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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...- Legislation limits the number of junior ministers to 17.
- 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.
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