Talk:Chancellor/Archives/2013

University Chancellor

I think University Chancellor should be its own article, like Provost has a special education article.Kushboy 03:40, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

It now does, but now this article needs to let it be known, in the first paragraph, that it refers to Governmental chancellors (or whatever it refers to).

Klingon Chancelor?

Should that really be in here? Seems kind of out of place to say the least. --Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 01:40, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

I've deleted it. I may be a trekkie, but no way could this remain in an article alongside real places. FearÉIREANN^(talk) 02:43, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Removing China

All of the European Chancellor titles are derived from the Latin cancellarius and are thus etymologically related, even if they don't have the same functions in their government. It's approproate to consider them all here because, like the English Chancellor, the titles are all ultimately derived from the same word.

The Chinese title, on the other hand, does not derive from this Latin term. The actual title is Cheng Xiang or Zai Xiang; chancellor is just a term that Europeans used as a translation because it seemed an appropriate equivalent. But it's just that -- a translation into European terminology -- and thus shouldn't be grouped with the others on this page. --Jfruh 04:34, 23 November 2005 (UTC)

United States

The article previously stated that the U.S. Constitution gives the Chief Justice of the United States the responsibility of swearing in the President. This is incorrect. The Constitution says nothing about who is to administer the oath of office. The administration of the oath by the Chief Justice is a matter of tradition and protocol, and I have edited the article to reflect this. The only reason it is relevant to this article is that at the time George Washington was sworn in, there was no Chief Justice or any other federal judges, so he was sworn in by the highest ranking state judge around, the Chancellor of New York State. But this brings up an interesting point, which is that in theory ANY president could be sworn in by ANY judge who is authorized by state or federal law to administer oaths, and quite possibly by a non-judge who is authorized to administer oaths as well. It is not just a matter of theory, as two presidents that I know of were sworn in by judges other than the Chief Justice, due to emergencies. After John F. Kennedy was killed, Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in by a U.S. District Court judge. When Warren G. Harding died in office, Vice President Calvin Coolidge was home, in Vermont or New Hampshire (I forget which), and the oath office was administered by a LOCAL judge, a justice of the peace -- who happened to be Coolidge's father. 6SJ7 05:09, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Added informations on Germany

I added little informations, such as the lenght of the term (4 years) and historical facts concerning Hitler. Almahdi Morris 23:31, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

What is it?

Can someone add something about what a Chancellor is? All it says is where it came from and what people use it. --Colinstu 18:10, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Femine form of Bundeskanzler

In the germany section it says "Bundeskanzlerin is the feminine form". While this is true, the term "Frau Bundeskanzler" is used commonly. Should this be changed? --Sevenclev (talk) 09:27, 28 August 2008 (UTC)