He was not considered as a "junior minister".
Since then, the Secretários de Estado are junior ministers, subordinated to a cabinet minister.
A junior minister in one of the less important departments has no very glamorous task.
In addition, the Government can choose another Minister of State (junior minister), who may attend cabinet meetings.
In modern times, heads of state and of government, and more junior ministers and officials, can easily meet or speak with each other personally.
'There's a bloke here, junior minister of something or other, urging old people to cut fuel costs and keep warm by dressing up in newspapers.'
A junior minister's post, at the very least.
"There has been no evidence produced at all," said Mr. Hamadi, who occupies a post similar to that of a junior foreign minister.
I have excellent contacts amongst the Liberal Democrats in government, from cabinet ministers to more junior ministers.
A junior minister's pay scarcely covers the cost of a man's cartridges for the year, but Soames did not give the matter a second thought.
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