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A voivodeship sejmik is a regional council composed of elected
Election

An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern Representative democracy fills offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional government and local government....
 councillor
Councillor

A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council. Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman....
s in each of the 16 voivodeships
Voivodeships of Poland

The voivodeship or province has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century. Pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, effective January 1, 1999, sixteen new voivodeships were created, replacing the former 49 that had existed from July 1, 1975....
 (provinces) of Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
. Sejmiks are elected for four-year terms. The number of councillors varies, depending on the population: in smaller voivodeships there are 30, while in the most populous (Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Poland provinces, or Voivodeships of Polands, created in 1999. It occupies of...
) there are 51.

The word sejmik is a diminutive of sejm
Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....
, which was historically an assembly of nobles, and is now the name of the lower house of the Polish parliament.






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A voivodeship sejmik is a regional council composed of elected
Election

An election is a decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual to hold formal office. This is the usual mechanism by which modern Representative democracy fills offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional government and local government....
 councillor
Councillor

A councillor or councilor is a member of a local government council, such as a city council. Often in the United States, the title is councilman or councilwoman....
s in each of the 16 voivodeships
Voivodeships of Poland

The voivodeship or province has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century. Pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, effective January 1, 1999, sixteen new voivodeships were created, replacing the former 49 that had existed from July 1, 1975....
 (provinces) of Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
. Sejmiks are elected for four-year terms. The number of councillors varies, depending on the population: in smaller voivodeships there are 30, while in the most populous (Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Poland provinces, or Voivodeships of Polands, created in 1999. It occupies of...
) there are 51.

The word sejmik is a diminutive of sejm
Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....
, which was historically an assembly of nobles, and is now the name of the lower house of the Polish parliament. For other historical uses of the term, see sejmik
Sejmik

A sejmik was a regional assembly in the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth, and earlier in the Jagiellon Poland. Sejmiks existed until the end of the Commonwealth in 1795 following the partitions of Poland....
.

The members of a sejmik elect a chairman and deputy chairmen from among their number. These may not sit on the voivodeship's executive board. The chairman is responsible for organizing the sejmik's business and presiding over debates.

The sejmik can adopt bylaws on matters concerning a voivodeship which are not reserved for central governmental administration (most of which is managed in the region by the centrally-appointed governor or voivode); such matters include the voivodeship's budget
Budget

Budget generally refers to a list of all planned expenses and revenues. It is a plan for saving and spending. A budget is an important concept in microeconomics, which uses a budget line to illustrate the trade-offs between two or more good ....
, development strategy, and rules on management of the voivodeship's property. The sejmik elects and holds to account the voivodeship's executive board (zarzad województwa), which is chaired by the voivodeship marshal (marszalek województwa).

See also

  • Sejmik
    Sejmik

    A sejmik was a regional assembly in the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth, and earlier in the Jagiellon Poland. Sejmiks existed until the end of the Commonwealth in 1795 following the partitions of Poland....
  • Sejm
    Sejm

    The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....