rapporteur

IPA: ræpˈɔrtʃɝ

(law, politics) A person appointed by a deliberative body to investigate an issue or a situation, and report back to that body.

Examples of "rapporteur" in Sentences

You know Prescott's the EU's environment 'rapporteur'?
The member of parliament responsible for a dossier in a committee is called the "rapporteur".
The word rapporteur in French has various other meanings besides a reporter, such as an informer or a tattletale, and a protractor.
Well the UN has done something comparable by appointing Richard Falk as its supposedly impartial "rapporteur" on Israeli actions in the Palestinian territories.
The captain "rapporteur" of a court-martial allowed a poor peasant to escape the punishment due to the offence of having bought a loaf of sugar beyond the custom-house barrier.
Bernadotte's visit to me -- Trial by court-martial for the purchase of a sugar-loaf -- Davoust and the captain "rapporteur" -- Influence of the Continental system on Napoleon's fall.
Frene Ginwala, South Africa's parliament speaker who has acted as the conference "rapporteur," emphasised that the document calls on both government and opposition groups to promote democracy.
Personally, FWIW, the report contained rather too much overblown rhetoric for my taste, and too little citation of supporting evidence otuside of a very narrow selection of French authors with whom the rapporteur was apparently friendly.
If your excellency considers that gentleman in the light of a "rapporteur," or talebearer, it is not for me to object; but the imputation of being a listener to or encourager of talebearers, so rashly advanced by your excellency against me, is without foundation in truth.