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Minister van binnenlandse zaken

English translation: Home Secretary

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Dutch term or phrase:Minister van binnenlandse zaken
English translation:Home Secretary
Entered by: Adam Smith

19:10 Nov 16, 2005
Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Government / Politics
Dutch term or phrase: Minister van binnenlandse zaken
welke term komt het meest overeen met 'minister van binnenlandse zaken' in het Engels?
vicros
Home Secretary
Explanation:
The UK equivalent is the Home Secretary

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-11-16 19:23:53 GMT) Post-grading
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The roles are probably not entirely equivalent, but here is a Dutch reference from the "ministerie van buitenlandse zaken":

"Eind 2004 nam minister van Binnenlandse Zaken (‘Home Secretary’) David Blunkett ontslag naar aanleiding van gelekte informatie over een visumaanvraag, die naar alle waarschijnlijkheid op verzoek van Blunkett versneld afgehandeld zou zijn."

ref. http://www.minbuza.nl/default.asp?CMS_ITEM=F27A44852AD9464AB...
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Adam Smith
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Local time: 08:22
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Home Secretary


Explanation:
The UK equivalent is the Home Secretary

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Note added at 13 mins (2005-11-16 19:23:53 GMT) Post-grading
--------------------------------------------------

The roles are probably not entirely equivalent, but here is a Dutch reference from the "ministerie van buitenlandse zaken":

"Eind 2004 nam minister van Binnenlandse Zaken (‘Home Secretary’) David Blunkett ontslag naar aanleiding van gelekte informatie over een visumaanvraag, die naar alle waarschijnlijkheid op verzoek van Blunkett versneld afgehandeld zou zijn."

ref. http://www.minbuza.nl/default.asp?CMS_ITEM=F27A44852AD9464AB...

Adam Smith
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:22
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Shannon Davidson (X)
3 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  John Owen
40 mins
  -> Thank you!
agree  jarry (X): In South Africa: Minister of Home Affairs
12 hrs
  -> Thanks Jarry - I should of course also have said that other terms are used in the English-speaking world
agree  Chris Hopley: e.g. Secretary of the Interior in the US, Minister of Internal Affairs in NZ, etc., etc.; 'interior minister' is IMO usually OK as a generic solution.
15 hrs
  -> Thanks Chris
agree  reebecca (X)
20 hrs
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