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Commissioner is in principal the title given to the holder of a commission
Commission

Commission may refer to:* Commission , a form of payment to an agent for services rendered* Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty...
, in the sense of a mandate, whether individually or shared, notably as member of a collegial commission.

In practice the title of commissioner has evolved to include a variety of senior officials, often sitting on a specific commission. In particular, commissioner frequently refers to senior police
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 or government officials.






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Commissioner is in principal the title given to the holder of a commission
Commission

Commission may refer to:* Commission , a form of payment to an agent for services rendered* Ship commissioning, placing a warship in active military duty...
, in the sense of a mandate, whether individually or shared, notably as member of a collegial commission.

In practice the title of commissioner has evolved to include a variety of senior officials, often sitting on a specific commission. In particular, commissioner frequently refers to senior police
Police

Police are agents or agencies, usually of the executive , empowered to enforce the law and to ensure public and social order through the legitimized use of force....
 or government officials. A High Commissioner is equivalent to an ambassador
Ambassador

An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents their country. They are usually accredited to a Sovereignty or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of their country....
, between Commonwealth states sharing the same Monarch as head of state.

The title is also sometimes given to senior officials in the private sector, for instance many North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
n sport
Sport

Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of regulation of sport or traditions and often engaged in competitively. Sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determinant of the outcome , but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motor...
s leagues.

Domestic public official

A Commissioner within a modern state
State

A state is a political Social contract with effective sovereignty over a geographic area and representing a population. These may be nation states, State or multinational states....
 generally holds his office by virtue of a commission
Letters patent

Letters patent are a type of legal instrument in the form of an open letter issued by a monarch or government, granting an office, right, government-granted monopoly, title, or status to a person or to some entity such as a corporation....
 from the head of state
Head of State

Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchic or republican nation-state, federation, commonwealth or any other political state....
 or a Council of Elected Representatives (or appointed by non-elected officials in the case of dictatorships).

Imperial China


Senior Public Servants, Commissioners and other high ranking bureaucrats referred to collectively as Mandarins
Mandarin (bureaucrat)

A Mandarin was a bureaucrat in Imperial era of Chinese history, and also in History of Vietnam where the system of Imperial examinations and scholar-bureaucrats was adopted under Chinese influence....
.

Canadian territories

A Commissioner is the formal head of one of the territories of Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 (i.e. those areas within the country without the constitutional
Constitution Act, 1867

The Constitution Act, 1867 , constitutes a major part of Canada's Constitution of Canada. The Act entails the original creation of a federation dominion and defines much of the operation of the Government of Canada, including its Canadian federalism, the Canadian House of Commons, the Canadian Senate, the justice system, and the taxation sys...
 status of a province
Provinces and territories of Canada

The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the List of countries and outlying territories by total area. The major difference between a Canada province and a territory is that a province receives its power and authority directly from the Monarchy in Canada, via the Constitution Act, 1867, whereas territories derive their manda...
). Unlike the Governor General
Governor General of Canada

The Governor General of Canada is the viceroy representative in Canada of the Monarchy of Canada, who is the head of state. Canada is one of sixteen Commonwealth realms, all of which share the same person as their respective sovereign....
 or a Lieutenant-Governor
Lieutenant-Governor (Canada)

In Canada, the Lieutenant-Governor , is the Monarchy of Canada's representative in a Provinces and territories of Canada, much as the Governor General of Canada is the sovereign's representative in the federal jurisdiction....
, who are representatives of the Queen of Canada, Commissioners are not vice-regal representatives, although they too perform duties akin to such including reading the Speech from the Throne
Speech from the Throne

A speech from the throne is an event in certain monarchies in which the monarch reads a prepared speech to a complete session of parliament, outlining the government's agenda for the coming year....
 at the opening of the territorial Legislature. They are appointed by the federal government
Government of Canada

Canada is a constitutional monarchy. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada, which includes the written part, the decisions of courts, and unwritten conventions developed over time....
 as a delegate of cabinet
Cabinet of Canada

The Cabinet of Canada plays an important role in the Government of Canada, in accordance with the Westminster System.A council of Minister of the Crown chaired by the Prime Minister, the Cabinet is the senior echelon of the Ministry ; the terms Cabinet and Ministry are sometimes used interchangeably, a subtle inaccuracy which can...
. Under the federal statute
Statute

A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative authority that governs a country, state, city, or county. Typically, statutes command or prohibit something, or declare policy....
s governing the territories, the Commissioners act in accordance with written instructions from cabinet or the minister responsible (currently the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (Canada)

The Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development is the Minister of the Crown in the Cabinet of Canada who heads two different departments....
). While commissioners used to have a direct day-to-day role in administration and government and chaired the Executive Council of the territory, today they are under instruction to act more like a provincial Lieutenant-Governor, as territorial assemblies have taken on more responsibility.

