director general

English

Etymology

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

Noun

director general (plural directors general or director generals)

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

Finnish: pääjohtaja (fi), ylijohtaja (fi)
French: directeur général (fr) m
Hungarian: főigazgató (hu)
Malay: ketua pengarah

Norwegian:
Bokmål: generaldirektør m

Nynorsk: generaldirektør m
Swedish: generaldirektör (sv) c

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