Directorate

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A directorate is an agency usually headed by a director, often a subdivision of a major government department.

Contemporary

• Directorates of the Scottish Government
• Directorate-General, a type of specialised administrative body in the European Union
• Directorate-General for External Security, the French external intelligence agency, established 1982
• Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (Pakistan) the premier intelligence service of Pakistan and a division of Pakistan Army.
• Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India), the India's civil safety watch and responsible for investigation for aviation incidents.
• General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan), the Jordanian state intelligence agency, est. 1964
• Intelligence Directorate, the Cuban state intelligence agency, est. 1961
• Veterinary Medicines Directorate, an agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (United Kingdom), est. 1989

Historical

• French Directory or Directorate, one of the French Revolution's governing bodies, 1795–1799
• Directorate of Ukraine, provisional revolutionary state committee of the Ukrainian National Republic, 1918–1920
• Directorate (Russia), the ruling body of the Russian Provisional Government, September–October 1917
• Directorate of Military Intelligence, a department of the War Office (United Kingdom), disestablished 1964
• Immigration and Nationality Directorate, an agency of the Home Office (United Kingdom), disestablished 2007

See also

• All pages beginning with "Directorate"
• All pages with titles containing "Directorate"
• Directorio (disambiguation), Spanish for directorate.
• Survey of India