officer of state

An officer of state is a high-ranking public official who holds a formal position within a government or monarchy, responsible for executing specific constitutional, administrative, or ceremonial duties of the state.

Observed surface forms (26)

• United States Senator ×4
• Qing dynasty official ×2
• chancellorship ×2
• provincial executive position ×2
• state lieutenant governor ×2
• Scottish Law Officer ×1
• administrative officer ×1
• constitutional officer of Arkansas ×1
• constitutional officer of California ×1
• constitutional officer of Georgia ×1

• governmental position ×1
• law officer of the Crown ×1
• minister of the Crown ×1
• ministerial title ×1
• provincial governor ×1
• senior civilian official ×1
• state attorney general position ×1
• state comptroller ×1
• state constitutional officer ×1
• state education official ×1
• state government official ×1
• state leadership position ×1
• state office of the People's Republic of China ×1
• state officials ×1
• statewide elected official ×1
• آئینی عہدہ ×1

Instances (32)

• Lord High Treasurer via concept surface "minister of the Crown"
• Earl Marshal
• Opium Wars via concept surface "Qing dynasty official"
  surface form: Lin Zexu
• Solicitor General for England and Wales via concept surface "law officer of the Crown"
• Chief Financial Officer of Florida via concept surface "statewide elected official"
• Attorney General of California via concept surface "constitutional officer of California"
• Insurance Commissioner of California via concept surface "state constitutional officer"
• Everett Dirksen via concept surface "United States Senator"
• Lord Warden of the Stannaries via concept surface "governmental position"
• Gaius Octavius via concept surface "provincial governor"
• Lord Advocate via concept surface "Scottish Law Officer"
• Secretary of the Senate (California) via concept surface "administrative officer"
• Keeper of the Seals via concept surface "ministerial title"
• Chancellor of the Orders of the White Rose of Finland and the Lion of Finland via concept surface "chancellorship"
• Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education (ex officio, non-voting) via concept surface "state education official"
• King's Commissioner via concept surface "provincial executive position"
• Attorney General of Arkansas via concept surface "constitutional officer of Arkansas"
• صدرِ پاکستان via concept surface "آئینی عہدہ"
• Virginia state government via concept surface "state lieutenant governor"
  surface form: Lieutenant Governor of Virginia
• Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar via concept surface "United States Senator"
• Chancellor of the University of the Western Cape via concept surface "chancellorship"
• Martin Van Buren via concept surface "United States Senator"
• President of the Supreme People's Court via concept surface "state office of the People's Republic of China"
• Verner, Administrator, Employment Security Commission of South Carolina via concept surface "state government official"
• Li Hongzhang via concept surface "Qing dynasty official"
• Attorney General of Georgia via concept surface "state attorney general position"
• Chief Minister of Sindh via concept surface "provincial executive position"
• New York state politics via concept surface "state lieutenant governor"
  surface form: Lieutenant Governor of New York
• Chief Management Officer of the Army (in practice and by delegation, depending on period) via concept surface "senior civilian official"
  surface form: Chief Management Officer of the Army
• Ottoman authorities via concept surface "state officials"
• Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act (proposed Akaka Bill) via concept surface "United States Senator"
  surface form: Daniel Akaka
• Vice Chairman of the People's Republic of China via concept surface "state leadership position"