The People's Provincial Assembly (also known by its
French acronym APW
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provinces
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Algeria
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. It is composed of an assembly elected on
universal suffrage
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for five years. This assembly further elects a president, the ''president of the People's Provincial Assembly''. The highest person in the administrative pyramid of the provinces is the
Wāli, which is chosen by the
president
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*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
* President (government title)
President may also refer to:
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. The last votes for the PMAs and the PPAs were on November 27, 2021.
Politics of Algeria
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