ap ‧ par ‧ at ‧ chik /ˌɑːpəˈrɑːtʃɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1900-2000 ; Language: Russian ; Origin: apparat 'apparatus' ]
an official who works for a government or other organization and who obeys orders without thinking:
a Communist party apparatchik