director general
Let an agent explain the director general title and its uses, relay the roles it denotes in government, international organisations and business from official and reference sources, describe national variants, and distinguish director general from chief executive officer, secretary-general, permanent secretary and governor.
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Understand What a director general is.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a director general, and how does the title differ from CEO, secretary-general, permanent secretary and governor? definition
- Is the question about the title in general, a country, an organisation or a specific post? boundary
Posts
Specific posts.
Posts
Posts.
- What do the directors general of police and civil guard, security services, foreign ministries and central banks named in the registry do? definition
- Which entry fits the specific post? action
Government Government use.
Agencies
Agencies.
Agencies
Agencies.
- How do national systems use the title for agency and directorate heads, and how are they appointed? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
EU
EU and international.
EU
EU.
- How do the European Commission and international organisations use the title? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Business Business use.
Companies
Companies.
Companies
Companies.
- Where does director general correspond to chief executive in companies, and how does it relate to managing director? provenance
- Which entry fits chief executive officer? action
Banks
Central banks.
Banks
Banks.
- What was the Director General of the Bank of Italy, and how do central bank titles compare? provenance
- Which entry fits the Bank of Italy? action
Context History and comparison.
History
History.
History
History.
- How did the title develop in French and other administrative traditions? provenance
- Which entry fits the history of public administration? action
Comparison
Comparison of titles.
Comparison
Comparison.
- How do senior executive titles map across countries and sectors? provenance
- Which entry fits executive titles? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Society, people and institutions
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- SOC
- Domain
- SOC.PER
- Other names and narrower kinds
- Chief of the Swedish Security Service, Director General of Police and Civil Guard, Shell chief executive, Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel), general administrator, Director General of the Bank of Italy, Director-General of the Australian Signals Directorate, Director-General of the National Archives, director general of the GVB, Director General of the Swedish Armed Forces, Director-General of the World Intellectual Property Organization, Director general of the Swedish Patent and Registration Office
What it is Filled
A senior executive title for the head of an organisation, agency or department, used in government for heads of ministries and agencies such as the Director General of Police and Civil Guard, of security services such as the Swedish Security Service, of foreign ministries such as Israel s, of central banks such as the Bank of Italy s historical Director General, and in international organisations and companies where it may correspond to chief executive; the title s rank and powers vary by country and organisation.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the director general title and its uses, relay the roles it denotes in government, international organisations and business from official and reference sources, describe national variants, and distinguish director general from chief executive officer, secretary-general, permanent secretary and governor.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Senior executive title
- Government and international use
- Country-specific rank
- Sometimes equals CEO
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Impersonate a director general or send messages in their name.
- Present a person as holding the post after they have left it.
- Disclose private details of office holders, especially of security services.
Only with a human decision
- Contacting a director general's office on someone's behalf.
May
- Identify which organisation a director general heads and who holds the post, from official sources.
- Explain the role in government agencies and international bodies.
- Distinguish the title from similar ones such as secretary general.
Moral aspects Filled
- Heads of security and police services hold great power; accountability depends on accurate information.
- Officials in security roles can be put at risk by exposure.
Who is affected
- Office holders
- Staff of the organisation
- The public served
Owners Filled
Steward
The appointing government or governing board of each organisation.
Master systems
- Official gazettes and appointment records
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q1072363 - registry parent class
- Q978044 - registry parent class
related
- chief officer - in registry terms
- executive - in registry terms
- chief executive officer - the corporate title
- Director-General of the World Health Organization
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.director-general
- Wikidata: Q1501800 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1501800)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
- WHO Director-General term: 5 years
- common in: France, Italy, Spain, Nordic countries, EU institutions, international organisations list
Plane SOC: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Head of an organisation or agency
- Director General of Police and Civil Guard, of the Swedish Security Service, of the Israeli foreign ministry, of the Bank of Italy
- A CEO leads a company; a secretary-general heads an international body; a permanent secretary heads a ministry in some systems
- Not a visible object; a senior officeholder.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain the title
- relay roles and variants
- describe powers
- distinguish related titles
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Assuming equal rank across countries
- Confusing with secretary-general or CEO
- Registry aliases naming specific national posts
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Civil service and agency statutes defining the post
- Corporate governance codes where the title is used in business
Context of use required Filled
- Heading an organisation or agency.
- directors general of government agencies and directorates
- directors general of police and security services
- directors general of ministries such as foreign affairs
- directors general of central banks
- directors general of international organisations such as WHO and WTO
- directors general as company chief executives
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q1501800: director general - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Director general - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should specific national posts be separate entries?
- How should official sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming specific posts and a company role; should they be split off?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q1501800/spec.json