Deputy

Deputy is one empowered to act for another. Depute is the historical form of "deputy" and is still used in the Scottish legal system

Deputy or depute may refer to:

• Steward (office)
• Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy"
• Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries, including:
  • A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain, Argentina, or Brazil.
  • A member of a National Assembly, as in France, Poland, Pakistan or Quebec.
  • A member of the Dáil Éireann (Lower House of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland)
  • A member of the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey elected by a parish or district
  • Deputy (Acadian), a position in 18th-century Nova Scotia, Canada
• Deputy Führer, a title for the deputy head of the Nazi Party
• A subordinate
  • Deputy premier, a subordinate of the Premier and next-in-command in the cabinet of the Soviet Union and its successor countries, including:
    • First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union
    • Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union, a subordinate of the Premier and the First Deputy Premier and third-in-command of the Soviet Government
  • Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  • Deputy sheriff, deputized by a sheriff to perform the same duties as the sheriff
  • Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
  • White House Deputy Chief of Staff
  • Deputy marriage commissioner
  • Deputy governor
  • Deputy mayor
  • Deputy overman (pit deputy) in a mine

Film, theatre and television

• The Deputy, US title of The Representative, a play by Rolf Hochhuth
• The Deputy (TV series), western with Henry Fonda
• The Deputy (film), 2004 BBC political comedy with Jack Dee
• Deputy (TV series), a police drama that premiered in 2020

Other uses

• Deputy, Indiana, a small town in the United States
• Deputy Dawg, a Terrytoons cartoon character

See also

• People's Deputy (disambiguation)
• Deputy lieutenant