Postmaster General
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A Postmaster General is a postmaster
responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government). The term may refer to:
Postmaster
A postmaster is the head of an individual post office. Postmistress is not used anymore in the United States, as the "master" component of the word refers to a person of authority and has no gender quality...
responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government). The term may refer to:
- Postmaster General of the United Kingdom
- The head of the Hongkong PostHongkong PostHongkong Post is a department under the Government of Hong Kong responsible for postal services, though operated as a Trading Fund. Founded in 1841, it was known as Postal Department or Post Office before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997...
- United States Postmaster GeneralUnited States Postmaster GeneralThe United States Postmaster General is the Chief Executive Officer of the United States Postal Service. The office, in one form or another, is older than both the United States Constitution and the United States Declaration of Independence...
- Postmaster General of CanadaPostmaster General of CanadaThe Postmaster General of Canada was the Canadian cabinet minister responsible for the Post Office Department . In 1851, management of the post office was transferred from Britain to the provincial governments of the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward...
- Postmaster-General's DepartmentPostmaster-General's DepartmentThe Postmaster-General's Department was created at Federation in 1901 to control all postal services within Australia. Its minister was the Postmaster-General. In mid-1975 it was disaggregated into the Australian Telecommunications Commission and the Australian Postal Commission...
, Australia - Postmaster General of Sri LankaPostmaster General of Sri LankaThe Postmaster General of Sri Lanka is the appointed head of Sri Lanka Post, which is a government department. The current Postmaster General is K. A. S. Senadheera.-History:...
- Postmasters General of IrelandPostmasters General of IrelandThe Postmasters General of Ireland, held by two people simultaneously, was a new appointment set up as part of the establishment of the Irish Post Office independent from that of Great Britain, by the Act 23, 24 George III in 1784. The post lasted nearly fifty years...
, an independent post from the United Kingdom from 1784–1831