Un alto cargo (también conocido como personal de alta dirección) puede referise a un empleo de elevada responsabilidad o a la persona que lo desempeña. En inglés se conoce como high-ranking government official. Es una persona que ocupa un cargo de elevada responsabilidad (mandato) en una organización o gobierno y participa en el ejercicio del poder (ya sea la suya o la de su superior y/o el empleador, público o privado legalmente). Una persona que actualmente ocupa un cargo se conoce como un incumbent en inglés. El artículo 1.2 del Real Decreto 1382/1985 define al personal de alta dirección como: Se considera personal de alta dirección a aquellos trabajadores que ejercitan poderes inherentes a la titularidad jurídica de la empresa, y relativos a los objetivos generales de la misma, con autonomía y plena responsabilidad solo limitadas por los criterios e instrucciones directas emanadas de la persona o de los órganos superiores de gobierno y administración de la entidad que respectivamente ocupe aquella titularidad. artículo 1.2 del RD1382/1985

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An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organization or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either their own or that of their superior and/or employer, public or legally private). A government official or functionary is an official who is involved in public administration or government, through either election, appointment, selection, or employment. A bureaucrat or civil servant is a member of the bureaucracy. An elected official is a person who is an official by virtue of an election. Officials may also be appointed ex officio (by virtue of another office, often in a specified capacity, such as presiding, advisory, secretary). Some official positions may be inherited. A person who currently holds an office is referred to as an incumbent. The word official as a noun has been recorded since the Middle English period, first seen in 1314. It comes from the Old French official (12th century), from the Latin officialis ("attendant to a magistrate, public official"), the noun use of the original adjective officialis ("of or belonging to duty, service, or office") from officium ("office"). The meaning "person in charge of some public work or duty" was first recorded in 1555. The adjective is first attested in English in 1533, via the Old French oficial. The informal term officialese, the jargon of "officialdom", was first recorded in 1884.

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