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Chief Investigator, Transport Safety — Type Government Agency Predecessor Chief Investigator, Public Transport and Marine Safety Investigations Founded 1 July 2010 Founder(s) Government of Victoria Headquarters … Wikipedia
chief# — chief n Chief, chieftain, head, headman, leader, master are comparable when they mean the person in whom resides authority or ruling power but they differ in their applications and associations. Chief is the most comprehensive of these terms,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force — Chief of Staff of the Air Force Incumbent: Gen Norton A. Schwartz since: August 12, 2008 First … Wikipedia
Chief executive officer — Chief Executive redirects here. For other uses, see Chief executive (disambiguation). CEO and CEOs redirect here. For the island, see Ceos. For the musical project, see ceo (musician). A chief executive officer (CEO, American English), managing… … Wikipedia
Chief Judge of Mega-City One — Chief Judge Fargo (drawn by Brendan McCarthy) Chief Judge of Mega City One is the title of several supporting characters in the Judge Dredd comic strip published in 2000 AD. The chief judge is dictator and head of state of Mega City One, a… … Wikipedia
Chief of Naval Operations — Incumbent: ADM Jonathan W. Greenert since: September 23, 2011 … Wikipedia
Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom) — Chief of the Defence Staff Incumbent Sir David Richards since 29 October 2010 … Wikipedia
Chief magistrate — is a generic designation for a public official whose office individual or collegial is the highest in his or her class, in either of the fundamental meanings of Magistrate (which often overlapped in the Ancien régime): as a major political and… … Wikipedia
Chief Magistrate — is a generic designation for a public official whose office individual or collegial is the highest in his or her class, in either of the fundamental meanings of Magistrate (which often overlapped in the Ancien régime): as a major political and… … Wikipedia
chief — [chēf] n. [ME chef, chief, leader < OFr < VL * capum < L caput, HEAD] 1. the head or leader of a group, organization, etc.; person of highest title or authority 2. Archaic the most valuable or main part of anything 3. Heraldry the upper… … English World dictionary
