director general

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

Origin of director general

First recorded in 1875–80

Prime Minister Abe is not only the leader of Japan, he is also the Director-General—the sosai —of the LDP.

How Sexism Could Bring Down Japan’s Government |Angela Erika Kubo, Jake Adelstein |June 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
So did Avigdor Lieberman, director-general of the Prime Minister's Office during part of Netanyahu's first term.

Netanyahu, Third-Term Incompetent |Gershom Gorenberg |August 26, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The director-general of the BBC resigned amid a flurry of allegations around sex-abuse reporting.

BBC Scandal Blows Up as Director George Entwistle Resigns |Peter Jukes |November 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Another trial has put the ISI's director-general, Brigadier General Pasha, at the center of the plot.

America’s Menacing Pakistan Problem |Bruce Riedel |May 21, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

The director-general retained the right to preside at meetings.

The Colonization of North America |Herbert Eugene Bolton
Surely, surely it was not the same that the Director-General had given him!

Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales |Henry Rider Haggard
So extensive were they, indeed, that the Director-General had informed him that they would take several years to complete.

Smith and the Pharaohs, and Other Tales |Henry Rider Haggard
My duties as Director-General of the Post-office had of course obliged me to resign my captain's epaulette.

Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Complete |Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
The Director-General was a poor soul who could see nothing but technical difficulties in everything that was proposed.

A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium |Hugh Gibson

director-general

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