chief of staff

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Noun

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

(military) The senior officer of any of several services of the armed forces of several nations.
Hypernym: staff officer

Holonym: general staff
(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
Hungarian: vezérkari főnök
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

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