Bureaucrat

"Enter the bureaucrats―the true rulers of the Republic."

- Senator Palpatine

A bureaucrat was any individual with an official position in a government. The term was also used pejoratively to describe someone in a position of power who was more devoted to the details of administrative procedures than with people's needs. During a conversation with the then queen Padmé Amidala, Senator Palpatine attributed the decline of the Galactic Republic to the rise of selfish and persnickety bureaucrats.

Appearances

 * Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace