security official

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In addition, senior retired security officials write regular and op-ed articles in all major newspapers.
There were also scenes from the hospital, as well as photographs of government and security officials.
By now, former security officials served as ministers of education, science and development/technology, communication, health, foreign affairs, police, and, of course, defense.
This is not to say, however, that security officials did not have major impact on policymaking in that period (discussed earlier).
By then, former security officials were in charge of more areas, including trade, industry and development, and information.
Expectations that the violence would endure, both among locals and the security officials, persisted well into 1980.
In the latter two periods, retired security officials served as ministers of transportation, agriculture, and labor.
This development was preceded by the monopolization of the position of defense minister by former security officials since 1967.
We have also posited that retired security officials encourage conservatism in regard to security and military issues, and this finding, too, warrants further investigation.
The next cabinet (1969-74) also had three retired security officials, whereas the next three cabinets, which followed the 1973 war and governed up until 1981, had five each.
In the early decades of independence, former security officials were by and large absent from the state's highest formal policymaking body, the cabinet, in which civilians-mostly party officials- were predominant.
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