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In Indonesia, governmental bureaucracy is commonly occupied by the political apointee and bureaucratic careers. The existence of the political apointee in the bureaucracy is one of the consequences of the democratic system in Indonesia. This research aims to analyze the relationship between political apointee and bureaucratic careers in the civil service system in Indonesia. The political apointee generally tends to support the political party to which he associates with. While of that, bureaucratic careers should work for the government goals and the developments. The relationship between political apointee and bureaucracy careers are about "who dominates whom" and "who controlls whom". Political apointee strictly influenced the bureaucracy in most cases the bureaucracy is merely subordinates of the political apointee such phenomenon is found. During the Old Order, the New Order, and the Reformation Era. in the Old Order. The political apointee in bureaucracy commonly will ask all new comers to join the political orientation of them. Similarly, governmental bureaucracy in the New Order period, was controlled and became subordinate of Golongan Karya (Golkar). At the time, Golkar was not a political party but it has a role as one of a political party to join the general election. As a ruling party, Golkar ask all the civil service to be a member of them. In the Reformation Era, the bureaucracy still becoming subordinates of political apointee. Since the authority to promote, redeployment, and discharge the staffs or the civil service are the right of political officers, hence the officers will be easily to influence the staffs for joining their political orientations.