chief of staff

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chief of staff (plural chiefs of staff or chiefs of staffs)

1. (military) The senior officer of any of several services of the armed forces of several nations.

   Hypernym: staff officer

   Holonym: general staff

2. (government, politics) The head of any of several political departments in several nations.

Related terms

• commander in chief

Translations

senior officer

Arabic: رئيس أركان الجيش Chinese: Mandarin: 參謀長 / 参谋长 (zh) (cānmóuzhǎng), 幕僚長 / 幕僚长 (mùliáozhǎng) Danish: stabschef c Dutch: stafchef (nl) m Finnish: esikuntapäällikkö French: chef d’état-major m German: Stabschef (de) m, Stabschefin (de) f Japanese: 幕僚長 (ja) (ばくりょうちょう, bakuryōchō), 参謀長 (ja) (さんぼうちょう, sanbōchō) Korean: 참모장(參謀長) (ko) (chammojang) Persian: Iranian Persian: رَئیسِ سِتاد Polish: szef sztabu m Romanian: șef de stat major m Russian: нача́льник шта́ба m (načálʹnik štába), начшта́ба (ru) m (načštába) Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: stabschef (sv) c

head of political department

Chinese: Mandarin: 參謀長 / 参谋长 (zh) (cānmóuzhǎng), 幕僚長 / 幕僚长 (mùliáozhǎng) Finnish: kansliapäällikkö (fi) French: chef de cabinet (fr) m German: Stabschef (de) m, Stabschefin (de) f Polish: szef kancelarii m Russian: руководи́тель аппара́та m (rukovodítelʹ apparáta), руководи́тельница аппара́та f (rukovodítelʹnica apparáta) Spanish: jefe del servicio m Swedish: stabschef (sv) c

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French: (please verify) Chef d’état major m

See also

• chain of command