director general

See also: director-general

English

Alternative forms

• director-general

Etymology

A calque of French directeur général, hence the unusual order of adjective following noun.

Noun

director general (plural directors general or director generals or (rare) directors generals)

1. The highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.

Translations

executive officer

• Danish: generaldirektør c
• Dutch: directeur-generaal (nl) m
• Finnish: pääjohtaja (fi), ylijohtaja (fi)
• French: directeur général (fr) m
• Georgian: გენერალური დირექტორი (generaluri direkṭori)
• German: Generaldirektor (de)
• Hungarian: főigazgató (hu)
• Japanese: 局長 (ja) (きょくちょう, kyokuchō)
• Kazakh: бас директор (bas direktor)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: serokê giştî (ku) m, seroka giştî f, serokên giştî pl

• Malay: ketua pengarah
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: generaldirektør m

  Nynorsk: generaldirektør m

• Swedish: generaldirektör (sv) c

Romanian

Noun

director general m (plural directori generali)

1. chief executive officer