A council of ministers, chaired by a prime minister, forms the local government.

A nine-member council forms the legislative branch of the township government.

An elected council and a mayor form the governing body of a municipality.

This council forms a federative body for religious, social and, increasingly, cultural matters.

In the village assembly, the council of elders would form the executive.

Next, the provisional council would form a traditional administration and devise a plan for a political transition to take no more than two years.

The council formed an interim governing body on 23 March.

Eight months after the law was passed, over 16,000 councils had already formed throughout the country.

This council forms a narrow and long band of land that joins mountain, river and sea.

The governor and the council of ministers, chaired by a prime minister, formed the government.