English-German translations for commissar

• Kommissarin die
• Kommissar der
  Wir haben ein kosovarisches Parlament und Institutionen, die der Entscheidungsgewalt eines ernannten europäischen Kommissars unterliegen. We have a Kosovan Parliament and institutions subject to the overriding decisions of an appointed European commissar.
  Es hat deshalb so lange gedauert, weil ein Mitglied der Kommission in leitender Position in der GD Außenbeziehungen - vielleicht wäre "Kommissar" hier das richtige Wort - so starrköpfig war. It took all that time because of a very stubborn attitude from a member of the Commission - a 'commissar', one might say - who was in a senior position in DG RELEX.

Definition of commissar

• An official of the Communist Party, often attached to a military unit, who was responsible for political education

Related words

• commissary
• commissariat
• political commissar
• people's commissar
• people's commissariat