sending out junior ministers to explain the fiasco Example sentencesExamples - The appointment of Cabinet ministers, junior ministers, senior staff to committees etc allows the party leadership huge powers of patronage.
- But today, this paper offers cautious congratulations to junior minister Steve Webb on his plans for pensions reform.
- His preference to work with the bureaucracy and junior ministers was honed during 12 years as chief minister of Gujarat.
- Two female junior ministers spoke in defence of censorship.
- The Junior Minister at the Department of Enterprise said he would press the issue with the Cabinet, but the decision will ultimately rest with Mr McCreevy.
- The opposition minister is also on the committee along with his/her junior ministers.
- Apart from senior and junior ministers, other top government officials from various ministries will attend.
- In 2008, Lewis - then a junior Minister at the Department of Health - made an unhelpful intervention on tax policy.
- Unlike cabinet ministers, junior ministers (with the exeption of the chief whip) do not have state cars with garda drivers.
- Legislation limits the number of junior ministers to 17.
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