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director-general

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  • noun the highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. In reference to government, the executive officer below the minister of the department.

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Examples

  • "The whole image of the sector and the price that consumers wanted to pay for the product dropped," says Carlos Palomar , director-general of the Asociación Empresarial para la Protección de la Plantas, a national plant-protection agency, which works with farmers to combat the problem.

    Fake Pesticides Are A Growing Danger Caroline Henshaw 2011

  • "The current international emergency-response framework needs to be reassessed," Yukiya Amano, director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Monday at a news conference after an extraordinary meeting of the agency's 35-nation board of governors.

    U.N. Agency Calls for Safety Review Flemming Emil Hansen 2011

  • And just last week, speaking at a TED conference in Long Beach, Al Jazeera's director-general, Wadah Kanfar, was enthusiastically applauded by some 1500 Americans for his network's role in overthrowing corrupt Arab regimes.

    Marty Kaplan: Al Jazeera English vs. The Charlie Sheen Channel Marty Kaplan 2011

  • Even if the country runs a deficit in January, that wouldn't mean the trend has turned around, Kim Young-bae, director-general of the BOK's economic statistics department, said at a media briefing.

    South Korea Current Account Falls In-Soo Nam 2012

  • And just last week, speaking at a TED conference in Long Beach, Al Jazeera's director-general, Wadah Kanfar, was enthusiastically applauded by some 1500 Americans for his network's role in overthrowing corrupt Arab regimes.

    Marty Kaplan: Al Jazeera English vs. The Charlie Sheen Channel Marty Kaplan 2011

  • And just last week, speaking at a TED conference in Long Beach, Al Jazeera's director-general, Wadah Kanfar, was enthusiastically applauded by some 1500 Americans for his network's role in overthrowing corrupt Arab regimes.

    Marty Kaplan: Al Jazeera English vs. The Charlie Sheen Channel Marty Kaplan 2011

  • WADA director-general David Howman says any positive test containing only trace amounts of a banned substance should still be taken seriously.

    Alberto Contador Insists He Did No Wrong AP 2010

  • WADA director-general David Howman says any positive test containing only trace amounts of a banned substance should still be taken seriously.

    Alberto Contador Insists He Did No Wrong AP 2010

  • Roger Webb, the acting director-general of the Switzerland-based International Hockey Federation, said the decision to introduce artificial turf to hockey was "almost accidental."

    A Hockey Player India Could Use Nicolas Brulliard 2010

  • In 2003, the director-general of the prison service described it as the worst prison in Britain and most of the teenagers were withdrawn.

    Huge increase in use of force at privately run young offender institution 2012

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