Secretary General

See also: secretary-general and secretary general

English

Calque of French secrétaire général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun (i.e., postpositive).

Secretary General (plural Secretaries General)

The chief administrator of an international body such as NATO or the United Nations.
The secretary of a non-Communist political party, governmental entity, or other NGO in many countries.

chief administrator of an international body

Arabic: أمين عام
Burmese: အထွေထွေအတွင်းရေးမှူးချုပ် (my) (a.htwehtwea.twang:re:hmu:hkyup)
Catalan: secretari general m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 秘書長 / 秘书长 (zh) (mìshūzhǎng), 書記長 / 书记长 (zh) (shūjìcháng)
Danish: generalsekretær c
Dutch: secretaris-generaal (nl) m
Faroese: aðalskrivari m, aðalritari m
Finnish: pääsihteeri (fi)
French: secrétaire général (fr) m, premier secrétaire (fr) m
Georgian: გენერალური მდივანი (generaluri mdivani)
German: Generalsekretär (de) m, Generalsekretärin (de) f
Greek: γενικός γραμματέας (el) m or f (genikós grammatéas)
Hebrew: מזכיר כללי (mazkír klalí)
Hungarian: főtitkár (hu)
Icelandic: aðalritari m
Indonesian: sekretaris jenderal (id)
Irish: Ard-Rúnaí m
Japanese: 総書記 (ja) (そうしょき, sōshoki), 書記長 (しょきちょう, shokichō)
Kazakh: бас хатшы (bas xatşy)
Korean: 사무총장 (ko) (samuchongjang), 서기장(書記長) (ko) (seogijang)
Malay: Setiausaha Agung
Norwegian:
Bokmål: generalsekretær

Nynorsk: generalsekretær
Polish: sekretarz generalny m
Portuguese: secretário-geral (pt) m
Russian: генера́льный секрета́рь (ru) m (generálʹnyj sekretárʹ), генсе́к (ru) m (gensék)
Swahili: katibu mkuu
Swedish: generalsekreterare (sv)
Turkish: genel sekreter
Vietnamese: tổng thư kí (總書記)
Welsh: ysgrifennydd cyffredinol