Festus Mogae, formerly vice-president and a career civil servant, was sworn in on April 1st as his successor.

ECONOMIST: Botswana

After her release at the end of 1972 she studied economics and went on to become a career civil servant.

BBC: Brazil country profile

The new finance minister, Dalia Grybauskaite, is a formidable career civil servant.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

Mr. Hui, a career civil servant who served as the city's chief secretary between 2005 and 2007, was a childhood friend of the Kwoks.

WSJ: Hong Kong Tycoons Charged With Bribery

PMOS, these days a career civil servant who is obliged to play with the straightest of bats, has answered as best he can, they persist, trying to make him say more than he wishes or even, perish the thought, to catch him out in some way.

ECONOMIST: Bagehot