Samtgemeinde

A Samtgemeinde (; plural: "Samtgemeinden") is a type of administrative division in Lower Saxony, Germany. "Samtgemeinden" are local government associations of municipalities, equal to the "Ämter" in Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Brandenburg, and the "Verbandsgemeinden" in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Organs.
"Samtgemeinden" have three organs:
The "Samtgemeinde" committee has the "Samtgemeinde" mayor (the chairman of the committee), and according to size of the council from four to ten assistants and the council can decide a rise by two (§56 paragraph 2 local government law).