Chancellery is the office of the
chancellor
Chancellor ( la, cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the or lattice work screens of a basilica or law cou ...
, sometimes also referred to as the chancery.
Both terms may also refer to:
Government
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Chancellery (medieval office) A chancery or chancellery ( la, cancellaria) is a medieval writing office, responsible for the production of official documents.Coredon ''Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases'' p. 66 The title of chancellor, for the head of the office, came to ...
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 ( pl, Kancelaria Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), instituted in 1989, is a governmental institution composed of the immediate staff of the President of Poland that assists and is gove ...
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Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland
The Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland ( Polish: ''Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów''), or KPRM, is the executive office for the Prime Minister of Poland. Created under the administrative reorganization reforms by the government of Wł ...
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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)
In Austrian politics, the Federal Chancellery (german: Bundeskanzleramt, lit=federal chancellery, abbreviated ; historically also and ) is the ministry led by the chancellor.
Since the establishment of the First Austrian Republic in 1918, the Cha ...
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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. Since 2016, it has been headed by Federal Chancellor ...
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Federal Public Service Chancellery of the Prime Minister The FPS Chancellery of the Prime Minister ( nl, FOD Kanselarij van de Eerste Minister, french: SPF Chancellerie du Premier Ministre, german: FÖD Kanzlei des Premierministers) is a Federal Public Service in Belgium. It is comparable to the Chancel ...
, 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 Ministry of Justice is a common type of government department that serves as a justice ministry.
Lists of current ministries of justice
Named "Ministry"
* Ministry of Justice (Abkhazia)
* Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan)
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German Chancellery
The German Chancellery (german: Bundeskanzleramt, , more faithfully translated as ''Federal Chancellery'' or ''Office of the Federal Chancellor'') is an agency serving the executive office of the chancellor of Germany, the head of the federal gov ...
, the office and department of the Chancellor of Germany
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Federal Chancellery (Bonn)
The Federal Chancellery building in Bonn was used from 1976 to 1999 as the seat of the Federal Chancellery of the Federal Republic of Germany, and since 2006 as the seat of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. It is l ...
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Federal Chancellery (Berlin)
The Federal Chancellery (german: Bundeskanzleramt) in Berlin is the 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 Bon ...
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His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery
His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancery or H.I.M. Own Chancery () began as personal chancery 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 I, the Chan ...
, 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 Chanc ...
, 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 (german: Parteikanzlei), 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 ...
, an office of Nazi Germany in the 20th century
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Reich Chancellery
The Reich Chancellery (german: Reichskanzlei) 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 s ...
, 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
Chancellor of Poland ( pl, Kanclerz - , from la, cancellarius) was one of the highest officials in the historic Poland. This office functioned from the early Polish kingdom of the 12th century until the end of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonweal ...
of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 16th to 18th centuries
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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 is referred to as ''katame-waza'' ( "grappling technique"), is any specific grappling, wrestling, judo, or other martial art grip that is applied to an opponent. Grappli ...
also referred to as a headlock
* Chancellery of Honours, an office in the
Canadian Heraldic Authority
The Canadian Heraldic Authority (CHA; french: Autorité héraldique du Canada) 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 i ...
, part of the Canadian honours system
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Chancery (disambiguation)
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