The phrase "alternate minister" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a government official who acts in place of another minister or holds a similar position with different responsibilities.
Example: "The alternate minister will represent the country at the international conference in the absence of the primary minister."
Alternatives: "deputy minister" or "acting minister".
Sarandon also visited the Ellinikon refugee camp in Athens with alternate minister for migration policy Ioannis Mouzalas.
Other speakers are: the President of the 58th Session of the General Assembly, Julian Robert Hunte; the Alternate Minister for Culture of Greece, Fanny Palli-Petralia; the ATHENS 2004 President, Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki; the Director of the International Olympic Truce Centre, Stavros Lambrinidis and Robert Ctvrtlikk, representing the International Olympic Committee.
Nikos Xydakis, Greece's alternate foreign minister for EU affairs, called the idea "hysterical" and warned that it could lead to the fragmentation of Europe.
Commentators said his goal was to weaken Mr. Cameron's coalition government if the scandal continues to escalate, and to cast himself as a credible alternate prime minister should Mr. Cameron fall.
"Large sums were spent on the venues' construction, but no economic viability studies were drawn up for them," admitted Greece's alternate culture minister, Fani Palli-Petralia, who headed the Olympic preparations.
The solution was a govt. with alternating Prime Ministers-first Peres, for 2 years, then Shamir until the next general election in '88.
This time it was the Welfare Party and Çiller's DYP that agreed to a partnership in which Çiller and Erbakan would alternate as prime minister.
He and Çiller would alternate as prime minister, and the various other ministries were divided between the Welfare Party and the True Path Party.
"Grexit is not our agenda, it is the agenda of those who want the breakup of Europe," said Sia Anagnostopoulou, a leading Syriza MP and former alternate European affairs minister.
"At my press conference today I stated that I understood there were no unaccompanied minors currently located on Manus Island as I had been under the impression they had been transferred to an alternate facility," the minister said in a statement.
Unionists, who object to pension cuts included in austerity measures voted through Greece's Parliament last month, were to meet with Haris Paboukis, alternate merchant marine minister, on Thursday evening before deciding on their action.
