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Each province is led by a governor (''maaherra, landshövding'') who is appointed by the president after a proposal by the cabinet. The governor is the head of the State Provincial Office (''lääninhallitus'', ''länsstyrelse'') which act as the joint regional authority for seven ministries in the following domains:
The official administrative subentities under the Provincial Office authorities are the Registry Offices (Finnish ''maistraatti'', Swedish ''magistrat''), and State Local Districts (Finnish ''kihlakunta'', Swedish ''härad''), which are districts for police, assessment and attorney services. These do not necessarily correspond to municipal level (municipality, sub-region, region) divisions of the country. The Governor's post is widely known as a post for "disposal" of retiring politicians. 1/ Some duties, which in Mainland Finland are handled by the provinces, are on the Åland Islands transferred to the autonomous Government Of Åland . 2/ The Åland Islands are unilingually Swedish. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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