Political Assistant (other)
Political assistant may refer to: * Political assistant (Hong Kong), an appointee under Hong Kong's Political Appointments System * Political assistant (Netherlands), a staffer of cabinet members in Dutch politics {{disambiguation ...
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Political Appointments System
In Hong Kong, the Political Appointments System is a scheme introduced by then chief executive Donald Tsang in 2008 to reinforce the government's ministerial team by superseding the Principal Officials Accountability System and inserting two layers of politically appointed officials below the secretaries, who are political appointees. These appointees report only to the secretaries, but not the permanent secretaries, the highest-ranking civil servants. The appointment of undersecretaries and political assistants is an extension of the previous RPAS that was initially confined to principal officials. Prior to the introduction, there were 14 political appointees—3 Secretaries of Departments and 11 Directors of Bureaux. The 24 newly created non-civil-service positions under this system comprise 11 undersecretaries and 13 political assistants. All the posts were created, ostensibly to work closely with bureau secretaries and top civil servants to implement the Chief Executive' ...
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