education secretary

Noun education secretary has 2 senses

• education secretary(n = noun.person) secretary of education - the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Education; "Carter appointed Shirley Hufstedler as the first Secretary of Education"
is a kind of secretary

• education secretary(n = noun.act) secretary of education - the position of the head of the Education Department; "the post of Education Secretary was created in 1979"
is a kind of secretaryship
is a member of united states cabinet, us cabinet