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	Governor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Pharaonic times, the governors (of each of dozens of provinces in the Upper- and Lower - kingdoms, named nomos, by their very names often stating a cultic particularity) are usually known by the greek word Nomarch, though the (semitic) authentical word was...
		Governors used to also have a standard flag pattern (a Union Flag with the colonial seal or coat of arms in the centre).
		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)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		governor governor, automatic device used to regulate and control such variables as speed or pressure in the functioning of an engine or other machine.
		It borders on the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden in the west, on Norway in the north, on Russia in the east, and on the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea in the south.
		Governors Island Governors Island, 173 acres (70 hectares), in Upper New York Bay, S of Manhattan island, SE N.Y. Bought from the Native Americans by the Dutch in 1637, it was the site of an early New Netherlands settlement.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Provincial+Governors+of+Finland (546 words)

	President of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the President and the Council of State, which must enjoy the confidence of Parliament.
		The President also appoints the Governor and other Members of the Board of the Bank of Finland, Provincial Governors, the Chancellor of Justice, the Prosecutor-General, and officers of the Finnish Defence Forces.
		After Finland's independence and the Civil War in Finland the matter of republic or constitutional monarchy was much debated (see Väinö I of Finland), and the outcome was a compromise: a rather monarchy-like, strong presidency with great powers over Finland's foreign affairs and the appointment of the cabinet and officers of the civil service.
	www.southhouston.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/President_of_Finland (1457 words)

	Provincial city (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Provincial cities (省轄市 or 省管市), sometimes translated provincial municipalities, are cities lesser in rank than direct-controlled municipalities of the Republic of China.
		In the early 20th century, the criteria of being a provincial municipality, as stated in Laws on the City Formation (市組織法), included being the provincial capital as well as having a population of over 200,000, or over 100,000 if the city had a particular significance in politics, economics and culture.
		There are currently five provincial municipalities, all part of Taiwan Province, administered by the Republic of China: Keelung, Hsinchu, Taichung, Chiayi, and Tainan.
	www.kiwipedia.com /provincial-city.html (240 words)

	finland 1
		The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomi, Swedish: Finland) is a Nordic country, bound by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west, bordering Sweden, Norway and Russia (sea border with Estonia).
		In 1808, Finland was conquered by the armies of Russian Emperor Alexander I and thereafter remained an autonomous Grand Duchy in personal union with the Russian Empire until the end of 1917.
		Finland was free to follow her own course and joined the European Union in 1995.
	www.fact-library.com /finland_1.html (1665 words)

	Encyclopedia: Ãland State Provincial Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The State Provincial Office on the Åland Islands has a somewhat different function than the other Provinces of Finland due to its autonomy.
		Generally a State Provincial Office is a joint regional authority of seven different ministries of the Government of Finland.
		Finland is a republic with a representative democracy governed according to the principles of Parliamentarism.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/%C5land-State-Provincial-Office (268 words)

	Articles - Governor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		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.gaple.com /articles/Governor (2468 words)

	Female Governors 1920-90
		As Commissioner of the Queen she was both Chairperson of the Provincial States (Council) and Head of the Executive of elected members.
		She acted as interim governor for a week until the newly elected governor was sworn in and afterwards continued as state senator.
		She was appointed governor in 1986 and elected 1988, 1992 and 1995.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Governors1920.htm (1855 words)

	Station Information - State Provincial Office of Åland
		The State Provincial Office on the Åland Islands has a somewhat different function than the other Provinces of Finland due to its autonomy.
		Generally a State Provincial Office is a joint regional authority of sevend different ministries of the Government of Finland.
		In Åland the State Provincial Office also represents a set of other authorities of the central government, which in mainland-Finland has separate bureaucracies.
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/s/st/state_provincial_office_of_aland.html (112 words)

