Morocco: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Morocco is a parliamentary monarchy with Islam as the state religion. The bicameral parliament consists of the National Assembly with 325 members directly elected every 5 years and the Senate with 270 members indirectly elected every 9 years. The king is the head of state of Morocco. See AbbreviationFinder… Read More »
Montserrat: Political System According to topschoolsintheusa, Montserrat has been a crown colony of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1632 and has had “internal autonomy” since 1960. A constitution has existed since 1989. The head of state is the Queen or King of Great Britain. The representative of the Queen or… Read More »
Montenegro: political system Based on flag descriptions by Countryaah.com, Montenegro is a parliamentary democracy. The head of state is the president, who is elected by direct and secret ballot for a term of five years. The head of government is the prime minister. The Parliament of Montenegro has 75 members. See AbbreviationFinder for more information… Read More »
Mongolia: Political System According to EQUZHOU.NET, Mongolia is a parliamentary republic. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Mongolia politics, and acronyms as well. The head of state is the president and the head of government is the prime minister. The unicameral parliament, the Great Hural, consists of 76 members who are elected every four years.… Read More »
Monaco: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Monaco is a parliamentary inheritance principality. The prince has suzerainty over the executive and exercises considerable power in the principality. Officially, official business is carried out by the government, which consists of a minister of state and three councilors with their respective ministers. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about… Read More »
Moldova: Political System According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, Moldova is a republic. The unicameral parliament consists of 101 members who are elected every four years. The head of state is elected by parliament every five years. Gagauzia, in the very south of the country, and the Dniester Republic (Transnistria) each have an autonomous status with their own… Read More »
Federated States of Micronesia: Political System Based on flag descriptions by Countryaah.com, the Federated States of Micronesia is a republic in free association with the United States. At the head of the state is a President and a Vice President of the Federated States of Micronesia, who is elected by Congress every four years. Each… Read More »
Mexico: Political System According to DISEASESLEARNING.COM, Mexico is a presidential federal government. At the head of the state is a president who is elected directly by the people every six years; re-election is not possible. He is endowed with far-reaching powers, he is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces and appoints and dismisses the government.… Read More »
Mauritius: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Mauritius is a parliamentary republic in the Commonwealth. At the head of the state is a president who is elected every five years by the National Assembly. The National Assembly has 66 seats, of which 62 are elected by the people, the remaining four are appointed by the electoral… Read More »
Mauritania: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, before the overthrow of the president in August 2005, Mauritania’s form of government was a presidential republic with a constitution based on Islamic law (Sharia). The bicameral parliament consisted of the National Assembly with 81 members elected every five years and the Senate with 56 members elected every six… Read More »
Martinique: Political System According to topschoolsintheusa, Martinique is an overseas department and belongs to France and is therefore a member of the European Union. Region and département are responsible for the same territory, but have separate institutions: the Conseil général des Departements with its 45 members. The representative of the central government is the prefect.… Read More »
Marshall Islands: Political System According to DISEASESLEARNING.COM, the Marshall Islands are a republic in free association with the United States, which is responsible for defense. According to Western European understanding, the form of government is a mixed parliamentary-presidential system. The offices of the head of state and the head of government are united in the… Read More »
Malta: Political System According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, Malta is a republic in the Commonwealth. The unicameral parliament consists of 65, maximum 69 members (bonus rule), who are elected every five years. The head of state is also elected every five years by parliament. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Malta politics, and acronyms as well. The… Read More »
Mali: political system According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, the state of Mali is a presidential republic. The parliament (the national assembly) consists of 147 members and is elected every 5 years. The head of state is also directly elected every 5 years; there is the possibility of one re-election. But after Gaddafi was overthrown in Libya, heavily… Read More »
Maldives: Political System According to EQUZHOU.NET, the Maldives are an Islamic republic. At the head of the state is a president who is directly elected by the people every five years. You can be re-elected as often as you like. The parliament consists of 42 members representing the atolls and eight members appointed by the… Read More »
