0 an experienced politician who is usually no longer working in government
Many saw it simply as a stop-gap appointment until some more senior statesman took on the role.
Ideas of this nature were promulgated and espoused by well-respected and senior statesmen after the last world war.
It is also a period of lull when, in two or three places, there are senior statesmen of great experience.
There have been some very weighty arguments by senior statesmen of great weight.
His own comments at the conference of senior statesmen gave no hint that he favored any early cessation of the war...
