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	Governor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Governors used to also have a standard flag pattern (a Union Flag with the colonial seal or coat of arms in the centre).
		The provinces of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon) are led by governors.
		Currently, the counties of Sweden, the provinces of China and Finland, the states of Indonesia and some of the administrative divisions of Russia are among the areas which have leaders with the title of governor.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Governor (2034 words)

	Station Information - Counties of Sweden
		A County, or Län, is an administrative and political subdivision of Sweden.
		Sweden is divided into 21 counties, and in each county there is a County Administrative Board as well as a County Council.
		The Counties were established in 1634 on count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, superseding the Provinces of Sweden to introduce a modern administration.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/c/co/counties_of_sweden.html (246 words)

	County Administrative Boards of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A County Administrative Board is a Government appointed board of a County in Sweden.
		It is led by a Governor or Landshövding appointed for a term of six years and the list of succession, in most cases, streteches back to 1634 when the counties were created.
		The Residence city is the seat of residence for the Governor of the County Administrative Board.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/County_Administrative_Boards_of_Sweden (216 words)

	Uppsala County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Uppsala County, or Uppsala län is a County or län on the eastern coast of Sweden.
		It borders to the counties of Stockholm, Södermanland, Västmanland, Gävleborg, and to the Baltic Sea.
		The main aim of the County Administrative Board is to fulfil the goals set in national politics by the Parliament and the Government, to coordinate the interests of the county, promote its development, establish regional goals and safeguard the due process of law in the handling of each case.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Uppsala_County (184 words)

	Governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In Britain's remaining crown colonies the governor may be a direct appointee of the British government and play an active role in lawmaking (though usually with the advice of elected local representatives).
		Governors General are appointed on the advice (which is inevitably followed) of the prime minister of the nation.
		Another related office is the lieutenant governor which in a state of United States is the second highest executive official in a state and which in Canada is an office for a Canadian province which is analogous to the governor for an Australian state.
	www.theezine.net /g/governor.html (596 words)

	Gothenburg and Bohus County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gothenburg and Bohus County, or Göteborgs och Bohus län, was a County of Sweden until December 31, 1998 when it was merged with the counties of Skaraborg and Älvsborg to form the county of Västra Götaland.
		The county was named after the City of Gothenburg, and the historical Province of Bohus (Bohus Castle).
		Gothenburg was the seat of residence for the Governor, and represented the westernmost part of the province of Westrogothia.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/g/go/gothenburg_and_bohus_county.html (96 words)

	GOVERNOR FACTS AND INFORMATION
		In Pharaonic times, the governors of each of dozens of provinces in the kingdoms of Upper and Lower Egypt (called nomes by the Greeks, and whose names often alluded to local patterns of religious worship) are usually known by the Greek word Nomarch.
		Republican governors were all men who had served in senior magistracies (the consulate or praetorship) in Rome in the previous year, and carried related titles as governor (''proconsul'' or ''propraetor'').
		In colonial America, the governor was the representative of the monarch who exercised executive power, many colonies originally elected their governors, but in the years leading up to the American_Revolutionary_War, the king began to to appoint them directly.
	www.witwib.com /governor (2422 words)

	Governor biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Often, a governor would have served as a consul or a praetor in Rome before being dispatched, but this was not always the case - less important provinces might be governed by a prefect, and (after the end of the Republic) provinces under direct control of the Emperor would be governed by a legate.
		In theory state Governors are appointed by the Queen and act as her representative.
		In The Netherlands, the leaders of the provinces were known as governors from 1814 until 1850, when their title was changed to king's commissioner, and later to queen's commissioner.
	governor.biography.ms (880 words)

	Governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Often, a governor would have served as a consul or a praetor in Rome before being dispatched, but this was not always the case - less important provinces might be governed by a prefect, and (after the end of the Republic) provinces under direct control of the Roman EmperorEmperor would be governed by a Legatuslegate.
		In the British Empire a governor was originally an official appointed by the British monarch to oversee one of his crown colonycolonies.
		In theory state Governors are appointed by the Queen of AustraliaQueen and act as her representative.
	www.infothis.com /find/Governor (1238 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The provinces of Sri Lanka are led by governors.
		The governor may also assume additional roles, such as the Commander-in-Chief of the State National Guard forces (when not federalized) as well as the final legal judicial appelete authority for criminal sentences involving capital punishment.
		Currently, the counties of Sweden, the provinces of China and Finland, the states of Mexico and Indonesia and some of the administrative devisions of Russia are among the areas which have leaders with the title of governor.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Governor (941 words)

	Municipalities of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Municipalities of Sweden (Kommuner) represent the local level of self government in Sweden.
		The last major reforms in 1971-1974 abolished the formal term city of Sweden and made every city the center of a municipality.
		On the other hand, municipalites around Mälaren in midth-Sweden (around Stockholm), on the west coast (around Gothenburg) and municipaities in southern Sweden (in the province of Scania) are densely populated and often small by area.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Municipalities_of_Sweden (407 words)

