An auditor general, also known in some countries as a

comptroller general A comptroller (pronounced either the same as ''controller'' or as ) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accountancy, accounting and financial reporting of an organization. A financial comptroller is a senior- ...

or comptroller and auditor general, is a senior

civil servant The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service offic ...

charged with improving government accountability by

auditing An audit is an "independent examination of financial information of any entity, whether profit oriented or not, irrespective of its size or legal form when such an examination is conducted with a view to express an opinion thereon." Auditing al ...

and reporting on the government's operations. Frequently, the institution headed by the auditor general is a member of the

International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions The International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) is an intergovernmental organization whose members are supreme audit institutions. Nearly every supreme audit institution in the world is a member of INTOSAI. Depending on th ...

(INTOSAI).

Auditors general of governments

Africa

Auditor-General of Ghana The auditor-general of Ghana is the head of the Ghana Audit Service, a legislative branch agency re-established by the government of Ghana in 1992 through the 1992 Constitution of Ghana. It was established as part of the Audit Service through Arti ...

Office of the Auditor-General (Kenya) The Office of the Auditor-General of Kenya is an Independent Office established under Article 229 of the Constitution of Kenya to audit Government Bodies and report on their management of allocated funds. The current Auditor-General is Nancy Gathu ...

Auditor-General (South Africa) The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) is an office established by the 1996 Constitution of South Africa and is one of the Chapter nine institutions intended to support democracy, although its history dates back at least 100 years. Tsakani ...

Americas

Auditor General of Canada The Auditor General of Canada (French: La vérificatrice générale du Canada) is a Supreme audit institution which acts as an officer to the Parliament of Canada tasked with highlighting accountability and oversight by conducting independent f ...

Auditor General of Alberta An auditor is a person or a firm appointed by a company to execute an audit.Practical Auditing, Kul Narsingh Shrestha, 2012, Nabin Prakashan, Nepal To act as an auditor, a person should be certified by the regulatory authority of accounting and au ...

Auditor General of British Columbia The Auditor General of British Columbia is an independent Officer of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Legislature of British Columbia, responsible for conducting audits of the government reporting entity (GRE) which consists of min ...

Auditor General of New Brunswick An auditor is a person or a firm appointed by a company to execute an audit.Practical Auditing, Kul Narsingh Shrestha, 2012, Nabin Prakashan, Nepal To act as an auditor, a person should be certified by the regulatory authority of accounting and au ...

** Auditor General of Manitoba ** Auditor General of Newfoundland and Labrador **

Auditor General of Nova Scotia The auditor general of Nova Scotia is an officer of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly to aid accountability and oversight by conducting independent financial audits of provincial government operations. These audits provide members of the House ...

Auditor General of Ontario The auditor general of Ontario () is an independent officer of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to aid accountability by conducting independent audits of Ontario provincial government operations. The office was created in 1869. Office The ...

** Auditor General of Prince Edward Island **

Auditor General of Quebec The role of the Auditor General of Quebec (fr:''Vérificateur général du Québec'') is to aid accountability by conducting independent audits of Quebec provincial government operations. The office was created in 1868. Guylaine Leclerc is Que ...

** Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan *

Comptroller General of the United States The comptroller general of the United States is the director of the Government Accountability Office (GAO, formerly known as the General Accounting Office), a legislative-branch agency established by Congress in 1921 to ensure the fiscal and man ...

Asia / Pacific

Auditor-General of Australia The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) is the supreme audit institution of Australia, functioning as the national auditor for the Parliament of Australia and Government of Australia. It reports directly to the Australian Parliament via the ...

** ACT Auditor-General **

Northern Territory Auditor‑General Northern may refer to the following: Geography * North, a point in direction * Northern Europe, the northern part or region of Europe * Northern Highland, a region of Wisconsin, United States * Northern Province, Sri Lanka * Northern Range, a ra ...

Auditor-General of New South Wales An auditor general, also known in some countries as a comptroller general or comptroller and auditor general, is a senior civil servant charged with improving government accountability by auditing and reporting on the government's operations. Fr ...

Auditor-General of Queensland An auditor general, also known in some countries as a comptroller general or comptroller and auditor general, is a senior civil servant charged with improving government accountability by auditing and reporting on the government's operations. Fre ...

Auditor-General of South Australia An auditor general, also known in some countries as a comptroller general or comptroller and auditor general, is a senior civil servant charged with improving government accountability by auditing and reporting on the government's operations. Fre ...

