13-592: Head boy and head girl are student leadership roles in schools, representing the school's entire student body. They are normally the most senior prefects in the school. The terms are commonly used in the British education system as well as in schools throughout the Commonwealth . Some schools use alternative, gender-neutral titles such as school captain , head pupil/student . or head of school. Head boys and head girls are usually responsible for representing
26-403: A hall monitor or safety patrol members. Many college preparatory boarding schools utilize the position of prefect as a high student leadership position. In the 1980s, under the presidency of François Mitterrand (1981–1995), a fundamental change in the role of the prefect (and subprefect) took place. The previously extremely centralized French Fifth Republic was gradually decentralized by
39-581: A more precise term in the vernacular (such as Burggraf , which literally means Count of the Castle in the German language). The term is used by the Catholic Church , which based much of its canon law terminology on Roman law, in several different ways. In the context of schools, a prefect is a pupil who has been given certain responsibilities in the school, similar to the responsibilities given to
52-681: A navy. The Argentine Naval Prefecture is a federal coast guard service of Argentina independent from the Argentine Navy . On the other hand, the National Naval Prefecture of Uruguay has similar duties to the ones of a regular coast guard but it is subordinated to the National Navy of Uruguay . Prefecture of Police This article is about law enforcement in France. For
65-566: Is a French admiral ( amiral ) who is commissioned to be the chief commander of a zone maritime (i.e. a section of the French territorial waters and the respective shores). In Paris, the préfet de police ( prefect of police ) is the head of the city's police under the direct authority of the Minister of the Interior, which makes him unique as usually in French towns and cities the chief of
78-473: Is still the chief representative of the State in a department, but without the omnipotent function of chief administrator. Instead, the prefect has acquired the non-titular roles of chief controller of regional, departmental, and municipal public accounts, and of chief inspector of good (i.e. law-abiding) governance of the authorities of the respective territorial entities. A préfet maritime ( maritime prefect )
91-619: The Latin praefectus , substantive adjectival form of praeficere : "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect's office, department, or area of control is called a prefecture , but in various post- Roman empire cases there is a prefect without a prefecture or vice versa . The words "prefect" and "prefecture" are also used, more or less conventionally, to render analogous words in other languages, especially Romance languages . Praefectus
104-454: The creation of administrative regions and the devolution of central state powers into regions, departments, and communes (municipalities). New elected authorities were created (e.g. the Conseils régionaux ) in order to administer the subdivisional entities ( collectivités territoriales ) of the nation (law from 2 March 1982). The changes have gradually altered the function of the prefect, who
117-1753: The law enforcement agencies in Japan, see Prefectural police . In France , a Prefecture of Police ( French : Préfecture de police ), headed by the Prefect of Police ( Préfet de police ), is an agency of the Government of France under the administration of the Ministry of the Interior . Part of the National Police , it provides a police force for an area limited by department borders. As of 2012, two such prefectures exist: The Paris Police Prefecture , created in 1800 The Bouches-du-Rhône Police Prefecture , created in 2012 See also [ edit ] Prefectures in France References [ edit ] ^ "Police : une préfecture pour les Bouches-du-Rhône" , Europe 1 , 6 September 2012 (in French). v t e Law enforcement in France National Gendarmerie Departmental Gendarmerie Mobile Gendarmerie Republican Guard Air Gendarmerie Air Transport Gendarmerie Maritime Gendarmerie GIGN Security Group for
130-581: The local police is subordinate to the mayor, who is the local representative of the minister in police matters. In Paris, the prefect of police ( préfet de police ) is the officer in charge of co-ordinating the city's police forces. The local police in Japan are divided among prefectures too. In several countries of Latin America, the rank of prefect is still in use. In the Investigations Police of Chile (Policia de Investigaciones de Chile)
143-560: The rank of prefect is reserved for the highest-ranking officers. On the other hand, in Argentina the Argentine Federal Penitentiary Service (Servicio Penitenciario Argentino) also use the rank of prefect as a high-ranking officer. Several countries of Latin America use the term "prefecture" (prefectura) to denominate a coast guard service, whether these are independent organizations or as a part of
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#1732801828630156-478: The school at events, and will make public speeches. They also serve as a role model for students, and may share pupils' ideas with the school's leadership. They may also be expected to lead fellow prefects in their duties. In most cases, a deputy head boy and girl will be appointed to assist and deputise the head boy and girl. They may have to do charity events, speak in assemblies, help out in parents evenings, and open days. Prefect#Academic Prefect (from
169-536: Was the formal title of many, fairly low to high-ranking officials in ancient Rome , whose authority was not embodied in their person (as it was with elected Magistrates) but conferred by delegation from a higher authority. They did have some authority in their prefecture such as controlling prisons and in civil administration. Especially in Medieval Latin , præfectus was used to refer to various officers—administrative, military, judicial, etc.—usually alongside
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