In many countries, a municipal commissioner is an official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town .
8-561: In India, every Municipal Corporation in India is administratively headed by a Municipal Commissioner, who is the de facto head of the municipal corporation, the form of government which is usually granted to a city of more than one million in population. In Sri Lanka, under the Municipal Council Ordinance there is a municipal commissioner of each municipal council. The commissioner is the chief administrative officer and
16-568: Is often translated as Mayor of Stockholm, because the municipal commissioner for finance has become the top politician of Stockholm municipality since the Stockholm municipal reform 1940. Sri Lanka Administrative Service The Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) ( Sinhala : ශ්රී ලංකා පරිපාලන සේවය; śrī laṁkā paripālana sēvaya) is the key administrative service of the Government of Sri Lanka , with civil servants working for both in
24-508: Is the highest ranking non-elected officer of the municipality and in most cases be an officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service on secondment. In the absence of the mayor , the municipal commissioner serves as the chief executive of the municipality and between the end of term of a mayor and election of a new mayor, the municipal commissioner would serve as the officer implementing the powers and function of
32-634: The Public Service Commission . But top positions in the government such as Permanent Secretaries are appointed by the President, in theory on the recommendations of the Public Service Commission. A Permanent Secretary is the top bureaucrat of the government ministry and is responsible for the day-to-day functions of the ministry whereas in theory the minister is responsible only for drafting policy. The head of
40-737: The "Senior officers ". The Secretary to the Treasury was the traditional head of the Civil Service during the time of the old Ceylon Civil Service , but in years after the establishment of the SLAS the President's Secretary is the de facto head of the SLAS if he/she is a former SLAS officer. After 1 January 2005 Sri Lanka Administrative service introduced four grades, such as: Below the "Senior officers "(Special Grade offices, Class I officers and ), each individual department can put in place its own grading. The traditional titles for each grade of
48-731: The Central Government as well as in the provincial councils. It was formed as the Ceylon Administrative Service (CAS) in 1963 as the successor to the Ceylon Civil Service which was abolished on May 1, 1963. It is the senior of the public services . Based on the British Civil Service the SLAS is the permanent bureaucracy that helps the elected officials on day-to-day functions of government. They are selected, promoted by
56-649: The SLAS is the Secretary to the President . A Chief Secretary is a Special Grade officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service in the provinces which is equivalent to a Permanent Secretary of the central government known as Chief Secretary. There are nine Chief Secretaries, one for each of the nine provinces . Until 2005, broader term officers are classed into SLAS class 1 officers, SLAS class 2 grade 1, and SLAS class 2 grade 2. All grades from SLAS class 1 and above (see table) are part of
64-519: The municipal council. The common seal of the council is retained by the municipal commissioner. The municipal council may appoint a Charity Commissioner of the Council . Swedish municipalities generally employ one or more politicians as Municipal Commissioners, ( Swedish : kommunalråd ) one of which is usually the chairman of the executive committee. In Sweden, the municipal commissioners for finance of Stockholm municipality ( finansborgarråd )
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