Why aren’t politicians and government department leaders ran by the relevant experts?

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I get that it’s because you need to be elected etc, but why isn’t this a common practise for experts to run and be put in these positions? For example the minister of health should be something along the lines of a doctor or many years of experience in the business of the relevant health service

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Anonymous 0 Comments

Maybe not exactly what you mean, but maybe an interesting read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocracy

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