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  • … A political commissar, or politruk, is an officer appointed by a government to oversee a unit of the military.

    Human Resources « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • Every manager, from the humblest EO [team leader = Gruppenführer (in) = foreperson] right up to the Permanent Secretary of ever Government Department, now has to be a zampolit/politruk, and is resposible for ensuring that all his/her immediate subordinates obey the latest directives on Equality and Diversity.

    If You Want Loyalty…. Get A Dog! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • He was a politruk brought to the ship to supervise us Palmahniks whom Ben-Gurion considered to be a bit nutty.

    Sense of Events 2009

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