A Commissioner of a Territory is eligible to present the Vice-Regal Commendation to any Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces

The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces." This singular institution consists of thre...
 Members as any Lieutenant-Governors for long-term or outstanding service to the Office of a Lieutenant-Governor or Commissioner.

Current Canadian commissioners

Symbol of Office Territory Current commissioner Commissioner since Website

Territory's Coat of Arms		 Northwest Territories
Commissioners of Northwest Territories

The Commissioner of the Northwest Territories is the Canada federal government?s representative in Northwest Territories and the territory's Chief Executive Officer....
 The Honourable Tony Whitford
Tony Whitford

Anthony Wilfred James Whitford is the current Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. He has been Commissioner since April 29, 2005.Whitford attended the University of Calgary and earned a Bachelor of Social Work in 1977....
 April 29, 2005

Territory's Coat of Arms		 Nunavut
Commissioners of Nunavut

This is a list of the Commissioners of Nunavut Territory, Canada, since its creation in 1999.The Commissioner is appointed by the federal government....
 The Honourable Ann Meekitjuk Hanson
Ann Meekitjuk Hanson

Ann Meekitjuk Hanson is the Commissioner of Nunavut. She has been Commissioner since April 21 2005. Hanson, like all Inuit born between the 1940s and the 1970s, was labelled with a Disc numbers by the Government of Canada, which, in her case was E7-121...
 April 21, 2005
Yukon
Commissioners of Yukon

This is a list of Yukon Commissioners from 1897 to the present.Office of Commissioner and Administrator were abolished in 1918. Office replaced by the Gold Commissioner who was responsible to the federal Minister of the Interior....
 The Honourable Geraldine Van Bibber
Geraldine Van Bibber

Geraldine Van Bibber is the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. She is an aborigine of the Gwich'in. She was appointed a Commander of the Order of St. John in 2006....
 December 1, 2005


Police


In police services in the Commonwealth and USA, the title of commissioner typically designates the head of an entire police force. In some countries, such as in many Latin American countries and in France, the title of commissioner rather refers to the head of a single police station.

Scotland

Prior to the Acts of Union 1707
Acts of Union 1707

The Acts of Union were a pair of Act of Parliament passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England to put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries....
, an elected member of the Estates (parliament) of Scotland
Scotland

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 held the office of Commissioner, representing a constituency
Constituency

A constituency is any cohesive body of people bound by shared identity, goals, or loyalty. Constituency can be used to describe a business's customer base and shareholders, or a charity's donors or those it serves....
 (the equivalent of a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament

A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators....
 in the contemporaneous Parliament of England
Parliament of England

The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. Its roots can be traced back to the early medieval period. In a series of developments, it came increasingly to constrain the power of the King of England, and went on after the Act of Union 1707 to merge with the Parliament of Scotland and form the main basis of the Pa...
). There were Burgh
Burgh

A Burgh is an Wiktionary:Autonomy corporate entity in Scotland, usually a town. This type of administrative division has existed since the 12th century, when David I of Scotland created the first Royal burghs....
 Commissioners and Shire or Stewartry Commissioners.

United States

In many U.S. state
U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 state of the United States that share sovereignty with the federal government of the United States . Because of this shared sovereignty, an United States is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of Domicile ....
s, the legislative and executive decision-making bodies of counties
County

A county is a land area of Local government government within a larger state. A county may have city and towns within its area....
 are called the board of commissioners or county commission. In Minnesota
Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States. The twelfth largest state by area in the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with just over five million residents....
, Alaska
Alaska

Alaska is the largest U.S. state of the United States by area; it is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait....
, New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
 and Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
, the heads of statewide cabinet-level departments are called "commissioners". In California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
, commissioners are subordinate judicial officers.

