Example sentences of "former [noun] of state [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The Prosecutor-General 's office announced on Jan. 9 that preliminary proceedings were being brought for abuse of office and corruption against 30 former senior GDR officials including 10 former SED politburo members , Schalck-Golodkowski , former Secretary of State at the Foreign Trade Ministry , and Gen. Markus Wolf , former head of the GDR 's counterintelligence .
2 Access to this account was only available to Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , former Secretary of State at the Foreign Trade Ministry [ see also pp. 37107 ; 37172 ] .
3 Some months earlier it had been revealed that the BND had provided Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski , a former Secretary of State at the East German Foreign Trade Ministry , with a West German passport .
4 Nicholas Ridley , former Secretary of State for the Environment .
5 Does the Minister recall the vandalism of the former Secretary of State for the Environment , his right hon. Friend the Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , who , at the very time that the White Paper was issued , turned down the inspectors ' recommendation for a tunnel under Oxleas wood ?
6 He severely criticised his right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State for the Environment , the right hon. Member for Cirencester and Tewkesbury ( Mr. Ridley ) , for the manner in which he had introduced the poll tax .
7 Also sentenced to 20 years and fined $4,700,000 on the same charge was a former Secretary of State for the Armed Forces , Lt. Gen. Manuel Antonio Cuervo Gómez .
8 On Feb. 5 the former Under-Secretary of State in the Interior Ministry , Wladyslaw Ciaston , and department director Zenon Platek , were accused of ordering the murder of Fr Jerzy Popieluszko in October 1984 [ see pp. 33292-93 ] .
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