Inspector general
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An inspector general is an investigative official in a civil or military organization. The plural of the term is "inspectors general".
Australia
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (Australia) (IGIS) is an independent statutory office holder who reviews the activities of the six Australian intelligence agencies under IGIS jurisdiction.[1]
The
Bangladesh
The chief of police of Bangladesh is known as the inspector general of police. He is from the Bangladesh Civil Service police cadre. The current inspector general of police is Dr. Benazir Ahmed, and his predecessor was Dr. Javed Patwary. There is another temporary post of inspector general of police, known as Pulish Shômônnoyôk (Bengali: পুলিশ সমন্বয়ক্) or "police coordinator", currently held by Bivuti Vooshon Choudhury.
Canada
Before 1867, the position of Inspector General of Canada existed as the minister responsible for finances and government spending in the
Colombia
Colombia's inspector general is a unique post with broad powers to investigate government malfeasance and to bar public officials from running for office.[3]
France
In the French Civil Service, an inspector general (inspecteur général) is a member of a body of civil servants known as inspection générale, generally of a high level, charged with a nationwide mission to inspect some specific services and provide government officials with advice regarding that service. Most ministries have their own inspectorates general, including for instance:
- Inspection Générale des Finances(IGF; Ministry of Finances)
- Inspection Générale des Affaires Sociales (IGAS; Social Security)
- Inspection générale de l'administration (IGA; various administrative departments, e.g. prefectures)
- Inspection générale de l'Éducation, du Sport et de la Recherche (Ministries of National Education, Youth and Sport, and Higher Education and Research)
The inspection générale des Finances is particularly prestigious as a job appointment after studies at the
Within the uniformed services, "inspector general" can refer to both a rank (especially within the police) and a job title within an inspectorate general, the best known of which are:
- Within the Inspection générale des Armées (Inspectorate General for the Armed Forces):
- the Inspector General of the Gendarmerie (Inspecteur général de la gendarmerie nationale);
- the Inspector General of the Army (Inspecteur général de l'Armée de Terre);
- the Inspector General of the Navy (Inspecteur général de la Marine);
- the Inspector General of the Air Force (Inspecteur général de l'Armée de l'air et de l'espace);
- the Inspector General of Armament(Inspecteur général de la Direction générale de l'armement);
- the Inspector General of the Health Service(Inspecteur général du Service de santé des Armées)
- Within civilian uniformed services:
- the Inspector General of Police (Inspecteur général de la Police nationale);
- the Inspector General of Civil Defence (Inspecteur général de la Sécurité civile).
- the Inspector General of Police (
Despite often similar names and an apparently similar structure, different inspectorates general often have significantly differing roles.
Germany
During World War II, Colonel General Heinz Guderian was appointed inspector general of armoured troops on 1 March 1943, reporting directly to Adolf Hitler.
Since the reestablishment of German armed forces after World War II, the inspector general of the federal armed forces (Generalinspekteur der Bundeswehr) has been the highest-ranking soldier (four star or full general in rank), responsible for the overall military planning and the principal military advisor to the federal minister of defense and the federal government. As professional head of the Armed Forces, his position is broadly equivalent (albeit slightly more powerful) to that of the American chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.[citation needed]
In the system of German police forces (Bundespolizei, Landespolizei, and the German Parliament Police), the highest-ranking riot police officer is called inspector of the federal police (Inspekteur der Bereitschaftspolizeien der Länder), although this position is a more coordinating than commanding one. All of the sixteen German state police forces have an inspector, usually as the highest-ranking uniformed police officer. The state police commanders-in-chief (Landespolizeipräsidenten') are very often not genuine police officers but recruited from administrative personnel. The competence for police services in Germany is in general assigned to the federal states of Germany. The federal police is a coordinating police department with a number of narrowly defined competences, e.g. in border control, airport and trial security as well as protection of German embassies abroad.
In the scope of responsibility of the state police departments, the federal police can only act with permission, or request of the local state police.
India
During the British rule in India, in 1861, the British Government introduced the Indian Councils Act 1861.[4] The act created a new cadre of police, called Superior Police Services, later known as the Indian Imperial Police.[4] The highest rank in the service was the Inspector General.[4]
Currently. in modern
The Indian Coast Guard also has the rank of inspector general. The coast guard regions are commanded by officers of the rank of inspector general.
Norway
The army's inspector general (generalinspektøren for hæren—GIH) is the immediate superior of the commanding officer of
Pakistan
In Pakistan, the
Poland
The office of General Inspector of the Armed Forces existed in the Second Polish Republic and was held by, among others, Józef Piłsudski.
Romania
In
Russia/Soviet Union
The Office of Inspectors General of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation was established in 2008, and consists of around thirty retired senior officers. The main task of the office is "to promote the organization of combat and operational training of troops, the construction and further development of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the development of the theory and history of military art, and the education of personnel."[6] It is the successor to the Soviet Armed Forces's Group of Inspectors General, which was dissolved in 1992.[6]
Sweden
In the
In 1998 the previous inspectors general were abolished and the commanders of the major branches (army, air force and navy) was renamed "inspector general", renamed again to "branch inspector" in 2003 to resume the title commander in 2014.
Turkey
In Turkey the office of an Inspector General was created in 1927[7] and disestablished in 1952.[8] He ruled with martial law[8] and over all military, juridical and civilian matters.[7]
United Kingdom
Military
In the
For many years the
Police
The
The inspector general is also the name given to the chief executive officer of the Insolvency Service.
Inspector and variants of it are rank titles of officers in the police of
United States
In the United States, an inspector general leads an organization charged with examining the actions of a government agency, military organization, or military contractor as a general
The framework of offices of inspector general within the United States government was established with the Inspector General Act of 1978.[10]
Vatican City
In the
See also
References
- ^ "The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security". Archived from the original on 1999-11-03.
- ^ "Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force". 25 May 2017.
- ^ "The Bumptious Functionary". The Economist. 14 December 2013.
- ^ ISBN 9781449604257.
- ISBN 978-82-8143-198-0
- ^ a b Misyura, Vyacheslav (12 February 2018). "Управлению генеральных инспекторов Минобороны России — 60 лет!" (in Russian). Russian Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-317-09579-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-90-04-15557-2.
- .
- . Retrieved 18 May 2020.
External links
- Inspector General jobs at Jobsearch.usajobs.gov Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Ignet.gov