commissar

… A commissar is a political officer whose position is equal to that of the commander of a given military unit and has the authority to countermand the orders of the commander.

Human Resources « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

Visiting Warrior Mark Steyn drew a rapt crowd of, well, two dozen, as he addressed an Ontario government legislative committee, calling the head of the Ontario Human Rights Commission a "commissar" and predicting terrorist violence if rights commissions persist:

Archive 2009-02-01 2009

But I do it on my own dime and I don't see why 'commissar' Hall and her colleagues shouldn't also do it on their own dime.

Keep it inside, for the sake of the children. CC 2009

"We need to make Russia strong again," says Nikolai Panchenko, a Nashi "commissar," or leader.

Young Russia Rises 2007

"We need to make Russia strong again," says Nikolai Panchenko, a Nashi "commissar," or leader.

Russia accused of launching first massive cyberstrike against Estonia Abhay N 2007

She says, "commissar," which is, of course, the -- a Soviet official.

John Maynard Keynes: Fighting for Freedom, 1937-1946 2002

"There's ample power in the Treasury Department and the Energy Department, etcetera to get these things done," he insisted, "and I don't think there should be a commissar, which is really what this is.

Common Folk Using Common Sense 2009

General of the PLA and political commissar of General Logistics Department

A Family Affair 2011

Dr. Besigye left the ruling party in 1999, after rising to a top position of political commissar.

Ugandan Physician Offers Revolutionary Cure Will Connors 2011

For example, when he was vice party secretary of Fujian from 1996 to 2000, he served concurrently as vice director of the Committee on National Defense Mobilization within the Nanjing Military Region, director of the National Defense Mobilization of Fujian Province, and the first military commissar of the Fujian Artillery Reserves Corp.

The Military Maneuvers of Xi Jinping Willy Lam 2011