City Commander
The city commander is the highest military , judicial and civil authority in a city in times of war . During the occupation of an enemy city, the city commandant assumes this status until a civil administration is installed. City commanders can also exist in peacetime; they are then integrated into the country's military structure.
See also
- State of emergency , curfew , martial law , combat commander , Spalinger case
- Commandant's House (Berlin) , Munich City Command
- Allied Command : Commander of the American Sector of Berlin , Commander of the British Sector of Berlin , Commander of the French Sector of Berlin , Commander of the Soviet Sector of Berlin
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Wiktionary: Stadtkommandant - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations