councilor

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"As a municipality, we do not have the legal authority to arbitrarily prohibit the establishment of new businesses, since in Chile there is freedom to engage in economic activities," councilor Nelda Gil told AFP.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

“These deep human ties are the strongest safeguard against populist attempts to divide people,” said Hans Martin Grötsch, a senior Bavarian politician who is also a local councilor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

His prior public service, as councilor, then deputy mayor, of a Sydney suburb ended abruptly in 2009 amid displays of undiplomatic temper.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

Anab Awale, a district councilor in Mitte who is Somali German, said the nonchalance of German officials toward comfort women revisionism was clear evidence that Germany’s own racial inequalities remain unresolved.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

To sit on the sofa a whole evening between the wives of the burgomaster and the councilor, and talk about servants and betrothals, would kill me.

From The Romance of the Canoness A Life-History by Heyse, Paul