government official

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Berlin will no longer pursue building and ordering the aircraft after failing to resolve a spat between Airbus and Dassault over which should take the lead on its development, a senior German government official said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Mafwele, who serves as Tanzania's senior assistant commissioner of police, is the first senior government official under President Samia Suluhu Hassan's administration to face foreign sanctions.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

“I cannot imagine how any responsible government official or body would agree that they are not capable of self-governance, literally,” Helfand said.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

At the gas station, former government official Shariful Islam said he had already waited for three hours elsewhere, but "the pump stopped refuelling, as there was no oil left".

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

A high government official had told a joke on an airplane that had gotten him fired.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson