appointee - an official who is appointed

bailiff - an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.

beadle - a minor parish official who serves as an usher and preserves order at services

administrative official, bureaucrat - an official of a bureaucracy

caretaker - an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily; "he acted as a caretaker until a new president could be elected"

censor - a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable

census taker, enumerator - someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes

church officer - a church official

city father - an important municipal official

civil servant - a public official who is a member of the civil service

commissar, political commissar - an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit

Comptroller General - a United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government

Comptroller of the Currency - a United States federal official who regulates the national banks

diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations

elected official - official who won the office in a free election

equerry - an official charged with the care of the horses of princes or nobles

fire marshall - an official who is responsible for the prevention and investigation of fires

fire warden, forest fire fighter, ranger - an official who is responsible for managing and protecting an area of forest

hearing examiner, hearing officer - an official appointed by a government agency to conduct an investigation or administrative hearing so that the agency can exercise its statutory powers

holdover, hangover - an official who remains in office after his term

incumbent, officeholder - the official who holds an office

Inquisitor - an official of the ecclesiastical court of the Inquisition

invalidator, voider, nullifier - an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was"

judge, magistrate, jurist, justice - a public official authorized to decide questions bought before a court of justice

licenser - a official who can issue a license or give authoritative permission (especially one who licenses publications)

macebearer, macer, mace - an official who carries a mace of office

mandarin - any high government official or bureaucrat

notary, notary public - someone legally empowered to witness signatures and certify a document's validity and to take depositions

noticer - someone who give formal notice

officeholder, officer - someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; "he is an officer of the court"; "the club elected its officers for the coming year"

federal agent, agent - any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

provincial - (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials"

postmaster general - the official in charge of the national postal service

proconsul - an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power

prosecuting attorney, prosecuting officer, prosecutor, public prosecutor - a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

quaestor - any of several public officials of ancient Rome (usually in charge of finance and administration)

recruiter - an official who enlists personnel for military service

record-keeper, recorder, registrar - someone responsible for keeping records

regulator - a official responsible for control and supervision of a particular activity or area of public interest