Villages in Java past before the arrival of Europeans to Indonesia has been mentioned in existence in some historical relics of inscriptions, including mentioned in inscriptions walandit and inscriptions kawali which is a relic of the 14th century. In both these inscriptions mentioned that the village is the lowest government structure of a government (kingdom) at that time. The leader or village head becomes an important element in the implementation and rearrangement of village people's lives. The election of village heads in Indonesia has existed since the past and is running until now, although in the next process after the entry of foreign nations to Indonesia, especially the Netherlands and Japan and post-independence - there are arrangements in the process of village head elections and the regulation of village positions in government.
展开▼
