The General Council of Aran is composed by 13 members elected every four years, concurrently with local elections. Aran is divided into six electoral districts (terçons):
The Síndic d'Aran (English: Syndic of Aran) is the head of the autonomous governing body and leads the General Council. He or she is also the ex officio chairman of all the Collegial Institutions and the companies[clarify] under the authority of the council.
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Brandtjen, Roland (2021). The valley and the rock: europeanized separatism and Iberian micro-nations: secession to gain full EU-Membership?: an analysis of Gibraltar and the Val d'Aran. Schriftenreihe Schriften zur Europapolitik. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovač. ISBN 978-3-339-12272-8. 978-3-339-12272-8 ↩