English-Swedish translations for civil servant

• ämbetsman en
• tjänsteman en
  Han skulle arbeta som internationell tjänsteman.He was going to work as an international civil servant.
  En civil tjänsteman – som uppenbart tjänade vissa intressen – vidarebefordrade inte direktivet.A civil servant, obviously serving certain interests, failed to pass it on.
  Han utsåg en anständig man till premiärminister, en internationell tjänsteman baserad i Egypten.He appointed a decent man as Prime Minister, an Egypt-based international civil servant.

Definition of civil servant

• A person employed in the civil service; a government employee

Related words

• civil service
• civil service law
• bring into the civil service
• body of civil servants
• give the status of civil servant