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34-476: In most Australian states, the director-general is the most senior civil servant in any government department, reporting only to the democratically elected minister representing that department. In Victoria and the Australian government , the equivalent position is the secretary of the department. The Australian Defence Force Cadets has three directors-general which are all one-star ranks : In Canada ,

68-605: A GmbH has a Geschäftsführer ('managing director'), an Aktiengesellschaft , and a board of executive directors ( Vorstand ) with a chairman ( Vorstandsvorsitzender ). The term is also used by German Institute Taipei , Germany's informal representative mission to the Republic of China (Taiwan) , to refer to its head of mission , as well as the suggested translation for senior executive positions ( Abteilungsleiterin or Abteilungsleiter ) in German ministries. Several positions in

102-493: A directeur général , a directeur central , or a directeur . Prior to the coup d'état of 1974 which overthrew the government of Emperor Haile Selassie , the chief civil servant of a government ministry or independent state agency was known by the title of director-general . In contemporary Ethiopia, the head official of independent agencies such as the Information Network Security Agency or

136-427: A government department and members of the government's ministry, cabinet and perhaps of a committee of cabinet. Some ministers may be more senior than others, and some may hold the title ' assistant minister ' or ' deputy minister '. Some jurisdictions, with a large number of ministers, may designate ministers to be either in the inner or outer ministry or cabinet. In some jurisdictions—such as Hong Kong , Mexico ,

170-476: A state agency , unless otherwise prescribed by higher authority. For purposes of English translations, the word director-general is officially used. In the UK's civil service , a director-general is now usually a senior civil servant (SCS) at pay band 3 level who heads up a group of other directors and reports directly to the permanent secretary of a department. For historical reasons, it has also been retained as

204-406: A company (similar to a US corporation) is either the general manager or CEO of the company. In South Africa, the term refers to the non-political head of the national government and its departments . Provincial governments also have directors-general and they hold similar roles to their national counterparts. In Sweden, the cognate word Generaldirektör (GD) is the generic title for the head of

238-500: A minister must resign from the legislature. Normally the leader of the majority party becomes the prime minister , or an office of equivalent function, and selects the other ministers. In the Westminster system, these ministers continue to represent their constituency in parliament while being part of the government. Individuals who are not in parliament may be appointed as a minister, usually in order to bring special skills to

272-459: Is a chief administrative officer nominated by the president of province or by the mayor. The title of direttore generale is also given to the chief executive of an azienda sanitaria , a local public agency for health services. The word director-general was used in the Philippines as a highest ranking law enforcer, which means the head of a law enforcement agency. Such agencies are: It

306-506: Is a politician who heads a ministry , making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ' prime minister ', ' premier ', ' chief minister ', ' chancellor ' or other title. In Commonwealth realm jurisdictions which use the Westminster system of government, ministers are usually required to be members of one of

340-459: Is also used in various government agencies as the agency's chief of office: A general director is the highest executive position in a Russian company, analogous to a US chief executive officer (CEO), or a UK managing director (MD). The position exists for all Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) legal forms (e.g. joint stock companies (AO) and limited-liability companies (OOO)), except for sole proprietorships (IP). The general director

374-638: Is an international fintech event, organized by Investhk; It is held in Hong Kong (and Shenzhen ). Hong Kong FinTech Week brings together fintech communities from the East and the West that seek to expand their businesses to Hong Kong, mainland China and the Asia-Pacific region. In September 2023, SCMP reported that although Invest HK was a sponsor of the 2023 Gay Games , it had not provided support to

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408-735: Is headed by the Director-General of Investment Promotion who reports to the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development . The current Director-General of Investment Promotion is Alpha Lau (Chinese: 劉凱旋 ). Under Lau's leadership, the agency has focused on promoting Hong Kong as a location for corporate headquarters, family offices, and technology companies. For the first half of 2024, InvestHK reported assisting over 300 companies in establishing or expanding operations in Hong Kong, with investments totaling approximately HK$ 38 billion. The former Director-General of Investment Promotion

442-418: Is the "single-person executive body" of a company, acts without power of attorney to represent the company, and issues powers of attorney to others. The general director's powers are defined by the company charter, by decision of the general meeting of shareholders (AO) or participants (OOO), and by the board of directors. In Spain, México, and other Spanish-speaking countries, the term director general of

476-478: Is then known as a " minister without portfolio ". InvestHK High Court District Court Magistrates' Court Special courts and tribunals: Chief Executive Elections Legislative elections District council elections Consular missions in Hong Kong Hong Kong–China relations Hong Kong–Taiwan relations Invest Hong Kong ( Chinese : 投資推廣署 ) is the department of

510-602: The British Broadcasting Corporation also uses the title despite there being no link to the civil service grading structure. The head of the National Trust also holds the title. The head of Camping and Caravanning Club also holds the title of Director General. This term is used in international organisations and government departments, although this sort of position is more commonly called an "executive director" or "managing director" in

544-665: The Ethiopian Investment Corporation is titled director-general , as are second-tier divisions within ministries, below [permanent] secretariats. In Germany, Generaldirektor may be used for the CEO of a large and established concern, corporation, company or enterprise, particularly if subordinates have the title director . The title is, however, unofficial (theoretically any person, and even practically every entrepreneur with one employee, may call himself director-general) and by now largely out of use. Officially

578-774: The Hong Kong SAR Government responsible for Foreign Direct Investment , supporting overseas businesses to set up and expand in Hong Kong . Founded on 1 July 2000, its first Director General was Michael Rowse . The Investment Officers are organized into nine specialist sector teams covering Hong Kong's four pillar industries and six new growth sectors: Business & Professional Services, Consumer Products, Creative Industries, Financial Services, FinTech, Information & Communications Technology, Innovation & Technology, Tourism & Transport, and hospitality, Infrastructure & Advanced Manufacturing. Invest HK

