raadpensionaris

...Formally, he was merely an official appointed by the sovereign state parliament, but he held broad military and administrative powers, and when the appointment was limited to one or two members of the House of Orange-Nassau, he effectively assumed the status of a federal executive officer and commander-in-chief of the army and navy, transcending the boundaries of the states. He led the centralist governors against the pro-state parliamentary faction represented by the Raadpensionaris (legal advisers of the state parliament) of Holland, and the history of the republic was marked by the struggle between the two factions. There was a period known as the "period of no governor" (1650-72, 1702-47), but under capable appointees such as Frederick Hendrik and William II, his powers were strengthened...

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…形式上は主権者たる州議会により任命される一官吏にすぎないが，軍事･行政上広範な権限を保持し，しかも就任者がオラニエ=ナッサウ家の1人ないし2人に限られると，事実上州の枠を越えた連邦行政官，陸海軍最高司令官の資格を帯びた。ホラントのラートペンショナリスraadpensionaris(州議会法律顧問)が代表する州権主義の議会派に対抗して，中央集権志向の総督派を率い，両派の抗争が共和国の歴史を彩った。いわゆる〈無総督時代〉(1650‐72,1702‐47)もあったが，フレデリック･ヘンドリック，ウィレム2世ら有能な就任者の下では，その権限が強化された。…

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