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A bureaucrat is a member of a bureaucracy, usually within an institution of the government.

The term "bureaucrat" today has largely negative connotations, so those who are the members of a governmental bureaucracy usually prefer terms such as civil servant or public servant to describe their jobs.

Bureaucrat jobs are usually "desk jobs," often of a clerical or organizational nature.

Max Weber definition of a bureaucratic official:

A bureaucratic official:

An official must exercise his judgment and his skills, but his duty is to place these at the service of a higher authority; ultimately he is responsible only for the impartial execution of assigned tasks and must sacrifice his personal judgment if it runs counter to his official duties.

See also: Apparatchik, Mandarin.

For the meaning within Wikimedia projects, see m:Bureaucrat



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