Emperor Haile Selassie, the chief civil servant of a government ministry or independent state agency was known by the title of Director-General. In contemporary Ethiopia, the head official of independent agencies such as the Information Network Security Agency or the Ethiopian Investment Corporation is titled Director-General, as are second-tier divisions within ministries, below [permanent] secretariats. Germany In Germany, Generaldirektor may be used for the CEO of a large and established concern, corporation, company or enterprise, particularly if subordinates have the title director. The title is, however, unofficial (theoretically any person, and even practically every entrepreneur with one employee, may call himself director-general) and by now largely out of use. Officially a GmbH has a Geschäftsführer ("managing director"), an Aktiengesellschaft, and a board of executive directors (Vorstand) with a chairman (Vorstandsvorsitzender). The term is also used by German Institute Taipei, Germany's informal representative mission to the Republic of China (Taiwan), to refer to its head of mission, as well as the suggested translation for senior executive positions (Abteilungsleiterin or Abteilungsleiter) in German ministries. Hong Kong Several positions in the Hong Kong Government bear titled director-general, including the directors-general of Investment Promotion, of Trade Trade and Industry, of Civil Aviation, and of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, London. India In India, a Director General may refer to the Director General of the Border Security Force or to the Director General of Police, who is the highest ranking official in the Central Armed Police Forces, the National Disaster Response Force, and the Indian Coast Guard. In addition, the head of many government agencies are also referred to as Director Generals, like the Director General of Archaeological Survey of India, the Director General of Central Statistics Office, the Director General of the National Informatics Centre (NIC), the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research, etc. Italy In Italy, the direttore generale of a company is a corporate officer who reports to the CEO (amministratore delegato) and has duties similar to a chief operating officer. Some Italian ministries are divided into departments (dipartimenti), which are in turn divided into general directorates (direzioni generali) headed by a direttore generale. Other ministries, which do not have departments, are directly divided into general directorates. In Italian provinces and greatest communes, direttore generale is a chief administrative officer nominated by the president of province or by the mayor. The title of direttore generale is also given