An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either his own or that of his superior and/or employer, public or legally private).
A government official or functionary is an official who is involved in public administration or government, through either election, appointment, selection, or employment. A bureaucrat is a member of the bureaucracy. An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election. Officials may also be appointed ex officio (by virtue of another office, often in a specified capacity, such as presiding, advisory, secretary). Some official positions may be inherited.
A person who currently holds an office is referred to as an incumbent.
The word official as a noun has been recorded since the Middle English period, first seen in 1314.[citation needed] It comes from the Old French official (12th century), from the Latin officialis ("attendant to a magistrate, public official"), the noun use of the original adjective officialis ("of or belonging to duty, service, or office") from officium ("office"). The meaning "person in charge of some public work or duty" was first recorded in 1555. The adjective is first attested in English in 1533, via the Old French oficial.
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Juanita, hon var vacker som en gryning,
när dom möttes i Madrid för längesen.
Och han var ung, han var en av många hundra,
som rest ner för att slåss för friheten.
Och Juanita, hon var med dom vid fronten,
och hennes glöd gav dom andra kraft och mod.
Och om kvällen sjöng hon sånger till gitarren,
om folket och den framtid
som hon var beredd att försvara med sitt blod.
Juanita, han ska alltid komma ´håg dej,
För hans inre ska du alltid finnas kvar.
Juanita, fast han aldrig kunde få dig
Kan han minnas hur stark och fin du var.
Men dom förlorá, för fascisterna var starka,
och han for hem, med bara bitterheten kvar.
Och Juanita måste gömma sej i bergen,
och fast han skrev så fick han aldrig några svar.
Men åren gick, och också hjältar blir gamla,
och dom får hoppas att dom yngre vill ta vid.
Han blev gift, och fick söner och döttrar
och hans tid med Juanita
blev liksom en drömbild från ett annat liv.
Juanita, han ska alltid komma ´håg dej
För hans inre ska du alltid finnas kvar.
Juanita, fast han aldrig kunde få dej,
kan han minnas hur stark och fin du var.
Hans båda söner var i Spanien förra sommarn
och semestra´på ett nybyggt lyxhotell.
Dom hade träffat en gammal gumma ner vid stranden,
när dom gick ut för att festa sent en kväll.
Dom hade pratat och berättat vad dom hette,
och om sin far som en gång varit i Madrid.
Då steg hon upp och sa: "Honom har jag älskat!
Men här springer ni och göder nå´t
han har bekämpat med risk för eget liv!
Så ge er av! Jag är trött på er svängar!
För ni fördröjer bara frihetens stund!
Och ni borde veta, att turisternas pengar
är som honung i förtryckarnas mun!"
Juanita, han ska alltid komma ´håg dej,
För hans inre ska du alltid finnas kvar.
Juanita, fast han aldrig kunde få dig