	Nordic FAQ - 4 of 7 - FINLAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Finland shares a common border in the north with Norway, in the east a long border (1,269 km) with Russia, on the south it is bordered by the Gulf of Finland, and on the west by the Gulf of Bothnia and Sweden.
		Most of Finland is made of ancient granite bedrock, which has been shaped and fractured by numerous ice ages, the marks of which can be seen e.g in the complex lake system, the equally complex archipelagos and the huge boulders scattered all over the country.
		SW Finland appears to have been allied with central Sweden already in the Viking age, so it has been hypothesized that the campaign was a punitive expedition against an ally that had become unreliable, perhaps because of the influence of Greek Orthodox missionaries.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/nordic-faq/part4_FINLAND (17049 words)

	western finland
		The Province of Western Finland is a province of Finland.
		The State Provincial Office serves at five localities; the main office is in Turku, regional service offices are located in Jyväskylä, Tampere and Vaasa, and finally there is an office in Pori.
		The coat of arms of Western Finland is composed of the arms of Finland Proper, Satakunda and Ostrobothnia.
	www.fact-library.com /western_finland.html (212 words)

	President of Finland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Under the Constitution of Finland, the President must be a native-born Finnish citizen.
		The Constitution was changed in 2000, to redistribute some of this power to the Parliament and the Council of State.
		From the date of Finland's independence on December 6, 1917 until the end of the Finnish Civil War in May 1918, Per Evind Svinhufvud was the head of state of White Finland in his capacity as Chairman of the Senate.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_Finland (1698 words)

	Barentsinfo : Ulapland.fi/Kotisivut/Barents portal/Barents region/Administration/Administration in Finland
		The Governors are appointed by the President of the Republic, and their maximum term of office is eight years.
		The main idea in the work of the Regional councils in Finland is to defend the interest of the member communities and their citizens by promoting the social and economical welfare of the region.
		The County Governor or Mayor is the head of the County Administration, and is liable to the Executive Board.
	www.barentsinfo.org /?deptid=14722 (619 words)

	President of Finland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After Finland's independence and the Civil War in Finland the matter of republic or constitutional monarchy was much debated (see Väinö I of Finland), and the outcome was a compromise: a rather monarchy-like, strong presidency with great powers over Foreign relations of FinlandFinland's foreign affairs and appointment of cabinet and officers of the civil service.
		The President appoints the Prime Minister of FinlandPrime Minister and the Cabinet of FinlandCouncil of State, the Governor and other Members of the Board of the Bank of Finland, Provincial Governors and officers of the Finnish Defence Forces/.
		The President conducts Finland’s foreign policy in co-operation with the Government and decides upon relations with other states and actions in international organisations or negotiations.
	www.infothis.com /find/President_of_Finland (1027 words)

	WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Iran - LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The prerevolutionary provincial administrative structure was still employed in 1987.
		Thus, each province was headed by a governor general (ostandar), who was appointed by the minister of interior.
		Local officials, such as the chiefs of districts (bakhshdars), rural subdistricts (dehyars), and villages (kadkhudas), were appointed by the provincial governors general and county governors; these local officials served as representatives of the central government.
	encyclopaedic.net /world/iran/88.php (388 words)

	Mainland Finland -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mainland Finland is not to be confused with (Click link for more info and facts about Finland Proper) Finland Proper, that is the (The proper sphere or extent of your activities) province adjacent to Åland.
		The term is significant in the context of legal differences between Åland and Mainland Finland, and also in the context of differences of culture, language, history and self-perceived nationhood between the Ålanders and the (Click link for more info and facts about Finland-Swedes) Finland-Swedes.
		However, as the sheer size of Åland and its population is well below one percent of that of Mainland Finland's, and below ten percent of that of the Finland-Swedes, there are many instances when this distinction is ignored.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/mainland_Finland.htm (154 words)

	Finland - Police Organization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In rural areas, provincial governors had traditionally appointed sheriffs, often poorly educated and inefficient peasants, who frequently did not have regular deputies.
		A superintendent of police headed each provincial police office, which had operational command over local police units but had no police forces directly under it.
		The provincial superintendent of police was, at the same time, the provincial prosecutor who prosecuted the most serious crimes.
	www.country-data.com /cgi-bin/query/r-4737.html (485 words)

	WORLD ENCYCLOPAEDIA - Peru - Colonial Administration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Therefore, it moved quickly to quell the civil disturbances that had racked Peru immediately after the conquest and to decree the New Laws of 1542, which deprived the encomenderos and their heirs of their rights to native American goods and services.
		They were charged at the provincial level with the administration of justice, control of commercial relations between native Americans and Spaniards, and the collection of the tribute tax.
		The corregidores (Spanish magistrates) were assisted by curacas, members of the native elite, who had been used by the conquerors from the very beginning as mediators between the native population and the Europeans.
	encyclopaedic.net /world/peru/8.php (718 words)

