Sentence examples for general serving from inspiring English sources

He retired as an Assistant Secretary General, serving as Deputy Special Representative to the Peacekeeping Mission in Angola.

In 1917 he became a brigadier general, serving as chief of staff of the American Expeditionary Force in France from 1917 to 1918 and again after May 1919.

From 1988 until 1993, she was deputy to the spokesman for the secretary general, serving Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and Boutros Boutros-Ghali.

It probably hopes the missive will help to quell creeping discontent in the capital, and save Prayuth Chan-ocha, the general serving as Thailand's prime minister, from endless questioning.

Twice unsuccessful as a Fianna Fáil candidate for election to Dáil Éireann (lower house of the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament), he became Ireland's youngest attorney general, serving in two Fianna Fáil governments (1946 48, 1951 53).

Mr Sereepisut insists he is the victim of a conspiracy by crooked subordinates.Earlier this month the justice minister visited Chalor Kerdthes, a former police general serving life in jail, belatedly seeking progress on the "blue diamond" affair of the early 1990s, which wrecked Thailand's relations with Saudi Arabia.

Japanese or oriental design in general serves as an example.

The director general serves a four-year term.

Within US government agencies, an inspector general serves as a kind of judge and police chief.

But the trial, at which Ramsey Clark, the former US attorney general, served as his defence lawyer, ended in acquittal.

At the Pentagon, he was promoted to lieutenant general, served in various capacities and retired in 1987.