Chief of Staff
The term Chief of Staff can refer to
- The chief aide to the commander of larger military formations and units.
- The professional head of a branch of the armed forces. These officers together may be called the Chiefs of Staff Committee or Joint Chiefs of Staff. The title comes from the fact that they are the chief military aides to the Commander-in-Chief, who is usually the head of state.
- The highest ranking officer in the Israeli General Staff (the Israeli Defence Forces high command), also called Ramatkal (רמטכ"ל) from the Hebrew acronym for "Head of the General Staff".
- The White House Chief of Staff, the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
- The head of the Prime Minister's Office of Canada, see Chief of Staff (Canada).
- The most senior aide in the office of state governors, provincial premiers and other political leaders.
- A Congressional Chief of Staff heads the office of a member of the United States Congress, and can exercise influence in his/her own right.
- The German word Stabschef refers to the chief aide to a military commander and is sometimes used by heads of certain German corporations and company board chairmans. Stabschef was also a Stormtrooper paramilitary rank used by the Nazi Party between 1931 and 1945.
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