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Solicitor General

The term Solicitor General or Solicitor-General may refer to:

• Solicitor-General of Australia, the second law officer of state and public servant representing the Attorney-General in court proceedings
• Office of the Solicitor-General in Brazil, also known as Advogado-Geral da União, the agency in charge of the "Public Counsel"
• Solicitor General of Canada, a role now performed by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
  • Solicitor General of Ontario
• Solicitor General for England and Wales, the deputy for the Attorney General for England and Wales
• Solicitor-General (Fiji)
• Solicitor-General of Hong Kong, (Chinese: 法律政策專員) head of the Legal Policy Division of the Department of Justice (Hong Kong)
• Solicitor General of India
• Chief State Solicitor, a branch of the office of the Attorney General of Ireland
• Solicitor-General for Ireland, deputy to the Attorney-General for Ireland, until 1922
• Solicitor General of Ohio, the top appellate advocate in the state
• Solicitor-General of New Zealand, the second law officer of state and public servant representing the Attorney-General in court proceedings
• Solicitor General for Sri Lanka, the deputy for the Attorney General for Sri Lanka
• Solicitor General for Scotland, the depute of the Lord Advocate
• Solicitor General of the United States, the federal government's primary advocate before the U.S. Supreme Court