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... by a closed-list, proportional representation system) elections: held 15 December 2005 to elect a 275-member Council of Representatives; the Council of Representatives elected the Presidency Council and approved the prime ...
www.exxun.com/Iraq/d_gv.html
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... held in 2014 but can be called earlier); following legislative elections, the president assigns a Knesset member - traditionally the leader of the largest party - the task of forming a governing coalition note ...
www.exxun.com/Israel/d_gv.html
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... A democratic republic replaced the monarchy in 1946 and economic revival followed. Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC). It has been at the forefront of ...
www.exxun.com/Italy/a_fg.html
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bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (a 21-member body appointed by the governor general on the recommendations of the prime minister and the leader of the opposition; ruling party is allocated ...
www.exxun.com/Jamaica/d_gv.html
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... head of government: President Anote TONG (since 10 July 2003); Vice President Teima ONORIO cabinet: 12-member cabinet appointed by the president from among the members of the House of Parliament elections ...
www.exxun.com/Kiribati/d_gv.html
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... a strict socialist regime closely aligned to Vietnam. A gradual return to private enterprise and the liberalization of foreign investment laws began in 1986. Laos became a member of ASEAN in 1997
www.exxun.com/Laos/a_fg.html
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... 1998 maritime boundary treaty with Lithuania, primarily due to concerns over oil exploration rights; as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Latvia has implemented the strict ...
www.exxun.com/Latvia/i_ti.html
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... its national currency. It imports more than 90% of its energy requirements. Liechtenstein has been a member of the European Economic Area (an organization serving as a bridge between the European Free ...
www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/e_ec.html
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Liechtenstein has no military forces, but is interested in European security policy and is an active member of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
www.exxun.com/Liechtenstein/h_ml.html
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... Russian nationals traveling from the Kaliningrad coastal exclave into Russia, while still conforming, as a EU member state having an external border with a non-EU member, to strict Schengen border rules ...
www.exxun.com/Lithuania/i_ti.html
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party to: Marine Dumping (associate member), Ship Pollution (associate member)
www.exxun.com/Macau/b_mp.html
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... seven years; indirect election limited to organizations registered as "corporate voters" (257 are currently registered) and a 300-member Election Committee drawn from broad regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government bodies
www.exxun.com/Macau/d_gv.html
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... head of government head of government: President Bingu wa MUTHARIKA (since 24 May 2004) cabinet: 46-member Cabinet named by the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year ...
www.exxun.com/Malawi/d_gv.html
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... transformed itself into a freight transshipment point, a financial center, and a tourist destination. Malta became an EU member in May 2004 and began to use the euro as currency in 2008
www.exxun.com/Malta/a_fg.html
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... party - NA; seats by party - independents 4 note: the Council of Chiefs or Ironij is a 12-member body comprised of tribal chiefs that advises on matters affecting customary law and practice
www.exxun.com/MarshallIslands/d_gv.html
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... 2007); results - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; Mayotte also elects one member to the French National Assembly; elections last held 16 June 2002 (next to be held ...
www.exxun.com/Mayotte/d_gv.html
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... 4 - one elected from each state to serve four-year terms and 10 - elected from single-member districts delineated by population to serve two-year terms; members elected by popular vote) elections ...
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/d_gv.html
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... nation, the Netherlands is also a large exporter of agricultural products. The country was a founding member of NATO and the EEC (now the EU), and participated in the introduction of the ...
www.exxun.com/Netherlands/a_fg.html
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ITUC, PIF (associate member), SPC, UPU, WFTU, WMO
www.exxun.com/NewCaledonia/d_gv.html
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... House of Representatives - commonly called Parliament (120 seats; 69 members elected by popular vote in single-member constituencies including 7 Maori constituencies, and 51 proportional seats chosen from party lists; to serve ...
www.exxun.com/NewZealand/d_gv.html
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... June 2007); appointed by the president and shares some executive responsibilities with the president cabinet: 26-member Cabinet appointed by the president elections: president elected by popular vote for a five-year ...
www.exxun.com/Niger/d_gv.html
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... for five years by Nazi Germany (1940-45). In 1949, neutrality was abandoned and Norway became a member of NATO. Discovery of oil and gas in adjacent waters in the late 1960s boosted ...
www.exxun.com/Norway/a_fg.html
