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prefect

title given to office holders, usually public or ecclesiastical
Class type of: politician, civil servant Q371909

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
rank, profession[2]
Subclass of
politician, civil servant[3][4]
Described by source
Otto's encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5][6]
Different from
prefect, Præfekt, Praefectus, بخشدار, prefect[7][8][9][10]
Female form of label
префектка, prefecta, prefekta, governadora-civil, prefectă, prefecta[11][12][13][14][15]
Male form of label
prefect, prefecto[16][17]
P14483
p/prefecto[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en prefect ar حاكم ar عامل ar محافظ ar وال ar بريفيكتوس cs prefekt da Præfekt de Präfekt el έπαρχος es prefecto fa پرفکت (بخشدار) fi prefekti fr membre du corps préfectoral fr préfet he פרפקט hu praefectus hu prefektus id Prefek it prefetto
🔖 Identifiers · 11
BNCF Thesaurus ID
6012
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/prefect-government-official
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
prefet-romain
Freebase ID
/m/015ybj
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11bc6hvljg
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
prefecte-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0203160
NE.se ID
prefekt
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtPSdSgjoYpN
Vikidia article ID
fr:Préfet
Yale LUX ID
concept/f7e37251-ab43-4688-86fa-accf8e3a04f5

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🔗 Connections
← Office held by head of government 21
Chimborazo Province, Azuay Province, Guayas Province, El Oro Province, Imbabura Province, Manabí Province, Pichincha Province, Tungurahua Province +13 more
Holders of this position 18
Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Raymond Leo Burke, Dukat, Chang Chien, Moritz Joseph Johann von Dietrichstein, Giuseppe Pasolini, Giuseppe Pasolini, Giuseppe Pasolini +10 more
Subtypes 5
prefect, sub-prefect, prefect, regent, Maritime Prefect
← Occupation 5
Matteo Piantedosi, Dukat, Arvandus, Christian Blanc, Carlo Mosca
Different from 3
Praefectus, prefect, Præfekt
← Different from 3
Praefectus, prefect, Præfekt
Instance of 2
profession, rank
Subclass of 2
politician, civil servant
Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Summary

prefect is a rank[1].

Related Entities

Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson Raymond Leo Burke

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · EleJur · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → p/prefecto
    Male form of label → {'lang': 'ro', 'text': 'prefect'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'prefecto'}
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14483: p/prefecto, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260063|batch #260063]]"
  2. 18w ago · Cruzate1492 · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Female form of label → {'lang': 'uk', 'text': 'префектка'}, {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'prefecta'}, {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'prefekta'} +3
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: prefecta"
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