International public and colonial context


British and Commonwealth overseas possessions

The title of Commissioner, as such, was used by the (gubernatorial) chief British official in:
  • British Central Africa
    British Central Africa

    The British Central Africa Protectorate existed in the area of present-day Malawi between 1891 and 1907.The Shire Highlands south of Lake Nyasa and the lands west of the lake had been of interest to the United Kingdom since they were first explored by David Livingstone in the 1850s, and commercial interests began moving in during the 1880s....
  • Territories of Zambesia and Rhodesia
    Rhodesia (disambiguation)

    Rhodesia refers primarily to a country formed by two land-locked territories in southern Africa named, by British colonisers, after Cecil Rhodes, separated by a natural border provided by the Zambezi River....
    , administered under charter by the British South Africa Company
    British South Africa Company

    The British South Africa Company was established by Cecil Rhodes through the amalgamation of the Central Search Association and the Exploring Company Ltd., receiving a Royal Charter in 1889....
  • the Oil Rivers Protectorate (from 5 June 1885 under a consul-general; soon renamed Niger Coast Protectorate
    Niger Coast Protectorate

    The Niger Coast Protectorate was a United Kingdom protectorate in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria, originally established as the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1891 and confirmed at the Berlin Conference the following year, renamed on 12 May 1893, and merged with the chartered territories of the Royal Niger Company on 1 January 1...
    ), from 3 August 1891 till 1 January 1900 when it became the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria, hence under a High Commissioner
    High Commissioner

    High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages....
  • the Caribbean Turks and Caicos Islands
    Turks and Caicos Islands

    The Turks and Caicos Islands are a British Overseas Territory consisting of two groups of tropical islands in the West Indies, the larger Caicos Islands and the smaller Turks Islands, known for tourism and as an offshore financial centre....
    , 1874 - 4 July 1959, as a dependency under the Governor of Jamaica
    Jamaica

    Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
     colony
  • the Weihaiwei concession territory (held from China
    China

    China is a Culture of China, an ancient civilization, and, depending on perspective, a national or multinational entity extending over a large area in East Asia....
    ) from 1902 to 1938
  • Kamaran Island, in June 1915 taken from the Ottoman Empire and subordinated to the Aden Settlement, but not incorporated, till on 30 November 1967 it became part of the newly independent People's Republic of South Yemen.
  • the UN trust territory of British Cameroons, only two incumbents, from 1 October 1954 (the only Special Resident succeeding himself till 1956) to 1 October 1961 when Southern British Cameroons is incorporated into the independent Republic of Cameroon (former French mandate of Cameroun), after the northern part united with Nigeria on 1 June 1961


European Union

The European Commissioner
European Commissioner

A European Commissioner is a member of the 27-member European Commission. Each Commissioner within the college holds a specific portfolio and are led by the President of the European Commission....
s are the members of the European Commission
European Commission

The European Commission is the executive of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Treaties of the European Union and the general day-to-day running of the Union....
, the highest executive organ of the European Union
European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 European Union member state, located primarily in Europe. It was established by the Treaty of Maastricht on 1 November 1993 upon the foundations of the pre-existing European Economic Community....
, which is the closest EU equivalent to a government. Each Commissioner is assigned a portfolio, but they make most important decisions collegially, often subject to approval by the European Parliament
European Parliament

The European Parliament is the only direct election parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union , it forms the bicameral Institutions of the European Union#Legislature of the Institutions of the European Union and has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world....
 and/or the Council of the European Union
Council of the European Union

The Council of the European Union is the principal Institutions of the European Union in the European Union . It is often informally called the Council of Ministers or just the Council, the name used in the Treaties of the European Union; it is also called Consilium as a Latin-language compromise....
.

French colonies

The French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 equivalent, Commissaire, was used for various officials employed at different levels of the colonial administration in several French-ruled countries.

Russian Empire

After on 17 April 1914 Tannu Tuva (ethnically Mongolian) was declared a Russian 'protected' area
Protectorate

A protectorate, in international law, is an autonomous territory that is protected diplomatically or militarily against third parties by a stronger state or entity, in exchange for which the protectorate usually accepts specified obligations, which may vary greatly, depending on the real nature of their relationship....
 (Uryanhay [Urjanhaj] kray
Kray

Kray or kray can have these meanings:-*A Russia administrative division: see krai.*The London gangsters known as the Kray twins.*The Hungary-Austrian General during the Napoleonic Wars, Baron P?l Kray...
), two subsequent Russian Commissioners for the Affairs of Urjanhai Kray (1914 - 1915 A.P. Cererin (Tsererin) and 1915 - 1917 Yu.V. Grigoryev) were appointed, alongside the last native tribal Paramount chief (title Ambyn-noyon), followed by a single Commissar
Commissar