612-782: The Hong Kong government bear titled director-general, including the directors-general of investment promotion , of trade and industry , of civil aviation , and of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London . In India, director general may refer to the Director General of the Border Security Force or to the Director General of Police , who is the highest ranking official in the Central Armed Police Forces ,

646-886: The National Disaster Response Force , and the Indian Coast Guard . In addition, the head of many government agencies are also referred to as directors general , like the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India , the Director General of the Central Statistics Office , the Director General of the National Informatics Centre (NIC) , the Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research , etc. In Italy ,

680-786: The Philippines , the United Kingdom , and the United States —holders of an equivalent cabinet-level post are called secretaries (e.g., the Home Secretary in the United Kingdom, Secretary of State in the United States). Some holders of a cabinet-level post may have another title, such as ' Attorney-General ' or ' Postmaster-General '. The term 'minister' also is used in diplomacy, for a diplomat of

714-482: The Seattle Opera for over three decades. General directors are often responsible for artistic decisions, such as which operas to perform and which singers to hire, in addition to financial matters. The Metropolitan Opera is one of the few exceptions among US opera houses; the head of its administration is known as a " general manager " rather than a general director. Minister (government) A minister

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748-420: The United Kingdom and Australia —ministers or their equivalents are selected from the legislature, and usually from the political party that controls a majority in the lower house of the legislature. In jurisdictions with strict separation of powers —such as Belgium , Mexico , Netherlands , Philippines , and the United States —ministers cannot be members of the legislature, and a legislator chosen to become

782-517: The direttore generale of a company is a corporate officer who reports to the CEO ( amministratore delegato ) and has duties similar to a chief operating officer . Some Italian ministries are divided into departments ( dipartimenti ), which are in turn divided into general directorates ( direzioni generali ) headed by a direttore generale . Other ministries, which do not have departments, are directly divided into general directorates. In Italian provinces and greatest communes , direttore generale

816-547: The second class , such as in the title Minister Plenipotentiary , ranking between an Ambassador and a Minister Resident . The term minister comes from Middle English , deriving from the Old French word ministre , originally minister in Latin , meaning "servant, attendant", which itself was derived from the word ' minus ' meaning "less". In jurisdictions that use the Westminster system of government—such as

850-664: The United States. Typically, the chief administrative officer of an opera company in the US holds the title of "general director". Such was the case with singer and conductor Plácido Domingo , who formerly functioned in that capacity for the Los Angeles Opera , as he had previously for the Washington National Opera . In another prominent example, Speight Jenkins served as the general director of

884-399: The board of directors and CEO ( directeur général ). From 2001 the two charges may be disjointed. The directeur général délégué has a role similar to that of a chief operating officer. French ministries are divided into general directorates ( directions générales ), sometimes named central directorates ( directions centrales ) or simply directorates ( directions ), headed respectively by

918-627: The civil services of the ten provincial governments, nor the three territorial governments; instead, these civil services usually use the title "executive director", or "director". Deputy ministers are the highest level bureaucrat within the Canadian civil service at the federal, provincial and territorial levels. Deputy ministers are not politicians but non-partisan civil servants. Outside the federal, provincial and territorial civil services, some public sector agencies such as school boards in Quebec use

952-450: The government. In the United Kingdom, a government minister does not have to be a member of either House of Parliament. In practice, however, convention is that ministers must be members of either the House of Commons or House of Lords in order to be accountable to Parliament. From time to time, prime ministers appoint non-parliamentarians as ministers. This can be done by first appointing

986-473: The houses of Parliament or legislature , and are usually from the political party that controls a majority in the lower house of the legislature. In other jurisdictions—such as Belgium , Mexico , Netherlands , Philippines , Slovenia , and Nigeria —the holder of a cabinet-level post or other government official is not permitted to be a member of the legislature. Depending on the administrative arrangements in each jurisdiction, ministers are usually heads of

1020-651: The person to the House of Lords. Various countries form ministries as Cabinets (see List of cabinets ). Other cabinets are usually included in Politics of .. -articles Specific ministers include: Some ministers may hold multiple portfolios and lead several ministries simultaneously, while multiple ministers with separate portfolios may oversee a single ministry, or may also share both ministerial and deputy-ministerial portfolios in different ministries. A cabinet minister can sometimes be in charge of no ministry at all, and

1054-406: The professional title of the chief executive officers in some organisations which predate the current SCS structure and therefore may be used by those people despite them working at different pay bands. For example, the head of the UK's internal security service MI5 is also called director-general, despite the fact that the post is at permanent secretary (pay band 4) level. The chief executive of

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1088-607: The title "director general". In the European Commission and the Council of the European Union , each department (called a directorate-general ) is headed by a non-political director-general. This is roughly equivalent to a British permanent secretary . In France, the similar word président-directeur général (PDG) means the highest person in a company, who is at the same time chairman ( président ) of

1122-467: The title director general is used in the federal civil service, known as the Public Service of Canada . A director general in the federal government is typically not the most senior civil servant in a department. Directors general typically report to a more senior civil servant, such as an assistant deputy minister or associate deputy minister. The title "director general" is not usually used within

1156-501: Was Stephen Phillips. In August 2022, Phillips went to Australia and New Zealand to market Hong Kong's business attractions. In November 2022, despite the 0+3 restrictions for inbound travelers, Phillips said that "Hong Kong is well and truly back open for business." In March 2022, Phillips claimed that the National Security Law was not a big concern for companies while investing in Hong Kong. Hong Kong FinTech Week

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