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He didn’t learn his lesson.

A former top official at the Department of Education has agreed to pay more than $47,000 — the second-highest fine ever levied by the Conflicts of Interest Board — for creating a job in the school system so his wife could get hired.

The official, Angel Namnum, a $191,000-a-year finance director, had previously paid a $1,250 fine in 2007 for helping his brother land a principal’s job.

In his latest encounter with the Conflicts of Interest Board, Namnum admitted ordering a subordinate to create a budget line for a $52,322-a-year community-coordinator position in The Bronx in early 2011 so his wife, Rosa Castillo, could get it.

Since his wife was not using his last name, Namnum said his subordinates didn’t realize the two were married.

“There was no job posting for the position offered to Castillo in May 2011, nor were there any interviews,” Namnum conceded in board papers.

He was fired in March.

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