Auditor-General of Tasmania An auditor general, also known in some countries as a comptroller general or comptroller and auditor general, is a senior civil servant charged with improving government accountability by auditing and reporting on the government's operations. Fre ...

Auditor-General of Victoria An auditor general, also known in some countries as a comptroller general or comptroller and auditor general, is a senior civil servant charged with improving government accountability by auditing and reporting on the government's operations. Fre ...

Auditor General of Western Australia An auditor is a person or a firm appointed by a company to execute an audit.Practical Auditing, Kul Narsingh Shrestha, 2012, Nabin Prakashan, Nepal To act as an auditor, a person should be certified by the regulatory authority of accounting and au ...

Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of Bangladesh (CAG) () is the supreme audit institution of the country. Like the SAIs in many other countries across the world, the institution is established by the Constitution of Bangladesh. Th ...

Auditor-General of the National Audit Office The auditor-general of the National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China is the head of the National Audit Office of the People's Republic of China and a member of the State Council. Within the State Council, the position is twenty-t ...

Director of Audit (Hong Kong) The Director of Audit (審計署署長) is a public office in Hong Kong, established to ensure the financial order of the Hong Kong Government and head the Audit Commission of Hong Kong. This role is similar to that of auditors general or audito ...

Control Yuan The Control Yuan is the supervisory and auditory branch of the government of the Republic of China, both during its time in mainland China and Taiwan. Designed as a hybrid of auditor and ombudsman by Taiwanese law, the Control Yuan holds th ...

of the

Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

(on Taiwan since 1949) *

Comptroller and Auditor General of India The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (ISO: ''Bhārata kē Niyaṁtraka ēvaṁ Mahālēkhāparīkṣaka'') is the supreme audit institution of India, established under Article 148 of the Constitution of India. They are empowered to au ...

Auditor General of Pakistan The Auditor General of Pakistan () is a government organization and the prime and supreme audit institution (SAI) in the country for ensuring public accountability and fiscal transparency and oversight in governmental operations. The organizati ...

Auditor General of Singapore The Auditor-General's Office (AGO) is an organ of state and Singapore's national auditor. The President is empowered under the Constitution to appoint the Auditor-General in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister. The Audit Act 1966 ...

Auditor General of Sri Lanka The auditor general of Sri Lanka ( Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා විගණකාධිපති ''Śrī Laṃkā viganakādhipathi''; Tamil: இலங்கை கணக்காய்வாளர் தலைமை) is appointed by t ...

Controller and Auditor-General of New Zealand The Controller and Auditor-General (the Auditor-General) is an Officer of the New Zealand Parliament responsible for auditing public bodies. John Ryan began his seven-year term as Controller and Auditor-General on 2 July 2018. The Deputy Controll ...

Europe

Supreme Audit Office (Czech Republic) The Supreme Audit Office of the Czech Republic (, NKÚ)alternately known in English as the Supreme Control Office of the Czech Republicis a "unique, independent constitutional entity to supervise the management of the state property and the state ...

Comptroller and Auditor General (Ireland) The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) () is the constitutional officer responsible for public audit in Ireland. The Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General is the public audit body for the Republic of Ireland and is headed by the C&AG. ...

Comptroller and Auditor General for Jersey The Comptroller and Auditor General or C&AG is an office established by the States of Jersey, under the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005. The office is independent to the government, and is responsible for auditing most of Jersey's public organi ...

Auditor General for the Isle of Man An auditor is a person or a firm appointed by a company to execute an audit.Practical Auditing, Kul Narsingh Shrestha, 2012, Nabin Prakashan, Nepal To act as an auditor, a person should be certified by the regulatory authority of accounting and au ...

Comptroller and Auditor General (United Kingdom) The comptroller and auditor general (C&AG) in the United Kingdom is the government official responsible for supervising the quality of public accounting and financial reporting. The C&AG is an officer of the British House of Commons, House of Com ...

Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland The Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland (C&AG) is the public official in charge of the Northern Ireland Audit Office, the body responsible for auditing most of Northern Ireland's public bodies. The current auditor general i ...

Auditor General for Scotland The auditor general for Scotland (AGS) is the public official in charge of the Audit Scotland, the body responsible for auditing most of Scottish public bodies, except local authorities. The auditor general oversees the scrutiny of how public m ...

Auditor General for Wales The Auditor General for Wales () is the public official in charge of the Audit Wales, formerly known as the Welsh Audit Office, the body responsible for auditing the Welsh Government, its public bodies, National Health Service bodies and local g ...

Auditors general of governments

Africa

Americas

Asia / Pacific

Europe

See also