executive committee

English

Noun

executive committee (plural executive committees)

1. (management) A subcommittee of a board authorized to make some decisions on behalf of the entire board.
   • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Council Codex entry:

     The Council is an executive committee composed of representatives from the Asari Republics, the Turian Hierarchy, and the Salarian Union. Though they have no official power over the independent governments of other species, the Council's decisions carry great weight throughout the galaxy. No single Council race is strong enough to defy the other two, and all have a vested interest in compromise and cooperation.

2. (government, politics, Quebec) the equivalent of the cabinet of ministers for a city government, serving the mayor.

Translations

subcommittee of a board

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 專門小組／专门小组 (zhuānmén xiǎozǔ)

• Danish: hovedbestyrelse c, forretningskomité c
• Finnish: työvaliokunta
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Portuguese: comissão executiva f, comitê executivo m (Brazil), comité executivo m (Portugal)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

the cabinet of ministers for a city government

• Belarusian: выкана́ўчы камітэ́т m (vykanáŭčy kamitét)
• Bulgarian: изпълни́телен комите́т m (izpǎlnítelen komitét)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 執行委員會／执行委员会 (zhíxíng wěiyuánhuì)

• Danish: formandskab n
• Estonian: täitevkomitee
• Finnish: kaupunginhallitus (fi)
• French: comité exécutif (fr) m
• German: Vorstand (de) m, Exekutivausschuss m, Exekutivkomitee (de) n
• Japanese: 実行委員会 (じっこういいんかい, jikkō iinkai)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: formannskap n

  Nynorsk: formannskap n

• Polish: komitet wykonawczy m
• Portuguese: comitê executivo m (Brazil), comité executivo m (Portugal)
• Romanian: comitet executiv n
• Russian: исполни́тельный комите́т m (ispolnítelʹnyj komitét), исполко́м (ru) m (ispolkóm)
• Ukrainian: викона́вчий коміте́т m (vykonávčyj komitét), виконко́м m (vykonkóm)

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} coiste feidhmiúcháin m