CDS

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CDS is the commonly used abbreviation for the Chief of the Defence Staff, the professional head of the Canadian Armed Forces.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
CDS canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military office ⓘ
advises Canadian federal government (Ottawa) ⓘ
surface form: Government of Canada

Minister of National Defence of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Minister of National Defence (Canada)
appointedBy Governor General of Canada ⓘ
branch Canadian Army ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
firstHolder General Jean Victor Allard ⓘ
formationYear 1964 ⓘ
hasCommand Canadian Army ⓘ
Canadian Joint Operations Command ⓘ
Canadian Special Operations Forces Command ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
isMilitaryBranchHeadOf Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces
jurisdiction Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces
legalBasis National Defence Act ⓘ
surface form: National Defence Act (Canada)
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Canada ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
memberOf Armed Forces Council (Canada) ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
nativeName Chef d’état-major des armées ⓘ
surface form: chef d’état-major de la Défense
officeHolderTitle Chief of the Defence Staff ⓘ
partOf Canadian forces ⓘ
surface form: Canadian Armed Forces
precededByOffice Chief of the Air Staff (Canada) ⓘ
Chief of the General Staff (Canada) ⓘ
Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ
surface form: Chief of the Naval Staff (Canada)
rankHeldByOfficeholder Admiral ⓘ
General ⓘ
reportsTo Governor in Council of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Governor in Council (Canada)

Minister of National Defence of Canada ⓘ
surface form: Minister of National Defence (Canada)
residence National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa ⓘ
responsibleFor command, control and administration of the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
role professional head of the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
senior serving officer of the Canadian Armed Forces ⓘ
seat Ottawa ⓘ
shortName CDS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
styleOfAddress Admiral ⓘ
General ⓘ
Your Excellency ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chief of Defence Staff → alsoKnownAs → CDS ⓘ
subject surface form: Chief of Defence Staff (India)
CDS → shortName → CDS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada)