Cook Islands: Political System The official name of the country is: Cook Islands, Cook Islands/Cook Islands The head of state of the Cook Islands is the King or Queen of Great Britain. The archipelago has its own parliament with 25 members and its own executive branch (ministers), but is associated with New Zealand. This means… Read More »
Comoros: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, the Union of Comoros is an Islamic Federal Republic. The unicameral parliament, the federal assembly, consists of 33 members. Of these, 18 are elected every five years and 15 are members of regional parliaments. The head of state is elected directly every four years, rotating between the three islands.… Read More »
Colombia: Political System According to DISEASESLEARNING.COM, Colombia has been a presidential republic since 1886. The 1991 constitution stipulates that the state is headed by a president who is elected directly by the people every four years. The parliament (congress) is a bicameral system. It consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The House… Read More »
China: Political System After the collapse of the former Soviet Union, foreign observers prophesied a similar fate to the People’s Republic of China and its communist party, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, the political reforms initiated by Deng Xiaoping and the resulting enormous economic growth raised hopes of the democratization of China in the… Read More »
Chile: political system According to DISEASESLEARNING.COM, the official name of the country is: República de Chile After the barbaric dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet (born 1915), who ousted and killed the freely elected President Salvador Allende (1908-1973) by means of a coup on September 11, 1973, the country is now a democratic and stable system.… Read More »
Chad: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Chad is a presidential republic. The bicameral parliament consists of the National Assembly with 155 deputies elected every four years and the Senate, whose members are elected every six years, but a third of the seats are elected every two years. The head of state is the president, who… Read More »
Central African Republic: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, the Central African Republic is a presidential republic. The unicameral parliament, the National Assembly, consists of 85 members newly elected every five years. The direct election of the head of state takes place every six years. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Central African Republic politics, and… Read More »
Cape Verde: Political System The official name of the country is: República de Cabo Verde Republic of Cape Verde According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Cape Verde is a parliamentary democracy with a classic separation of powers and a decentralized structure. Parliament and President are elected every 5 years in general, free and secret direct elections. The President… Read More »
Canary Islands: Political System General overview The Canary Islands are an autonomous community (Spanish “Comunidad Autónoma”). This means that they are considered to be a regional authority which has been given an autonomous status with its own legislative and other competences by the Spanish constitution (Article 2, version of 1978). This is also not unusual… Read More »
Canada Political system According to DISEASESLEARNING.COM, Canada is a federal state with a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy. The British monarch is considered the country’s head of state. He is represented by a Governor General, who is appointed by him on the proposal of the Prime Minister of Canada. The actual legislature, the Canadian parliament,… Read More »
Cameroon: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Cameroon is a presidential republic in the Commonwealth. The unicameral parliament with 180 members is elected every five years. The head of state is also directly elected every five years. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Cameroon politics, and acronyms as well. The official name of the country is:… Read More »
Cambodia: Political System According to EQUZHOU.NET, Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. According to the constitution, the king has no power, but in reality he is still very influential. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Cambodia politics, and acronyms as well. The legislative power is based on a two-chamber system. The National Assembly with 123 deputies… Read More »
Burundi: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Burundi is a presidential republic. The bicameral parliament consists of the National Assembly, which consists of 118 members, 100 of whom were elected and 18 co-opted to achieve the quota (60% Hutu, 40% Tutsi, 3% Twa; 30% women). Furthermore, the parliament consists of the Senate with 49 members, 34… Read More »
Burkina Faso: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Burkina Faso is a parliamentary democracy. The unicameral parliament consists of 111 members who are elected every five years. The head of state is directly elected every seven years. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Burkina Faso politics, and acronyms as well. The official name of the country… Read More »
Bulgaria: Political System According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, Bulgaria is a parliamentary republic. At the head of the state is a president who is directly elected by the people every five years. The parliament consists of 240 members who are elected every four years. The head of government is a prime minister elected by parliament. See AbbreviationFinder… Read More »
