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Minister of State

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Minister of State

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Legal/Politics

法政

Legal / Politics

释义

名词

新加坡内阁中地位次于部长，高于政务次长的政治领袖。

DEFINITION

Noun

A political leader who is senior in rank to Parliamentary Secretaries but junior in rank to Ministers in the Cabinet of Singapore.

由来
  • 按照被委派任职的政府部门，政务部长（Minister of State）的职务主要是协助该部门的部长。
  • 除了政务部长，还有高级政务部长（Senior Minister of State）。他们都是新加坡政府行政部（内阁）的成员。
ETYMOLOGY
  • Minister of States are appointed to assist the Ministers of the respective ministries they are appointed to.
  • Other than the Minister of State, there is also a Senior Minister of State. They are both members of the Singapore Cabinet.
例句
政治观察家认为，在即将宣布的内阁改组，两名副总理张志贤和尚达曼或受委为资政，而多名年轻政务次长和政务部长被点名，有潜质升为政务部长或部长。（《新明日报》，23/4/2019）
SAMPLE SENTENCE
Political observers believe that in the upcoming Cabinet reshuffling, the two Deputy Prime Ministers, Mr. Teo Chee Hean and Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam may be appointed as Senior Ministers. Many young Parliamentary Secretaries and Ministers of State were named as they showed potential to be promoted as Ministers of State or Ministers. (Shin Min Daily News, 23/4/2019)
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