	List of County Governors of Sweden - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Swedish Counties were run by Governors, appointed by the Swedish monarch, since their establishment in 1634.
		Today the Governors are heads of the County Administrative Boards, to which they are appointed by the Government of Sweden.
		This page was last modified 07:21, 24 September 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_County_Governors_of_Sweden (74 words)

	afrol News - Post-genocide exhibition concludes Rwanda tour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The exhibition was prepared by the LWF German National Committee in collaboration with several German humanitarian aid organisations, the Geneva-based global alliance of churches and aid agencies.
		Provincial governors had inaugurated the exhibition and used the opportunity to talk openly to the general public about what occurred during the genocide.
		The message of the provincial governors to audiences - including school groups, representatives of various local organisations, churches as well as genocide survivors' associations - had underlined the need for justice and reconciliation, and urged people to focus on creating a common Rwandan identity that is not based on ethnic division.
	www.afrol.com /printable_article/13306 (518 words)

	Lebanon Law & Government
		Lebanon is divided into five governorates, each administered by a governor who represents the central government.
		The governor, who was appointed by the president with cabinet approval, was the highestranking official in each province.
		He headed the Provincial Council, which included a representative of the Ministry of Finance, and the deputy governors (qaim maqams), who were appointed in the same manner as the governor.
	www.lawresearch.com /v2/global/zlbg.htm (6603 words)

	CARE: Research: Finland Comprehensives
		It included both the lower and upper levels of the comprehensive school, the municipal and provincial authorities, ministries and agencies, national decision-making bodies, national associations and others with an interest in the comprehensive school system.
		The initial design focused attention on the Ministry of Education, National Board of Education, national education unions and associations, Provincial Education Departments, sixteen municipalities from four geographical regions (North, South, West and Central) and thirty-two schools half of which were to be from the Aquarium experiment.
		The reform of the comprehensive school curriculum is an element, not just of the reform of the Finnish education system, but also of the broad sweep of socio-economic and cultural change in which the country is presently engaged.
	www.uea.ac.uk /menu/acad_depts/care/research/finland.html (738 words)

	globalEDGE (TM) \| country insights - Government of Zimbabwe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Zimbabwe is divided into eight provinces, each administered by a provincial governor appointed by the president.
		The provincial administrator and representatives of several service ministries assist the provincial governor.
		In 2004, the Mugabe government declared Bulawayo and Harare to be provinces with their own respective provincial governors even though there is no constitutional provision for these newly created positions.
	globaledge.msu.edu /IBRD/CountryGovt.asp?CountryID=153&RegionID=5 (421 words)

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		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)

	THE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC AS AN INSTITUTION
		The President conducts Finland’s foreign policy in co-operation with the Government and decides upon her relations with other states and her actions in international organisations or negotiations.
		The President appoints the Governor of the autonomous Åland Islands either after agreeing the appointment with the Speaker of the Åland Assembly or from among five persons shortlisted by the Assembly.
		The President’s actual decision-making in initiating handling of matters or during their processing must be done in consultation with the Government if what is involved is a significant foreign-policy decision or measure (a speech, a letter, extending or accepting an invitation), but this is done informally.
	www.tpk.fi /eng/institution/institution.html (6993 words)

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		Environmental Legislation Provincial environmental laws According to Article 15 of the Federal Constitutional Law, it is the responsibility of the provinces to provide for legislation on nature protection.
		In addition, the provincial governments are authorised to declare certain rare or threatened animal and plant species to be fully or partly protected by decree.
		Due to the amendment to the Austrian Forest Law in 1987, the director of the provincial forest authority (“Landesforstinspektion”) was granted the right to file application and the right of being party to procedures on the protection of forests against forest-threatening damage caused by game that are laid down in the provincial laws.
	www.pefc.org /internet/resources/5_1185_146_file.52.doc (11889 words)

	AUSTRIA NTDB OVERSEAS BUSINESS REPORTS access provided by UM-St. Louis Libraries
		Austria's nine provinces (Laender) are headed by governors elected by the provincial legislatures.
		Austria has a long history of local and provincial loyalty, which is reflected to a considerable extent in the federal form of government.
		Linz, the provincial capital of Upper Austria, lies on the banks of the Danube.
	www.umsl.edu /services/govdocs/obr/obr_0020.htm (19118 words)

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