inner cabinet

English

Noun

inner cabinet (plural inner cabinets)

1. The (often informal) inner circle within a cabinet (which may itself by an official inner circle within a government or council of ministers) which includes only the ministers (or secretaries of state etc.) who are closest to the executive head of state, prime minister or equivalent (notably presiding) officer

Translations

inner circle within a cabinet

• Dutch: kernkabinet (nl) n