Each province comprises a number of districts (raions), administered by government-appointed officials (akim).

Cẩn sometimes vetoed government-appointed officials posted to central Vietnam from Saigon.

The provinces of Kyrgyzstan are divided into districts (raions), administered by government-appointed officials.

At the centre, the majority of council members continued to be government-appointed officials, and the viceroy was in no way responsible to the legislature.

British investigators have smashed one smuggling ring in Senegal, West Africa, where a government-appointed official sold £12 million worth of Aids drugs to pharmacists in Europe.

The "Heroside" are government-appointed officials, who take orders from the government to explore, research, and capture the Arkz, an anti-government faction.

In Egypt, and other Muslim countries, where laws must abide by the Koran, fatwas by government-appointed officials can have the weight of law.

Most of the state-supported repertory theaters in Switzerland, Germany and Austria are bureaucracies - government offices run by government-appointed officials and staffed with employees who are salaried as government workers.

Each province is further divided into raions (districts), administered by government-appointed officials.