civil servant

person employed by a government department or agency
Intangible profession Q212238
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Summary

civil servant is a profession[1]. It draws 3,562 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #255 of 1,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: position[3], official[4]
  • Subclass of: government employee[5], juridical person[6]
  • Part of: officialdom[7]
  • Commons category: Civil servants[8]
  • Field of this occupation: civil service[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Civil servants[10]
  • Different from: civil service[11], Staatsdiener[12]
  • Properties for this type: P39[13], P108[14]
  • Female form of label: funcionaria[15], státní úřednice[16], funcționară publică[17], موظفة مدنية[18], fonctionnaire[19], ŝtata funkciulino[20], עובדת ציבור[21], Fonctionnairin[22], държавен служител[23], funcionária pública[24], funcionària[25], servidora pública[26], державна службовиця[27], funzionaria[28]
  • Male form of label: Fonctionnaire[29], funcionário público[30], servidor público[31], funzionario[32], valstybės tarnautojas[33], موضاف مدني[34], funcionario[35], funcționar public[36], funkcjonariusz publiczny[37]
  • Category for eponymous categories: Category:Wikipedia categories named after civil servants[38]

Why It Matters

civil servant has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 109 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3r1WrM
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → ['0229569-statni-urednici', '0399227-statni-urednice', 'h0008327-statni-zamestna
    Subclass of → government employee, juridical person
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0229569-statni-urednici, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  3. 20w ago · Jheald · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → government employee, juridical person
    Instance of → profession, position, official
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: juridical person"
  4. 20w ago · Jheald · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/11css6hr3b
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q1126011 */"
  5. 23w ago · Rerumscriptor · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → civil service, Staatsdiener
    Instance of → profession, position, official
    Properties for this type → P39, P108
    Field of this occupation → civil service
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Female form of label: Beamtin"
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