Deputy Explained

Deputy or depute may refer to:

Steward (office)
Khalifa, an Arabic title that can signify "deputy"
Deputy (legislator), a legislator in many countries and regions, including:
- A member of a Chamber of Deputies, for example in Italy, Spain, Argentina, or Brazil.
- A member of a National Assembly, as in Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Costa Rica, France, Pakistan, Poland 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
- Deputy Speaker, in a legislative assembly

Film, theatre and television

Deputy (TV series), American police drama starring Stephen Dorff
The Deputy, US title of The Representative, a play by Rolf Hochhuth
The Deputy (TV series), American western television series with Henry Fonda
The Deputy (film), 2004 BBC political comedy with Jack Dee

Other uses

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

See also