Political appointees refer to individuals who are selected and assigned to government positions by politicians or political leaders instead of being hired through traditional merit-based processes. They are chosen based on their political allegiance, qualifications, or personal connections.
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- Most ministers have become little more than the presentational vehicles for the policies of political appointees in Number Ten. (politics.co.uk)
- Leaders in the US bakery and snack industries say the lack of political appointees in government agencies like the FDA and USDA could potentially harm business. (bakeryandsnacks.com)
- In the mid 2000s, he exposed political suppression of climate findings at NASA and editing of federal climate reports by political appointees with ties to the petroleum industry. (sciencemag.org)
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