Referent
desk officer
noun re-fe-RENT Rare
Origin: from Latin referens 'reporting'
Also means
adviser; lecturer
Usage Note
Referent in German public administration is a civil servant responsible for a specific policy area within a ministry or authority. It is a step above Sachbearbeiter and below Abteilungsleiter.
Examples
"Der Referent im Innenministerium bereitete den Gesetzentwurf vor."
Natural Translation
The desk officer at the Interior Ministry prepared the draft legislation.
Literal Translation
The desk-officer in-the Interior-Ministry prepared the law-draft before.
Related Words
- Abgeordnetenhaus house of deputies
- Abschiebebescheid deportation order
- Abzeichnungspflicht countersignature requirement; obligation to have a draft initialled by a superior
- Aktenvermerk file note; internal memorandum recorded in an administrative case file
- Aktenzeichen file reference number
- Allparteienkoalition all-party coalition; government formed by all parliamentary parties
- Amt office
- Amtliche Beglaubigung official certification; authentication of a document by a public authority
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