	Counties of Sweden: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Counties of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The County Council on the other hand is a political assembly appointed by the electorate to deliberate on the "municipal" affairs of the County, primarily regarding the public health care system.
		There are also historical divisions of Sweden into Provinces or Landskap and Lands or Landsdelar.
		An example: The County of Blekinge (Blekinge län) is separate from the province, which plainly is called Blekinge (Blekinge).
	www.encyclopedian.com /co/Counties-of-Sweden.html (236 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of GÃ¤vleborg Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is a list of Governors for Gävleborg County of Sweden, from 1762 to present.
		Gävleborg County, or Gävleborgs län, is a County or län on the Baltic Sea coast of Sweden.
		Categories: Lists of county governors of Sweden The Swedish Counties were run by Governors, appointed by the Swedish monarch, since their establishment in 1634.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-G%E4vleborg-Governors (824 words)

	Norrland County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Norrland County, or Norrlands län was a County of Sweden, from 1634 to 1645.
		In 1638 the northern part of the county, Westrobothnia and Laponia, seceded to form Västerbotten County.
		On September 5, 1645 the remainder of the county was divided in two parts where the central part became Härnösand County and the southern part became Hudiksvall County.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Norrland_County (109 words)

	Yolo County Biographies - P (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He was born in Boone County, Missouri, August 16, 1836, and at the age of twenty-two years he went to Pike's Peak with ox teams, and three weeks afterward came on to California with the same outfit, arriving on the banks of the Mokelumne River, where the train disbanded.
		John Robert Parker was born at Newark, Licking county, Ohio, November 9, 1838, and at the age of thirteen in 1851 he accompanied his parents, Timothy and Catharine (Trout) Parker, from Ohio to Iowa, settling in Poweshiek county, where he aided his father in the clearing of a government claim.
		She is the owner of a splendid tract of 640 acres of beautiful farming land, all of it lying in Yolo County and all of it highly improved.
	www.cagenweb.com /yolo/yol_bio/yolbios-p.htm (9343 words)

	FTR 2002 / UN Treaty Bodies
		Before Sweden ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a careful scrutiny had been made, in the relevant Bill to the Swedish Parliament, to ensure that Swedish law was in conformity with the Covenant.
		Sweden’s county governors have been specifically directed to spread awareness of the findings reported by the Committee on the Distribution of Power and have been provided with financial means to organize conferences on the theme of power, economy and gender.
		Sweden staged an EU conference in November 1999 entitled Equal Pay and Economic Independence as a Basis for Gender Equality.Among those invited to attend were the ministers responsible for gender equality affairs of the EU Member States, the candidate countries and the Nordic countries as well as representatives of employer and trade union organizations.
	hri.ca /fortherecord2002/documentation/tbodies/ccpr-c-swe-2000-5.htm (8019 words)

	Öland County (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Öland County, or Ölands län, was a County of Sweden, between 1819 and 1826.
		It consisted of the island of Öland, designating the historical Province of Oelandia as its own county.
		A Governor resided briefly at Borgholm, but the island is today part of Kalmar County
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/o/oe/oeland_county.html (69 words)

	Municipalities of Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Municipalities or Kommuner represent the local level of self government in Sweden.
		Each municipality also belong to one of the 21 Counties of Sweden or Län.
		The last major reform in 1971 abolished the Cities of Sweden as separate administrative entities and made them centers of the new larger municipalities.
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/m/mu/municipalities_of_sweden.html (263 words)

	Articles - Governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Commonwealth Governor-General is Australia's de facto head of state representing the Queen in the Australian Capital Territory appointed on the advice of the Prime Minister, the head of the Federal Government.
		All other states have royalty as head of state, no governor : a raja in Perlis, a Yang di-pertuan besar (elected from local rulers) in Negeri Sembilan, or a Sultan in the states of Selangor, Pahang, Johore, Perak, Kelantan and Kedah.
		It is too small to have further administrative territorial divisions, and so styles its equivalent of a prime minister, governor and mayor all roled in to one, as the Governor of Vatican City.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Governor (2462 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		Additionally, in some countries a governor can be the title of the director of a bank.
		A governor was originally an official appointed by the British monarch to oversee one of his colonies.
		In Nigeria, the leaders of the regions, which at independence in 1962 were divided into states, have been known as governors since 1954.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Governor (846 words)

