Chancellery is the office of the
chancellor
Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...
, sometimes also referred to as the chancery.
Both terms may also refer to:
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Chancellery (medieval office) or chancery, a medieval writing office
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Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
The Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland (, KPRP) is an institution that assists the President of Poland with fulfilling his tasks as head of state. The Chancellery is headed by its chief, currently being Małgorzata Paprocka.
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Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland
The Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland ( Polish: ''Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów - lit. Chancellery of the President of the Council of Ministers''), or KPRM, is the executive office for the Prime Minister of Poland. Created under the ...
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Department of Chancellery
The Menxia Sheng (), sometimes translated as the Chancellery, was one of the departments of the Three Departments and Six Ministries government structure of imperial China. It advised the emperor and the ''Zhongshu Sheng'' (Central Secretariat), ...
, one of the three central government departments in imperial China between the 3rd and 13th centuries
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Federal Chancellery (Austria)
The Federal Chancellery of Austria (, abbreviated ; historically also and ) is the ministry led by the chancellor of Austria.
Since the establishment of the First Austrian Republic in 1918, the Chancellery building has served as the venue for th ...
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Presidential Chancellery (Austria)
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Federal Chancellery of Switzerland
The Federal Chancellery of Switzerland is a department-level agency of the federal administration of Switzerland. It is the staff organisation of the federal government, the Federal Council (Switzerland), Federal Council. Since 2024, it has bee ...
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Federal Public Service Chancellery of the Prime Minister, the office and department of the Prime Minister of Belgium
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Garde des Sceaux
The title keeper of the seals or equivalent is used in several contexts, denoting the person entitled to keep and authorize use of the great seal of a given country. The title may or may not be linked to a particular cabinet or ministerial offic ...
'', i.e., keeper of the seals, or Chancellory, the French
Ministry of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
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German Chancellery
The Federal Chancellery (, ) is a Germany, German Federal agency (Germany), federal agency serving the executive office of the chancellor of Germany, the head of the Government of Germany, federal government, currently Friedrich Merz. The Chancel ...
, the office and department of the Chancellor of Germany
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Federal Chancellery (Bonn)
The Federal Chancellery (Germany), Federal Chancellery building in Bonn was used from 1976 to 1999 as the seat of the Federal Chancellery (Germany), Federal Chancellery of the Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, and since 2006 as the seat of t ...
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Federal Chancellery (Berlin)
The Federal Chancellery (, ) in Berlin is the Official residence, official seat and residence of the chancellor of Germany as well as their executive office, the German Chancellery. As part of the move of the German Federal Government from Bonn to ...
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His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery
His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery or H.I.M. Own Chancellery () began as personal chancellery of Paul I and grew into a kind of regent's office, run by Count Arakcheyev from 1815 and until the death of Alexander I of Russia.
Under Nicholas ...
, an office in the 19th century Russian Empire, known for its secret department:
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Hitler's Chancellery (Kanzlei des Führers)
Hitler's Chancellery, officially known as the ''Kanzlei des Führers der NSDAP'' (" Chancellery of the Führer of the Nazi Party"; abbreviated as KdF) was a Nazi Party organization. Also known as the ''Privatkanzlei des Führers'' ("Private Cha ...
, the personal chancellery of Adolf Hitler responsible for Hitler's personal affairs and requests made to Hitler directly.
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Nazi Party Chancellery
The Party Chancellery (), was the name of the head office for the German Nazi Party (NSDAP), designated as such on 12 May 1941. The office existed previously as the Staff of the Deputy Führer (''Stab des Stellvertreters des Führers'') but was ...
, an office of Nazi Germany in the 20th century
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Reich Chancellery
The Reich Chancellery () was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany (then called ''Reichskanzler'') in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945. The Chancellery's seat, selected and prepared since 1875, was the fo ...
, the building in Berlin housing the Chancellor of Germany and other administrative offices of Germany during the German Empire, Weimar Republic and Nazi periods
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Royal Chancellery
The Chancellor of Poland ( - , from ), officially, the Grand Chancellor of the Crown between 1385 and 1795, was one of the highest officials in the historic Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. This office functioned from the early Polish kingdom o ...
of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 16th to 18th centuries
Other uses
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Chancellory of Scotland
The office of Director of Chancery (or Chancellory), the keeper of the Quarter Seal of Scotland, was formerly a senior position within the legal system of Scotland. The medieval post, latterly an office at General Register House, Edinburgh, was ...
, abolished in 1928
* Chancellery, a type of
grappling hold
A grappling hold, commonly referred to simply as a hold that in Japanese language, Japanese is referred to as ''katame-waza'' ( "grappling technique"), is any specific grappling, wrestling, judo, or other martial art grip that is applied to an ...
also referred to as a headlock
* Chancellery of Honours, an office in the
Canadian Heraldic Authority
The Canadian Heraldic Authority (CHA; ) is part of the Canadian honours system under the Monarchy of Canada, Canadian monarch, whose authority is exercised by the Governor General of Canada. The authority is responsible for the creation and gran ...
, part of the Canadian honours system
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Chancery (disambiguation)
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