How to say "trustee" in Japanese

• 理事りじCommon
  nounCovers 'trustee' as a director: a member of the governing board that manages a foundation, school, or similar organization, with responsibility for running its affairs.
  彼かれらは彼かれを理事りじに任命にんめいした。↗

  They appointed him as a director.
• 評議員ひょうぎいんCommon
  nounCovers 'trustee' in the councillor sense: a member of a council that deliberates on an institution's important decisions, as at universities and similar bodies.

Choose 理事 for a trustee who acts as a director managing an organization, 評議員 for a trustee serving on a deliberative council; the body's actual Japanese title is the surest guide.

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• 理事りじdirector
• 評議員ひょうぎいんtrustee
• 管財人かんざいにんtrustee
• 受託者じゅたくしゃtrustee
• トラスティtrustee
• 商議員しょうぎいんcounselor
• 保管人ほかんにんcustodian