Secretary General

See also: secretary-general and secretary general

English

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)

1. The chief administrator of an international body such as NATO or the United Nations.
2. 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 (しょきちょう, shokichō)
• 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
• Vietnamese: tổng thư kí (總書記)
• Welsh: ysgrifennydd cyffredinol

Anagrams

• General Secretary, general secretary