General-secretary Sentence Examples

Buitenzorg is also the seat of the general secretary of the state railway and of the department of mines.

He started work at the age of seven in a ropeworks, attending the wheel of a rope-spinner for ten hours a day, and on Saturday afternoons and Sunday mornings toiled in a barber's shop. He afterwards became a gasworker, and in 1889 he helped to found the National Union of Gas Workers and General Labourers, becoming its general secretary.

When the Nottingham Congregational Institute was founded in 1863 he became the first principal, a post which he held till 5898, when he was succeeded by James Alexander Mitchell (1849-1905), who from 1903 till his death was general secretary of the Congregational Union.

In 1 799 he was attached to the ministry of the interior by Lucien Bonaparte; in 1804 he became general secretary under Champagny; in 1805 he accompanied Napoleon into Italy; in 1808 he was nominated master of requests; in 1811 he received the title of councillor of state; and in the following year he was appointed governor of Catalonia.

In 1785 he became commissary of the Holy Office at Logrono, and in 1789 its general secretary at Madrid.

In 1902 he became assistant secretary of the Fife and Kinross Miners' Association, and in 1908 its general secretary.

He then settled at the London Docks, and organized the Dockers' Union of which he became general secretary in June 1887, taking a prominent part in the dock strike of 1889.

In 1805 he exchanged the chair of mathematics for that of natural philosophy in succession to Dr John Robison, whom also he succeeded as general secretary to the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Paul Tully, General Secretary of Spuc, said "This move represents a very worrying precedent."

Political Commission elected The new Central Committee on 25 May re-elected Manuel Tome as the party's General Secretary.

Kevin Curran, the newly elected General Secretary of the GMB, used his victory speech to attack the setting up of foundation hospitals.

Likewise, in David Triesman we have a General Secretary committed to making party education and communication top priorities.

The employer is currently refusing to discuss clauses in agreements relating to job security, the deputy General Secretary warned.

Union assistant General Secretary Gerry Morrissy said, " This is both cultural and commercial madness.

R J Evans He was appointed as the first salaried General Secretary of the Inland Waterways Association in 1952.

He took over the party chairmanship and imposed his own candidate as SPD General Secretary.

Kevin Curran, the newly elected general secretary of the GMB, used his victory speech to attack the setting up of foundation hospitals.

Membership application forms are available from the General Secretary and interested dealers should apply using their business letterhead.

Amicus general secretary Derek Simpson said, " British industry is facing meltdown due to inflated energy costs.

He went on to become our general secretary for over 20 years.

New man at the helm for EA Scotland Evangelical Alliance Scotland has a new General Secretary - who is a former apprentice shipbuilder.

And can we just say thank-you for the hard work of all Labor staff, led by Matt Carter our General Secretary.

Deputy General Secretary John Hannett has condemned the latest upsurge in violent crime.

Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Communist Party, was determined to find a natural source of diamonds on Soviet soil.