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• The White House Chief of Staff, the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States.
• The head of the Prime Minister's Office of Canada
• The most senior aide in the office of state governors, provincial premiers and other political leaders.
• The professional head of a branch of the armed forces. These officers together may be called the Chiefs of Staff Committee or Joint Chiefs of Staff. The title comes from the fact that they are the chief military aides to the Commander-in-Chief, who is usually the head of state.
• The chief aide to the commander of larger military formations and units.
• A Congressional Chief of Staff heads the office of a member of the United States Congress, and can exercise influence in his/her own right
• The General staff (המטה הכללי), the highest command of the Israeli Defence Forces, has at its head the Chief of staff called Ramatkal (רמטכ"ל) from the abbreviation for "Head of the General Staff".

See also

• Chief of the Defence StaffThe Chief of the Defence Staff is a term used for the head of the militaries in a number of nations: Chief of the Defence Staff (Canada) Chief of the Defence Staff (United Kingdom).
• Chief of the General StaffChief of the General Staff (CGS) is the title of the professional head of the British Army since 1964. Prior to this period the title was Chief of the Imperial General Staff . The title was also used for four years between the demise of the Commander-in-C
• Chief of the Imperial General StaffChief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) was the title of the professional head of the British Army from 1908 to 1964. Prior to that period, the professional head of the army was entitled the Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (although briefly it had bee
• Chief of the Naval StaffChief of the Naval Staff is the professional head of the Royal Navy and is more commonly known as the First Sea Lord. The current incumbent is Admiral Sir Alan West. Also see: Admiralty.
• Chief of the Air StaffThe Chief of the Air Staff is the professional head of the Royal Air Force and a member of the Chiefs of Staff Committee. The post was established with the formation of the RAF in 1918, and its first occupant, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Hugh Trenc