official

person who holds an office in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority
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official

Summary

official is an occupation[1]. official has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • official's instance of is recorded as occupation[3].
  • official's instance of is recorded as occupation group according to ISCO-08[4].
  • official's instance of is recorded as public office[5].
  • official's instance of is recorded as type of position[6].
  • official is a type of civil servant[7].
  • official is a type of bureaucrat[8].
  • official's Commons category is recorded as Government officials[9].
  • official's said to be the same as is recorded as officer[10].
  • official's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Officials[11].
  • official's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • official's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • official's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[14].
  • official's different from is recorded as top official[15].
  • official's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'uradnica'}[16].
  • official's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'haute fonctionnaire'}[17].
  • official's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'leitende Beamtin'}[18].
  • official's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'altu cargu'}[19].
  • official's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'مسؤولة'}[20].
  • official's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'he', 'text': 'פקידת ממשל'}[21].
  • official's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'br', 'text': 'kargiadez uhel'}[22].
  • official's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'úřednice'}[23].
  • official's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ary', 'text': 'مسؤولة'}[24].
  • official's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'urzędniczka'}[25].
  • official's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'ufficiale'}[26].
  • official's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'haut fonctionnaire'}[27].

Why It Matters

official has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] official is known by 58 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Femme, j'écris ton nom.... wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . general catalog of BnF. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . 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. 4d ago · Alain Schneider · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as officer
    Svkkl authority id ['h0008029-urednici', '0351446-urednice']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P460]]: [[Q105434600]]"
  2. 23d ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id ['h0008029-urednici', '0351446-urednice']
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0008029-urednici, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259576|batch #259576]]"
  3. 4w ago · Jheald · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category Government officials
    Instance of occupation, occupation group according to ISCO-08, public office +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q108300140]]"
  4. 4w ago · Jheald · 2026-06-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Officials
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q140057213]]"
  5. 4w ago · Jheald · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Officials
    Male form of label {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'ufficiale'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'haut fonctionnaire'}, {'lang': 'ary', 'text': 'مسؤول'} +1
    Female form of label {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'uradnica'}, {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'haute fonctionnaire'}, {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'leitende Beamtin'} +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q212238]]"
  6. 4w ago · Jheald · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id 027322610
    Wikidata description person who holds an office in an organization or government and participates in
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) XX6385130
    National library of israel j9u id 987007536015405171
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P2521]]: haute fonctionnaire, Moving to [[Q105434600]]"
  7. 9w ago · MarisDreshmanisBot · 2026-04-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of civil servant, bureaucrat
    Instance of
    Topic's main category Category:Officials
    Said to be the same as officer
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetreference-add:2| */ [[Property:P8283]]: 4, [[Wikidata:Bots/MarisDreshmanisBot|GSCO]] Phase 1.0: provenance reference for ISCO-08 occupation class (source: ISCO-08 Q113864458)"
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