Then he will try to become commission president, the 12-nation bloc's top civil servant.

Then there are church leaders, at least four high-ranking army officers, top civil servants, one assistant police commissioner.

"It is the managers, the political leading class, the top civil servants."

Moreover, top civil servants are not only involved in policy formation.

After 1970, however, the political class became much more open in terms of the social origins of British politicians and top civil servants.

- He suggested that there should be more scrutiny of the pay of top civil servants.

The law is intended to force all top civil servants and politicians to disclose past complicity with state security bodies.

There's a real chance the top civil servant might not be a white male.

I am willing to wager that the Government will not present proposals before the election about the salary of top civil servants.

The top servant, as it were, but a servant nonetheless.