Chancellor (Latin: cancellarius, Spanish: canciller), is an official of high rank: A secretary, Secretary of State, or minister of a king or other high noble-man.[1]
In the United States, the name is used normally for the president of certain American Universities. In Mexico and Brazil, it is used for the federal Secretary of Foreign Relations. In England the chief secretary of an embassy or titular head of a University. In Germany and Austria the Prime Ministers are called chancellors (head of government).