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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
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... opted to stay out of the EU during a referendum in November 1994; nonetheless, as a member of the European Economic Area, it contributes sizably to the EU budget. The government has ...
www.exxun.com/Norway/e_ec.html
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... Poland joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004. With its transformation to a democratic, market-oriented country largely completed, Poland is an increasingly active member of Euro-Atlantic organizations
www.exxun.com/Poland/a_fg.html
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as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Poland has implemented the strict Schengen border rules to restrict illegal immigration and trade along its eastern borders with ...
www.exxun.com/Poland/i_ti.html
