Director-General

Director-general (plural directors-general), or general director, is a title given to the highest executive officer within a governmental, statutory, NGO, third sector or not-for-profit institution. It is commonly used in many countries worldwide, but often with different meanings. Although in most countries it has a business or civil service connotation, in the United States the term "general director" typically refers to the administrative head of an opera house.

In most Australian states, the director-general is the most senior civil servant in any government department, reporting only to the democratically elected minister representing that department. In Victoria and the Australian Government, the equivalent position is the secretary of the department.

The Australian Defence Force Cadets has three Directors-General which are all One-star rank's;

In Canada, the title director general is used in the federal civil service, known as the Public Service of Canada. A director general in the federal government is typically not the most senior civil servant in a department. Directors general typically report to a more senior civil servant, such as an assistant deputy minister or associate deputy minister. The title director general is not usually used within the civil services of the ten provincial governments, nor the three territorial governments; instead, these civil services usually use the title executive director, or director. Deputy ministers are the highest level bureaucrat within the Canadian civil service at the federal, provincial and territorial levels. Deputy Ministers are not politicians but professional bureaucrats. Outside the federal, provincial and territorial civil services, some public sector agencies such as school boards in Quebec use the title the director general.

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