"Han är hennes sekreterare."
Translation:He is her secretary.
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I am in the States and think of secretary as someone who writes memos, prints and get papers, takes calls, and schedule meetings. While an assistant may do these things, they will get more job experience by doing small projects, writing research papers, etc. I would also consider secretary as more generalised, while assistants can be administrative, legal, lab, etc.
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I think that they just couldn't think of a minister working in the departments, as the term is normally used with those children assisting during a Catholic Mess. :D
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In Germany, both terms are used for this same job, assistant as well as secretary. Mostly I think that it depends on the employer and which term he finds appropriate for the job, but in the end, the tasks are the same, altogether.