	Talk:Lands of Sweden - InfoSearchPoint.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Under Counties of Sweden, however, it's stated that the concept of lands of Sweden has only a cultural significance.
		While defunct since the 17th century the traditions of the provinces are still maintained by the current county administrations, not the least for use in tourist promotion, for historical reasons such as heraldry.
		Though the provincial districts followed provincial boundary there were also counties which could transgress distric borders, sometimes leaving different parts of the same congregation in different counties.
	www.infosearchpoint.com /display/Talk:Lands_of_Sweden (619 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Travis County, Tex.
		Assignment of birthplaces, deathplaces, and cemeteries to counties is subject to error.
		Governor of Texas, 1846-47; general in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; U.S. Senator from Texas, 1857-58; died in office 1858.
		Governor of Texas, 1927-31; candidate in primary for
	www.potifos.com /tpg/geo/TX/TV.html (3431 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of VÃ¤rmland Governors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Värmland County, or Värmlands län, is a County or län in eastern middle Sweden.
		This is a list of Governors for Jämtland County of Sweden, from 1810 to present.
		This is a list of Governors for Jönköping County of Sweden, from 1634 to present.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-V%E4rmland-Governors (371 words)

	Swedish Immigration
		Peter Stuyvesant, the governor of the New Netherland colony arrived in 1655 with a formidable armada and took the Swedish settlement by force.
		One of the main reasons for this was a fall in infant mortality from 21% in 1750 to 15% in 1850.
		Their home was much poorer than any charcoal hut in Sweden, without floor, without roof, and with a few stones in a corner which were supposed to be a stove.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAEsweden.htm (1813 words)

	Wikipedia:Navigasietemplate - Wikipedia
		MediaWiki:Politics of Sweden - Politics of Sweden series
		Sweden: MediaWiki:Blekinge County, MediaWiki:Dalarna County, MediaWiki:Gotland County, MediaWiki:Gävleborg County, MediaWiki:Halland County, MediaWiki:Jämtland County, MediaWiki:Jönköping County, MediaWiki:Kalmar County, MediaWiki:Kronoberg County, MediaWiki:Norrbotten County, MediaWiki:Skåne County, MediaWiki:Stockholm County, MediaWiki:Södermanland County, MediaWiki:Uppsala County, MediaWiki:Värmland County, MediaWiki:Västerbotten County, MediaWiki:Västernorrland County, MediaWiki:Västmanland County, MediaWiki:Västra Götaland County, MediaWiki:Örebro County, MediaWiki:Östergötland County - Municipalities of each county
		United Kingdom: MediaWiki:London, MediaWiki:East of England, MediaWiki:East Midlands, MediaWiki:NE England, MediaWiki:NW England, MediaWiki:SE England, MediaWiki:SW England, MediaWiki:West Midlands, MediaWiki:Yorkshire, MediaWiki:England counties, MediaWiki:Northern Ireland, MediaWiki:Scotland subdivisions, MediaWiki:Wales subdivisions
	af.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wikipedia:Navigasietemplate (555 words)

	The role of the County Administrations, Länsstyrelsen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Each of Sweden's counties has a County Administration that functions as the right hand of the Swedish Parliament and Central Government and has responsibility for seeing to it that their policies and decisions are implemented.
		County Administrations have a wide range of expertise at their disposal, and use these skills for the benefit of their counties, ensuring that counties develop for the benefit of their inhabitants and looking after the interests of those inhabitants.
		The responsibilities of the County Administrations cover a wide span that embraces many specialist areas in the day-to-day life of the community as a whole.
	www.lst.se /english/role.htm (230 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Current incumbents may also be found in the countries' articles (main article and "Politics of"), recent changes on 2003 in politics, and past leaders on 1957 (the first year-page to include them), lists of people associated with the American Civil War, World War I, World War II.
		abdication, assassinated persons, cabinet, chancellor, ex-monarchs (20th century), first names, head of government, Head of State, lieutenant governor, mayor, military commanders, minister, order of precedence, president, prime minister, Reichstag participants (1792), Secretary of State.
		Governors and Chairpersons of Taiwan, see Taiwan Province
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/l/li/lists_of_incumbents.html (437 words)

	Sweden (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The main task of the Millennium Committee is to initiate and stimulate an open discussion of the future, with the focus on issues such as democracy, the equal worth of all human beings, the distribution of wealth and the environment in the society in the future.
		The county governors have already agreed to sponsor the Millennium Committee's flagship project - Faith in the Future.
		Millennium Sweden, a private project of the Vision and Reality communications firm in Sweden, prepared an Experience 1000, an Ark of Time, a Moment of Life, and Worlds of Wisdom, all four programs converging on New Year's Eve 2000, with follow-up on New Year's Eve 2001.
	www.millenniumworld.org /Europe/sweden.html (1348 words)

	List of Halland Governors
		This is a list of Governors for the Swedish County of Halland, from 1658 to present.
		See also: Counties of Sweden, County Governors of Sweden
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/li/List_of_Halland_Governors.html (45 words)

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