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<p>The <b>civil service</b> is a collective term for a sector of <a href="page.php?w=government">government</a> composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than <a href="page.php?w=Elected_offical">elected</a>, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A <b>civil service official</b>, also known as a <b>civil servant</b> or <b>public servant</b> or <b>public employee</b>, is a person employed in the <a href="page.php?w=public_sector">public sector</a> by a government department or agency</p><p>
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