مسئول

Also known as government official, administrator, higher civil servant, public administrator, officeholder, public official, public officer, officer

thumb|right|' ("government official"), by Louis Dusée, Utrecht, 1961 An official' is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless of whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of their superior or employer, public or legally private). The term officer'' is close to being a synonym, but it has more military connotations. An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election.