Malaysia: Political System According to EQUZHOU.NET, Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy or parliamentary democracy with a king as head of state, who is elected for five years from among nine hereditary sultanates. Executive power comes from the Prime Minister, who is appointed by the King. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Malaysia politics, and acronyms… Read More »
Malawi: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Malawi is a presidential republic in the Commonwealth. The unicameral parliament, the National Assembly, consists of 193 members who are elected every five years. The head of state is also directly elected every five years. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Malawi politics, and acronyms as well. A one-time… Read More »
Madagascar: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Madagascar is a republic. At the head of the state is a president who is directly elected by the people every 5 years. The parliament is a bicameral system. It consists of the National Assembly and the Senate. The 150 members of the National Assembly are elected for four… Read More »
Macedonia: Political System According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, Macedonia is a parliamentary democracy based on the rule of law. At the top is the President, who is directly elected by the people for five years. (A single re-election is possible.) Parliament consists of one chamber, the so-called State Assembly, which is elected for four years. It has… Read More »
Macau: Political System The Macau form of government has limited democratic elements. According to the motto “one country has two systems”, the country enjoys relative freedom of movement towards China. Only defense and foreign policy are centrally determined by China, in accordance with the Basic Law of 1993. According to topschoolsintheusa, Macau has been a… Read More »
Luxembourg: political system According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, Luxembourg is a parliamentary democracy in the form of a constitutional monarchy. At the head of the state is the Grand Duke, who exercises executive power with the government under the Prime Minister (also called Minister of State). The State Council with 27 members provides advice to the government.… Read More »
Lithuania: Political System According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, Lithuania is a parliamentary democracy. At the head of the state is a president who is directly elected by the people every five years. Re-election is possible twice. The parliament is a unicameral system with 141 members, which is elected for four years. 71 members are elected by direct… Read More »
Liechtenstein: Political System According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, the form of government of Liechtenstein is that of a constitutional hereditary monarchy. Prince Hans Adam II of Liechtenstein has been regent since 1989. The affairs of state took over in 2004 the Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Liechtenstein politics, and acronyms as… Read More »
Libya Political system According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Libya was under Gaddhafi as an Islamic-Socialist People’s Republic with Islam as the state religion and with the Islamic legal system (Sharia). “Jamahiriya” means “rule of the masses”. According to Gaddafi’s doctrine of direct democracy, any representation of the people by MPs was seen as a distortion of the… Read More »
Liberia: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Liberia is a presidential republic. The bicameral parliament consists of the House of Representatives with 64 members elected every six years and the Senate with 26 members elected every nine years. The direct election of the president, who also functions as head of state, head of government and commander… Read More »
Lesotho: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Lesotho is a parliamentary monarchy in the Commonwealth. The king has predominantly representative functions; active participation in political events is prohibited by the constitution. The bicameral parliament consists of a senate (upper house) and a national assembly (lower house). There are 33 members in the Senate, 22 of whom… Read More »
Lebanon: Political System According to EQUZHOU.NET, Lebanon is a parliamentary republic with a constitution from 1926 that was amended several times, most recently in 1999. The unicameral parliament has 128 members (half Christian and half Muslim) and is elected by the people for 4 years. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Lebanon politics, and acronyms… Read More »
Latvia Political system According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, Latvia is a parliamentary democracy. At the head of the state is a president who is elected by parliament every four years. Re-election is only possible one more time. The parliament is a unicameral system, the Saeima, with 100 members, which is elected for four years. See AbbreviationFinder for… Read More »
Laos: Political System According to EQUZHOU.NET, Laos is a democratic people’s republic, in which only one communist party, the Laotian revolutionary people’s party LRVO, is allowed. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Laos politics, and acronyms as well. At the head of the state is the president. The president is the party leader of the… Read More »
Kyrgyzstan: Political System According to EQUZHOU.NET, Kyrgyzstan is a parliamentary democracy. At the head of the state is a president who is directly elected by the people every 5 years. You can be re-elected as often as you like. The parliament is a unicameral system that is elected every 5 years. There are currently 75… Read More »