Editing Commissary (section)

===Government and administration===
Governmental or administrative structures (or bodies) headed by a commissary (or composed of several commissaries) are often referred to as ''commissary governments'' or ''commissary administrations''. Such terms were often used during the colonial era, and it was also used to designate various ''provisional'' governments of administrations. Executive or administrative body composed of several commissaries is often called ''Council of Commissaries'' or ''Board of Commissaries''. Deputy of a commissary is styled as ''vice-commissary'' or ''sub-commissary''.

In the Soviet Union, commissaries' powers of oversight were used for political purposes. These commissaries are often known as [[commissar]]s in English.