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A secretary is usually an administrative support worker.
Secretary may also refer to:
Positions
edit- Secretary (title), an official title for various positions of leadership
Government
edit- Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh, an administrative head of a ministry or a department
- Secretary to the Government of India, an administrative head of a ministry or a department
- Cabinet Secretary
- Secretary of State, in several countries, a senior government position
- Departmental secretary, the most senior public servant of an Australian government ministry
- Parliamentary secretary, a junior minister
- Permanent secretary, the most senior public servant of a government ministry
- A diplomatic rank
- Secretary to the President of the United States
- Principal Secretary (disambiguation)
- Private Secretary to the Sovereign, United Kingdom
- Private secretary, a public servant working for a minister
Head or official in organizations
edit- First Secretary (disambiguation)
- General Secretary
- Party Committee Secretary
- Secretary-General
- Secretary (club), the head of an organization's day-to-day administration
- Company secretary, a senior, usually board level, position in a private or public company
- Mishu, a private secretary to officials in the Chinese Communist Party
Places
edit- Secretary, Maryland, a town in the United States
- Secretary Island, an island of New Zealand
Books
edit- The Secretary, a poem by Matthew Prior written at The Hague, in 1696
- The Secretary, a poem by Peter Redgrove
Film and television
edit- Secretary (1976 film), a 1976 Indian Telugu-language film directed by K.S. Prakash Rao
- Secretary (2002 film), a 2002 American film directed by Steven Shainber and starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and James Spader
- Secretary (2006 film), a 2006 Australian television film
- The Secretary (1938 film), a 1938 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Chaturbhuj Doshi
- The Secretary (1995 film), a 1995 American film directed by Andrew Lane
- "The Secretary" (Seinfeld), an episode of the television series Seinfeld
- Private Secretary (TV series), an American situation comedy starring Ann Sothern
Music
edit- "Secretary", a song by Betty Wright, 1974
- "The Secretary", a song by Sailor (band), 1990
Other uses
edit- Secretarybird, an African bird of prey
- Secretary desk, a desk with a hinged surface
- Secretary hand, a style of European handwriting developed in the early sixteenth century
- The Secretary (play), an 1843 play by James Sheridan Knowles