director general

noun

plural

directors general

the executive head of an organization or of a major subdivision, as a branch or agency, of government.

director-general

noun

the head of a large organization such as the CBI or BBC

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Word History and Origins

Origin of director general¹

First recorded in 1875–80

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Ms Metreweli, 47, is currently Director General 'Q' - head of the crucial technology and innovation division that aims to keep the identities of secret agents secret, and come up with new ways to evade adversaries like China's biometric surveillance.

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But on Monday morning, Director General of Meghalaya police Idashisha Nongrang said Sonam had surrendered at a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district.

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MI5 director general Sir Ken McCallum apologised to IPCO, after the BBC challenged the Security Service's false statements to the courts.

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MI5 promised to transparently investigate what happened, and produced new witness statements from the senior officer in charge of the MI5 team who handled X and MI5's director general of strategy - who is in effect third-in-command of the Security Service.

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Ken McCallum, MI5 director general, meanwhile, has previously warned of a sustained campaign on an "epic scale" of Chinese espionage abroad.

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directorate directorial

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