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A war commissary or armed forces commissary (German: Kriegskommissar, French:commissaire des armées) is a military official responsible for supplying military arms and provisions, and sometimes in charge of the military budget and conscription. The rank is used, or has been used, in the Danish Army, Norwegian Army, Prussian Army, Swedish Army, French Army and Soviet army.

Russia

In the Soviet Union, the war commissary was a direct political representative of the Soviet Government with the army.^[1]

Sweden

Hans Detterman Cronman (1590–c1645)

Prussia

The title was later called the Prussian Minister of War in 1808

Wilhelm von Rath (1585–1641)
Wedego von Bonin
Johann Friedrich Adolf von der Marwitz (1723–1781)

See also

References

^ Erich Wollenberg. "Regulations for War Commissars". Retrieved 2010-07-01.

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