Commissar is the English transliteration of an official title The title was mostly associated with a number of Cheka and military functions in many Bolshevik and Soviet government military forces during the Russian Civil War; the White Army widely used the collective term bolsheviks and commissars for their opponents....
 of the Provisional Government (October 1917 - 16 March 1918 Aleksey Aleksandrovich Turchaninov) until czarist rule collapsed for good, giving way to the Soviet regime

United Nations administration

A UN Commissioner appointed in 1949 supervised the transition of the UN Trust territory of Libya (a former Italian colony; actually Tripolitania
Tripolitania

Tripolitania or Tripolitana is a historic region and former province of Libya, situated alongside Cyrenaica and Fezzan). The system of administrative divisions that included Tripolitania was abolished in the early 1970s in favour of a system of smaller-size municipality or baladiyah ....
 and Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica

Cyrenaica or Cirenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya and also an ex-province or state of the country in the pre-1963 administrative system....
 each were under a British Administrator, in 1949 restyled Resident
Resident (title)

A Resident, or in full Resident Minister, is a state official of certain representative -diplomatic and/or colonial- types, required to take up permanent residency abroad officially....
, Fezzan
Fezzan

Fezzan is a south-western region of modern Libya. It is largely desert but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise inhospitable Sahara....
 under a French Military Governor, in 1950 also restyled Résident) to independence as a united monarchy in 1951

Sports


In many North American sports league
Sports league

A sports league is an organization that exists to provide a regulated competition for a number of people to compete in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an international professional league making large amounts...
s, including nearly all professional leagues, the commissioner is the highest executive position. The exact powers of the commissioner depend on the constitution and/or rules of the league. Commissioners are elected by the owners of the league's clubs, and handle matters such as discipline, arbitration of disputes between the clubs, etc.

The title was first used in 1920, when Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Kenesaw Mountain Landis was an United States jurist who served as a United States federal judge from 1905 to 1922, and subsequently as the first Baseball Commissioner of organized baseball, including both the American and National leagues and the governing body of minor league baseball, the National Association of Professional Baseball Club...
 was appointed Commissioner of Baseball in the aftermath of the Black Sox Scandal
Black Sox Scandal

The Black Sox Scandal refers to a number of events that took place around and during the play of the 1919 World Series. The name "Black Sox" also refers to the Chicago White Sox team from that year....
. Landis was titled "Commissioner" partly to distinguish his office from that of the "President" of the American
American League

The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada....
 and National League
National League

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League , is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball, and the world's oldest existent professional team sports league....
s. Landis' title derived from the National Commission, the ruling body for baseball established in 1903, which were largely autonomous organizations at the time. Eager to restore public confidence in their sport's integrity, baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
 owners gave Landis absolute power and a lifetime contract, which permitted the former judge to assume more power over the sport than a commissioner in any sport has held since.

The other major professional sports leagues of North America followed suit, replacing their positions of league president with that of commissioner. The National Football League
National Football League

The National Football League is the Major North American professional sports leagues American football Sports league in the United States. It is an unincorporated 501#501.28c.29.286.29 association controlled by its members....
 appointed its first commissioner in 1941, the National Basketball Association
National Basketball Association

The National Basketball Association is North America's premier professional men's basketball league, composed of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the United States and one in Canada....
 in 1967, and the National Hockey League
National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
 in 1993. However, the commissioners' powers and responsibilities in these leagues are not substantially different from those of the presidents that preceded them. Although baseball's subsequent commissioners have not had the absolute power that Landis did, current Commissioner Bud Selig
Bud Selig

Allan Huber "Bud" Selig, Jr. is the Commissioner of Baseball and has served in that capacity since 1992 as the acting commissioner, and as the official commissioner since 1998....
 has succeeded in centralizing authority over Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of play in American professional baseball. Specifically, Major League Baseball refers to the organization that operates the National League and the American League, by means of a joint organizational structure that has developed gradually between them since 1903 ....
 in the commissioner's office, relegating the position of league president to an honorary title and giving baseball's commissioner competencies similar to those of his colleagues in the other major sports.