Brunei: Political System According to EQUZHOU.NET, the official name of the country is: Negara Brunei Darussalam (Brunei) The current Sultan and Head of State is: “His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah Ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam”. He is the 29th sultan… Read More »
British Virgin Islands, Political System The British Virgin Islands are among the 14 British overseas territories (Engl. British Overseas Territories). The island empire is therefore not part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but is under its sovereignty and has the British Queen Elizabeth II as head of state, who therefore… Read More »
Brazil: Political System According to DISEASESLEARNING.COM, the official name of the country is: Republica Federativa do Brasil (Federative Republic of Brazil) National anthem The Brazilian national anthem is: HINO NACIONAL DO BRASIL. The music is by Francisco Manuel da Silva (1795 – 1865) and the text by Joaquim Osório Duque Estrada (1870 – 1927). The… Read More »
Botswana: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Botswana is a presidential republic in the Commonwealth. The bicameral parliament consists of the National Assembly with 40 members elected every five years and the consultative House of Chiefs with 15 members. The direct election of the head of state takes place every five years; re-election is possible once.… Read More »
Bosnia Herzegovina: Political System According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, Bosnia and Herzegovina has been a republic since 1992 and has had a new constitution since April 2002. It has a two-chamber parliament, which is composed of the House of Representatives (42 seats, election every 4 years) and the Chamber of Nations (15 seats; election every 4 years).… Read More »
Bolivia: Political System According to DISEASESLEARNING.COM, Bolivia is a presidential republic. At the head of the state is a president who is directly elected by the people every 5 years. Due to the uncertain political situation, however, only a few presidents ruled for the full term of office. The parliament is a bicameral system. It… Read More »
Bhutan: Political System According to EQUZHOU.NET, Bhutan is a kingdom. From 1972 to 2006 the 4th King Jigme Singye Wangchuck (born 1955) rules. On December 9, 2006, his son Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (born 1980) took over the royal dignity as the fifth king of the Wangchuk dynasty – which has ruled the country since… Read More »
Benin: Political System According to CANCERMATTERS.NET, Benin is a presidential republic. The Assemblée Nationale is a unicameral parliament and has 83 members. It is re-elected every 4 years. The direct election of the head of state takes place every 5 years; re-election is possible once. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Benin politics, and acronyms… Read More »
Belize: Political System The official name of the country is: Belize According to DISEASESLEARNING.COM, Belize is a parliamentary democracy and has been politically independent from Great Britain since September 21, 1981. The constitution of Belize, which came into force in 1981 for independence, regulates the status of the country as a constitutional monarchy in the… Read More »
Belgium: political system According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, Belgium is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. The king is at the head of the state. At the federal level, legislative power is exercised jointly by the King, the Chamber of Deputies (150 members) and the Senate (71 members). The executive power (executive power) rests… Read More »
Belarus: Political System According to COMPUTERMINUS.COM, Belarus is a presidential republic. The head of state is the President, who has great powers. The bicameral parliament consists of the House of Representatives with 110 members and the Republic Council, which consists of 64 representatives from the regions and 8 members appointed by the head of state.… Read More »
Barbados: Political System According to DISEASESLEARNING.COM, Barbados is a member of the Commonwealth. The head of state is the Queen of England. The governor represents the head of state and thus mainly performs representative tasks. The parliament has a bicameral system consisting of the House of Assembly with 30 seats and the Senate with 21… Read More »
Bangladesh: Political System According to EQUZHOU.NET, Bangladesh is a parliamentary democracy with pure majority voting. At the head of the state is a president who is directly elected by the people every five years. The five-year legislative period began on October 1st, 2001 with the first session of the national parliament with 330 members, 300… Read More »
Bahrain: Political System The official name of the country is: مملكة البحرينMamlakat al-Bahrain Kingdom of Bahrain According to EQUZHOU.NET, Bahrain, which is administratively divided into five governorates, is a constitutional monarchy. This form of government was established in the constitution in 2002. Incidentally, a constitutional monarchy is a special form of monarchy. In this the… Read More »
Bahamas: Political System The Bahamas has been a sovereign state and a parliamentary-democratic monarchy in the Commonwealth since 1973. The formal head of state is therefore the British Queen or the British King, who is represented by a Governor General. See AbbreviationFinder for more information about Bahamas politics, and acronyms as well. The traditional closeness… Read More »