After 2341 when the Bajoran Empire and Cardassian Civil Union began to merge their collective territories into the Unified alliance. Both governments needed a single leader or Governor to act as central leader and spokesperson of their local species/sector in order to prevent possible riots and disorder in the newly massive galactic region. So a common person was first selected to act as Intendent of each individual region (except for the Central Controlling Planets. Their planets Intendent would be one member of the Ruling Families of the planet). Afterwards every new Intendent would be elected by the people of their own system.