0 a person who works for and has a slightly lower rank than the secretary (= person in charge) of a government department: --
She's Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
1 an official in a government department who is one rank below the highest official: --
How do permanent undersecretaries view their role?
This applies not only to the industries themselves but to the civil servants at deputy-secretary and undersecretary level who will be called upon to handle the affairs of the industry.
Was the performance of this undersecretary assessed?
How many of the civil servants so dispersed have been of assistant secretary or undersecretary grade, because these are, after all, the policymakers?
An advertisement for one undersecretary post has appeared recently.
Let them not be overridden all the time by secretaries, principal secretaries and undersecretaries saying that they cannot do this or that.
It is headed by the chief scientist, whereas each of the other major sources has an undersecretary as its head.
Those participating in the work of the task forces include officials of undersecretary, assistant secretary, principal and equivalent grades.
