LU GOVT 330

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Who is the PM of Britain?

Boris Johnson

Who is PM of South Korea?

Chung Sye-kyun

Who is president of France?

Emmanuel Macron

How did the role of the PM in the British system arise?

George the I (from Hanover) could not speak English, so the PM (Sir Robert Walpole) served as the voice of the king and from there has evolved into its modern role.

Who is PM of Italy?

Guiseppe Conte

Who is Premier of China?

Li Keqiang

Who is President of Portugal?

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

Who is PM of Latvia?

Maris Kucinskis

Who is PM of Russia?

Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin

Who is President of South Korea?

Moon Jae-in

Who is President of Russia?

Vladimir Putin

Who is the Chief of State for China?

Xi Jinping

Who is PM of Japan?

Yoshihide Suga

Who is Chancellor of Germany?

Angela Merkel

Who is PM of Portugal?

Antonio Luis Santos da Costa

What is distinct about the German system?

•Executive branch pretty much figurehead •Chancellor (head of legislature) real head of govt •Lower legislative house (Bundestag) largest democratic parliament in the world •Judiciary most powerful in Europe (equal to the other two branches)

How did Parliament in the British system arise?

•It was established by nobles to serve as a check on the monarchy •First met in 1295 under Edward I •It was strengthened in the 1600s under Henry VIII

What are significant political moments in British history?

•Magna Carta 1215 •Model parliament 1295 •Confirmation Cartarum 1297 •Bill of rights 1689

Who is PM of Spain?

Pedro Sanchez

Who is President of Latvia?

Raimonds Vejonis

Who is president of India?

Ram Nath Kovind

Who is President of Italy?

Sergio Mattarella

Who is the PM of France?

Jean Castex

Who is president of Indonesia?

Joko Widodo

Who is Emperor of Japan?

Narahito

Who is PM of India

Narenda Modi

What is distinct about the Chinese system?

•Communist Party holds power •Power is centralized in Chief of State •NPC highest level of policy making

What is distinct about the Japanese system?

•Constitutional Monarchy •Chief Justice appointed by Monarch

What is distinct about the French system?

•Judicial serves as check on legislative, not executive •Presidents are members of Judiciary for life •Judiciary can only rule on draft laws

What are Russian obstacles to development?

•Mostly landlocked •Permafrozen •Always seeking warm water port •Heterogeneity

What is distinct about the British system?

•Parliamentary system •The lower house (House of Commons) is the dominant institution •legislative branch most powerful branch

What are Asian obstacles to development?

•Religion- (Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism) •Dynastic Authoritarianism

What is distinct about the Russian system?

•Strong President •Executive can dissolve parliament under certain conditions •Upper legislative house has sole power for use of Armed forces abroad

What are the distinctive of the Presidential System?

•The Legislative and the Executive are both elected by the people •The Executive and the Legislature are separate and distinct bodies •The Legislative can remove the executive, but through a process called impeachment.

What are the distinctives of the Parliamentary System?

•The people only directly elect the legislature •The executive is nominated and selected out of the legislature •The executive and legislative are in this way fused •the legislature can remove an executive, through a process called 'a vote of no confidence'


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