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an assessor (in

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: ''assessore'') is a member of a ''Giunta'', the executive body in all levels of

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and

comunes The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

. Assessors are appointed by the chief executive of local government, who chairs the ''Giunta''--the

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of a comune, the

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of a province or region. They serve until the chief executive ends his term or resigns, if he doesn't dismiss them. In comunes with 15,000 residents or more and in provinces, assessors cannot be members of ''Consiglio'' (council), the local legislative body: if a member of council is appointed as assessor, he must resign from council. The mayor or president usually assigns to each assessor responsibility for a specific aspect of municipal, provincial or regional affairs and the supervision of corresponding branch of local government, called ''assessorato'' (department). Among the assessors one is chosen by mayor or president as his

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and is called ''vicesindaco'' (

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) or ''vicepresidente'' (

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