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  2. Civil service - Wikipedia

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    A civil service official, also known as a public servant or public employee, is a person employed in the public sector by a government department or agency for public sector undertakings. Civil servants work for central and local governments, and answer to the government, not a political party.

  3. Political appointments in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A study by Matthew Auer, published in January 2008 in Public Administration Review, found that "Top-tier environmental appointees tend to stay longer in their appointed positions than do presidential appointees generally, and more than 40 percent have prior federal government management experience" but that "White House expectations for ...

  4. List of titles - Wikipedia

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    Most title-holders are Appointed to their rank by someone higher in the system or Elected by people equal in the system. Historically, many titles were achieved through Hereditary birthright. A few historical titles have been randomly Chosen By Lot or Purchased outright.

  5. Permanent secretary - Wikipedia

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    A permanent secretary is the most senior civil servant of a department or ministry charged with running the department or ministry's day-to-day activities. Permanent secretaries are the non-political civil service chief executives of government departments or ministries, who generally hold their position for a number of years (thus "permanent") at a ministry as distinct from the changing ...

  6. Central Secretariat Service - Wikipedia

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    Central Secretariat Service (Hindi: केंद्रीय सचिवालय सेवा; abbreviated as CSS) is the administrative civil service under Group A [3] and Group B [4] of the Central Civil Services of the executive branch of the Government of India.

  7. Civil Services of India - Wikipedia

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    In India, the Civil Service is the collection of civil servants of the government who constitute the permanent executive branch of the country. [1] [2] This includes servants in the All India Services, the Central Civil Services, and various State Civil Services.

  8. Oath of office - Wikipedia

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    Lyndon B. Johnson taking the American presidential oath of office in 1963, after the assassination of John F. Kennedy. An oath of office is an oath or affirmation a person takes before assuming the duties of an office, usually a position in government or within a religious body, although such oaths are sometimes required of officers of other organizations.

  9. Head of government - Wikipedia

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    The most common title for a head of government is Prime Minister.This is used as a formal title in many states, but may also be an informal generic term to refer to whichever office is considered the principal minister under an otherwise styled head of state, as minister—Latin for servants or subordinates—is a common title for members of a government (but many other titles are in use, e.g ...