Learn English – What do you call someone who is authorized to make decisions very few other people are

single-word-requests

Example 1: A General would have the authorization to abort a military mission, a regular soldier can't.

Example 2: In a high security workplace where people use keycards for accessing rooms, John Doe can't access room 504 with his keycard, but the CEO can.

Best Answer

For your provided examples, you can use officer:

1 b : one charged with police duties

2 : one who holds an office of trust, authority, or command
the officers of the bank
chief executive officer

3 a : one who holds a position of authority or command in the armed forces; specifically :commissioned officer

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