начальник отдела

head of department

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head of department The phrase refers to the person in charge of a department. It changes form depending on its grammatical role; for example, начальником отдела means “as head of department” or appears after verbs such as назначить (“to appoint”).
RU: Он был назначен начальником отдела.
EN: He was appointed head of the department.

Начальник отдела парков и я делали, так сказать, бумажную работу.

The parks department head and I did, so to speak, the paperwork.

— Жить (1952)

Я обязан присутствовать как начальник отдела культуры.

I am required to attend as the head of the Department of Culture.

— Жизнь других (2006)

Начальник отдела.

Department head.

— Служебный роман (1977)