Many minor professional and amateur leagues throughout the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 have also appointed commissioners. The title has not caught on outside North America. In addition to Selig, the other current commissioners of the North American major professional leagues are Roger Goodell
Roger Goodell

Roger S. Goodell is the Commissioner#Sports of the National Football League , having been chosen to succeed the retiring Paul Tagliabue on August 8, 2006....
 in the NFL, David Stern
David Stern

David Joel Stern is the current commissioner of the National Basketball Association . David Stern grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, New Jersey, and is a graduate of Teaneck High School....
 in the NBA, Gary Bettman
Gary Bettman

Gary Bruce Bettman is the NHL Commissioner of the National Hockey League , a post he has held since February 1, 1993. Previously, Bettman was a senior vice-president and general counsel to the National Basketball Association ....
 in the NHL, and Don Garber
Don Garber

Don Garber is the commissioner of Major League Soccer, CEO of Soccer United Marketing, and a member of the United States Soccer Federation board of directors....
 in MLS.

Compound titles

In many cases the term Commissioner is part of a more specific title, including English renditions of such titles in other languages. Examples (in some cases there are further compounds) include:
  • Assistant Commissioner
    Assistant Commissioner

    Assistant Commissioner is a rank used in many police forces....
  • Chief Commissioner
    Chief Commissioner

    A Chief Commissioner is a commissioner of a high rank, usually in chief of several Commissioners or similarly styled officers....
  • Civil Commissioner
  • Commissioner of Public Works
    Commissioner of Public Works

    The Commissioner of Public Works heads one of the departments in those local governments in New Jersey that operate under the Walsh Act form of municipal governance....
  • Commissioner of Legal Services
  • Commissioner of Business Services
  • Commissioner of Finance
  • Commissioner-General
  • Deputy Commissioner
    Deputy Commissioner

    A Deputy Commissioner is a police or administrative official in many different countries....
  • District Commissioner
  • Divisional Commissioner
  • Extraordinary Commissioner
  • Federal Commissioner
  • Fire Commissioner
  • Government Commissioner
  • High Commissioner
    High Commissioner

    High Commissioner is the title of various high-ranking, special executive positions held by a commission of appointment.The English term is also used to render various equivalent titles in other languages....
  • Imperial Commissioner
    Imperial Commissioner

    Imperial Commissioner is an ambivalent English language term, used to render foreign language titles of various - mostly gubernatorial - officers whose 'Letters patent' was in the gift of an Emperor, including China, Tsarist Russia and the Holy Roman Empire....
  • Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty
    Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty

    The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty were the members of the Board of Admiralty, which exercised command over the Royal Navy.Officially known as the Commissioners for Exercising the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland &c. , the Lords Commissioners only existed when the offi...
  • Lord High Commissioner
    Lord High Commissioner

    Lord High Commissioner is the style of High Commissioners, i.e. direct representatives of the monarch, in three cases in the Kingdom of Scotland and the United Kingdom, two of which are no longer extant....
     and its further compounds, notably Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
    Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

    The Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is the British Sovereign personal representative to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland of the Church of Scotland , reflecting the Church's role as the national church of Scotland, and the Sovereign's role as protector and member of that Church....
     and Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland
    Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland

    The Lord High Commissioners to the Parliament of Scotland, sometimes referred to as the fifth estate of the Estates of Scotland, were the Scottish Sovereign's high commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland following James I of England's ascension to the throne of England and his becoming, in personal union, James I, the first Stuart ki...
  • Military and Civil Commissioner
  • Provincial Commissioner
  • Resident Commissioner
    Resident Commissioner

    Resident Commissioner is the title of several, quite different types of Commissioner in overseas possession or protectorate of the British Crown or of the U.S.A....
  • Royal commissioner
  • Special Commissioner
  • State Commissioner and Commissioner of State
  • Traveling Commissioner


See also

  • Ombudsman
    Ombudsman

    An ombudsman is an official, usually appointed by government or by a non-governmental public body, who is charged with investigating complaints by citizens and, where possible, resolving them, usually by making recommendations but sometimes through mediation....
  • List of Commissioners of New South Wales Police
    List of Commissioners of New South Wales Police

    The New South Wales Police Force has had 21 Commissioners since 1851. They were known as Inspectors General until 1930.* William Spain: 1851* Captain William Mayne 1852–1856...
  • List of Northwest Territories commissioners
  • List of Nunavut commissioners
  • List of Yukon commissioners
  • Scout Commissioner
    Scout Commissioner

    In the Scouting, a commissioner is the person whose role it is to oversee a Scout association's programs, usually within a particular geographic area....


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