Chancellery

Chancellery is the office of the chancellor, sometimes also referred to as the chancery.

Both terms may also refer to:

Government

• Chancellery (medieval office) or chancery, a medieval writing office
• Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland
• Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland
• Department of Chancellery, one of the three central government departments in imperial China between the 3rd and 13th centuries
• Federal Chancellery (Austria)
• Presidential Chancellery (Austria)
• Federal Chancellery of Switzerland
• Federal Public Service Chancellery of the Prime Minister, the office and department of the Prime Minister of Belgium
• Garde des Sceaux, i.e., keeper of the seals, or Chancellory, the French Ministry of Justice
• German Chancellery, the office and department of the Chancellor of Germany
  • Federal Chancellery (Bonn)
  • Federal Chancellery (Berlin)
• His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery, an office in the 19th century Russian Empire, known for its secret department:
  • Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery
• Hitler's Chancellery (Kanzlei des Führers), the personal chancellery of Adolf Hitler responsible for Hitler's personal affairs and requests made to Hitler directly.
• Nazi Party Chancellery, an office of Nazi Germany in the 20th century
• Reich Chancellery, the building in Berlin housing the Chancellor of Germany and other administrative offices of Germany during the German Empire, Weimar Republic and Nazi periods
• Royal Chancellery of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from the 16th to 18th centuries

Other uses

• Chancellory of Scotland, abolished in 1928
• Chancellery, a type of grappling hold also referred to as a headlock
• Chancellery of Honours, an office in the Canadian Heraldic Authority, part of the Canadian honours system

See also

• Chancery (disambiguation)