regional officials

Area government representatives

Regional officials are government administrators or bureaucrats who exercise authority within a geographic subdivision rather than at the national level.

They might oversee a province, state, county, or district: Regional officials approved the new zoning plan.

The term appears frequently in news coverage of government actions taken below the national level.

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commissioners · prefects · magistrates · administrators · legislators · councilors · appointees · deputies · clerks · supervisors · aldermen · town hall · county seat · secretaries · delegates · representatives · jurisdiction · municipality

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governmental level/jurisdiction

regional officialsfederal officials

National government employees

national leaders · heads of state · national government · federal administration · world leaders

local vs. broader authority

regional officialscity officials

Elected local government members

town officials · county officials · mayors · community leaders

Family

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