高こう級きゅう官かん僚りょう

noun

elite bureaucrat; high-ranking government official

Refers to a senior career civil servant in a central government ministry or agency, often with policy-making influence.

• 彼かれは財ざい務む省しょうの高こう級きゅう官かん僚りょうとして長なが年ねん働はたらいてきた。

  He has worked for many years as a high-ranking bureaucrat in the Ministry of Finance.

• 高こう級きゅう官かん僚りょうの汚お職しょくが大おおきな問もん題だいになった。

  Corruption among elite bureaucrats became a major issue.