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OFFICIAL REPRESENTATIVE [2 records]

Record 1 2013-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

A candidate's representative who may be present at the polling station during the voting and counting of the ballots.

Key term(s)
  • candidate's agent
  • electoral agent
  • electioneering agent
  • poll agent of a candidate
  • poll representative of a candidate
  • agent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
DEF

La personne nommée par un candidat pour le représenter aux bureaux de scrutin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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Record 2 1987-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Administration (General)
  • Occupation Names (General)
OBS

official: [of persons] appointed or authorized to act in a designated capacity.

OBS

"Official representative" is the English equivalent of the French "chargé de mission" only in certain contexts, that is, when "chargé de mission" designates a person officially representing his own establishment (ministry, organization, etc.) while working in another such establishment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
OBS

fonctionnaire ou membre d'un cabinet ministériel à qui l'on confie une activité, une étude déterminée.

Spanish

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