The municipal council of the commune is composed of 27 councillors.
The executive consists of the mayor, Liliane Maissiat, and seven assistants, each with defined tasks.
The First Assistant is responsible for financial and administrative affairs, employment, and economic forecasting.
There is an assistant for education, for work related technical services.
for communications, for public relations, for entertainment and cultural life, for urban planning, land use, environment and forest, for social affairs and housing, and finally for sports associations and life.
Nineteen other councillors attend the municipal council.

List of mayors of Arbent
(Not all data is known)
The municipal council of the commune is composed of 27 councillors. The executive consists of the mayor, Liliane Maissiat, and seven assistants, each with defined tasks. The First Assistant is responsible for financial and administrative affairs, employment, and economic forecasting. There is an assistant for education, for work related technical services. for communications, for public relations, for entertainment and cultural life, for urban planning, land use, environment and forest, for social affairs and housing, and finally for sports associations and life. Nineteen other councillors attend the municipal council.
List of mayors of Arbent
(Not all data is known)
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