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'''Commissars''' are special [[Imperial]] officers assigned to [[Imperial Guard]] regiments and [[Imperial Navy]] ships, whose purpose is to enforce discipline and devotion to the [[Emperor of Mankind]]. Independent of the conventional [[Imperial Guard Hierarchy]], Commissars are instead attached to the [[Departmento Munitorum]]'s [[Commissariat]] and are formally part of the [[Militarum Tempestus]].{{Fn|6}}
== Organisation ==
Commissars are invariably stern and uncompromising individuals, able to keep even the most anarchic regiments in line through fear, strength and power. Every regiment has one or more attached Commissars who remain with the regiment throughout its duties. Commissars are assigned to regiments by the [[Departmento Munitorum]]'s [[Commissariat]] department, which provides high-ranking commanders to Imperial Guard armies. They have authority over both the soldiers and regimental officers. Commissars have both the right and duty to immediately execute any Imperial guardsman or officer who shows cowardice or incompetence in battle. They must also ensure the regiment does not harbor the likes of [[Genestealer Cult]]ists, [[Chaos]] heretics, spies, or [[mutant]]s.{{Fn|18}}{{Fn|1a}}
[[Image:CommissarGuard.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A Commissar executes a [[Guardsman]]{{Fn|19a}}]]
== Commissarial Ranks ==
===Cadet Commissars===
Cadet Commissars are given the standard arms and equipment of a [[Guardsman]], although they retain their distinctive uniforms. These uniforms differ from those of a full Commissar by featuring blue trim and a specific Cadet emblem.
==Notable Commissars==
{{main|List of Commissars}}
*Commissar-General [[Obin Heethe]]
*Commissar-General [[Mordred Van Horcic]]{{Fn|20}}
**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 13
**{{Endn|2c}}: pg. 74
*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf#113 (UK)]] (May 1989), - ''The Pacification of Flotis III''*{{Endn|4}}: [[White Dwarf#115 (UK)]] (1989) - ''Commissar Training Squads'', reprinted in [[Warhammer 40,000 Compilation]] (1991), {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Dark Heresy: The Inquisitor's Handbook]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Dark Heresy Core Rulebook]] , pg.260
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook]], pg. 7
*{{Endn|8}}: [[First and Only (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], {{Cite This}}*9: [[Necropolis (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]]
**{{Endn|9a}}: Chapter Eleven
**{{Endn|9b}}: Chapter One
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Honour Guard (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], {{Cite This}}*{{Endn|11}}: [[Rebel Winter (Novel)]], {{Cite This}}, ppg. 52*{{Endn|12}}: [[For the Emperor (Novel)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]], Chapter One*{{Endn|13}}: [[The Traitor's Hand (Novel)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]], Chapter One*{{Endn|14}}: [[Death or Glory (Novel)]] - [[Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (Omnibus)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]: , ''Editorial Note after Chapter 10'', ppg. 116, fn. 1*{{Endn|15}}: [[Duty Calls (Novel)]] - [[Ciaphas Cain: Defender of the Imperium (Omnibus)]] by [[Sandy Mitchell]]: , Chapter 23, ppg. 449, fn. 1
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000]]
*{{Endn|17}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution]]
*{{Endn|27}}: [[Wrath & Glory Revelations]]
*{{Endn|28}}: [https://spikeybits.com/2018/02/sneak-peek-wrath-glory-warhammer-40k-rpg.html Wrath & Glory webcomic] (last accessed 27 April 2019)
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