During his time as president, he was the only regional head without any spouse.

He reduced the power of the aristocracy and set up a system of local government with regional heads appointed by the court.

He said that a time and a place were being negotiated for the meeting of regional heads of state.

But then, reflected Dainyl, half of the other regional administrative heads were not.

From its founding until 1939 al-Arsuzi was the party's regional head in Antioch.

"Both government and regional heads did not carry out the task we had talked about," he said in remarks broadcast on state television.

Through a system of regional heads, he spread the movement through six regions within the free zone:

The service has regional heads in all the 10 regional capitals of the country.

The episode was seen as a power struggle between the national office and powerful regional heads, led by Kenny, who opposed centralisation.

On March 17 he postponed a summit meeting of regional heads of state.