permanent secretarynoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpɜː.mə.nənt ˈsek.rə.tər.i/us/ˌpɝː.mə.nənt ˈsek.rə.ter.i/(in the ) a government official who belongs to the Civil Service (= the official departments responsible for putting government plans into action) rather than an elected government
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Government ministers & civil servants
- aide
- am
- attorney general
- backbencher
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- Home Secretary
- kitchen cabinet
- mandarin
- marshal
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- regulator
- secretary
- Secretary of State
- senior statesman
- servant
- the Privy Council
- Whitehall
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