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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'
