Elections and Regents
During the period between the death of an Asantehene and the election of a successor, the Mamponghene, the Asantehene's deputy, acts as a regent. This rule was only changed during a time of civil war in the late nineteenth century, when the Kwasafomanhyiamu or "governing council" itself ruled as regent. The succession is decided by a series of councils of local notables and other royal family members.
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