Practice question · Sort into groups
Sort each post by whether it is a POLITICAL appointment or normally part of the CAREER service.
Groups: Political appointment · Career service
- Head of a sub-directorate
- Member of the President's cabinet of advisers
- Minister
- Secretary of State
- Director-General
- Under-secretary
Hints
- The line falls between the Secretary of State and the Under-secretary.
- Advisers in the presidential entourage are political by definition.
Show the answer
Political appointment: Minister, Secretary of State, Member of the President's cabinet of advisers
Career service: Under-secretary, Director-General, Head of a sub-directorate
Why
The line is real and softer than it looks. Senior career posts are filled by libre designación, discretionary appointment from among qualified officials, so a formally career post can be filled with an eye to political alignment, which is exactly where the politics-administration boundary blurs in practice.
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