director general
- the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.
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Origin of director general
First recorded in 1875–80
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Examples from the Web for director-general
Contemporary Examples
Prime Minister Abe is not only the leader of Japan, he is also the Director-General—the sosai —of the LDP.
So did Avigdor Lieberman, director-general of the Prime Minister's Office during part of Netanyahu's first term.
The director-general of the BBC resigned amid a flurry of allegations around sex-abuse reporting.
Another trial has put the ISI's director-general, Brigadier General Pasha, at the center of the plot.
Historical Examples
Clemens said, "That is the man to speak to the Director-General."
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, CompleteAlbert Bigelow Paine
Willem Kieft was director-general of New Netherland from 1638 to 1647.
Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680Jasper Danckaerts
Surely, surely it was not the same that the Director-General had given him!
Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other TalesHenry Rider Haggard
The director-general retained the right to preside at meetings.
The Colonization of North AmericaHerbert Eugene Bolton
Producer says, says he: 'If my director-general says you can't, stands to reason you can't.
Linda Lee, IncorporatedLouis Joseph Vance
director-general
- the head of a large organization such as the CBI or BBC
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