political appointee

Most political appointees will keep their jobs if they want them.

His wife was a political appointee in the Clinton administration.

A political appointee, he was out of office by the time the prison opened.

An official there said today that more than 60 percent of the department's 200 or so political appointees were women.

She seemed to trust no one among either the political appointees or the career lawyers.

Of 10 new directors recently named to the company's board by the Government, half were political appointees.

He is either a political appointee or an elected official.

The political appointees laid off included several officials in the Secretary's office.

"A lot of people in the fleet think the political appointees have let them down again," he said.

An ambassador may be a career foreign service officer or a political appointee.

She was viewed as a political appointee with no background in the business.

"There's just a different ethic between the troops and the political appointees."

If money is power, five political appointees are destined for the fast track.

Seven of its 13 trustees are either political appointees or elected state officials.

Members can write recommendations for military academy and political appointees.

This should be expanded to include all political appointees and civil service employees.

"The people who were put in charge now seem to be more political appointees.

Since then all secretaries are political appointees and have to leave the civil service.

The position is generally held by a political appointee, not a career diplomat.

This means 41 percent of the new ambassadors are political appointees.

The newspaper reported that 40% of Martinez' staff was political appointees.

Yes, he was a political appointee for the current job, but he'd been in the field a long time to earn the spot.

Apart from the ambassador, none of its staff is a political appointee.

These would be career officials and not political appointees.

As governor, Thompson took major steps to move decision making power from career officials to his political appointees.