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the capital of Austria, plays a double role as a city and state. The mayor has the rank of a state governor, while the city council also functions as a state parliament. Under the municipal constitution, however, city and state business must be kept separate. Hence, while the city council and the state parliament have identical memberships, they hold separate meetings, and each body has separate presiding officers. When meeting as a city council, the deputies can only deal with city affairs;

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