Contemporary
* Directorates of the Scottish Government * Directorate-General, a type of specialised administrative body in the European Union * Directorate-General for External Security, the French external intelligence agency * Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, the premier intelligence service of Pakistan and a division of Pakistan Army * Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India), India's civil safety watch and responsible for investigation for aviation incidents * General Intelligence Directorate (Jordan), the Jordanian state intelligence agency * Intelligence Directorate, the Cuban state intelligence agency * Veterinary Medicines Directorate, an agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (United Kingdom) * Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel), the Israeli Defence Force unit in charge upon collecting information in cooperation with the Mossad * Unit, the Norwegian directorate for information and communications technology (ICT) and joint services in higher education and research which is part of the Ministry of Education and Research of NorwayHistorical
* French Directory or Directorate, one of the French Revolution's governing bodies, 1795–1799 * Directorate of Ukraine, provisional revolutionary state committee of the Ukrainian National Republic, 1918–1920 * Directorate (Russia), the ruling body of the Russian Provisional Government, September–October 1917 * Directorate of Military Intelligence (United Kingdom), a department of the War Office (United Kingdom), disestablished 1964 * Immigration and Nationality Directorate, an agency of the Home Office (United Kingdom), disestablished 2007See also
* * * Directorio (disambiguation), Spanish for directorate * Directorial system, for the term as used in comparative politics {{disambiguation