GOVERNMENT PROFILE
Countries and their government system
Russia
Type of Government System: semi-presidential federation Head of State: Vladimir Putin Major Political Parties: A Just Russia Civic Platform or CPI Communist Party of the Russian Federation or CPRF Liberal Democratic Party of Russia or LDPR Rodina United Russia Russia is a federal presidential republic and it's government is split between the president and the prime minister from the executive branch. The legislative branch is represented by the Russia Federal Assembly and has two chambers such as an upper and lower house where the lower is the State Duma and the upper is the Federal Council. Judicial branch power is in courts by the Ministry of Justice. Czech Republic Type of Government System: Parliamentary Republic/democracy Head of State:Milos ZEMAN Major Political Parties: ANO 2011 or ANO Citizens Together Christian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party or KDU-CSL Civic Democratic Party or ODS Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia or KSCM Czech Pirate Party Czech Social Democratic Party or CSSD Freeholder or SsCR Green Party or SZ Liberal Reform Party or Ostravak Mayors and Independents or STAN Mayors for Liberec Region or SLK Movement for Prague Nestranici (Independents) or NK North Bohemians or S.cz Ostravak .] Party of Civic Rights or SPO Patriotic Citizens Tradition Responsibility Prosperity 09 or TOP 09 The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy, power is divided into legistlative power (Czech Parliament), executive power of the Czech government and president of the republic and judicial. The supreme law is in the consititution of the Czech Republic and the legislative branch is made up of the House of Parliament and the Senate. Poland Type of Government System: Parliamentary Republic Head of State: Andrzej DUDA Major Political Parties: Civic Platform or PO Congress of the New Right or KNP Democratic Left Alliance or SLD German Minority of Lower Silesia or MNSO Kukiz 15 Law and Justice or PiS Nowoczesna ("Modern") or N Polish People's Party or PSL Razem (Together) In a parlimentary republic, the legislative power is distributed torwards the Senate and the Sejm, executive is in the President of the Republic of Poland and the Council Ministers, and the judicial power is vested in the courts and tribunals. Hungary Type of Government System: parliamentary republic Head of State:Janos ADER Major Political Parties: Christian Democratic People's Party or KDNP Democratic Coalition or DK Dialogue for Hungary or PM Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Alliance or Fidesz Hungarian Liberal Party or MLP Hungarian Socialist Party or MSZP Movement for a Better Hungary or Jobbik Politics Can Be Different or LMP Together 2014 or Egyutt As a parliamentary republic, the structure of Hungary is pretty basic with legislative power vested in the Parliament, executive in the government, and judicial in the courts. Romania Type of Government System: semi-presidential republic Head of State: Klaus Werner IOHANNIS Major Political Parties: Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party or PNT-CD (formerly part of the ARD coalition) Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania or UDMR Green Party M10 Party National Liberal Party or PNL - merged with former PDL and FC National Union for Romania's Progress or UNPR - merged with former PP-DD New Republic Party or NR Popular Movement Party Party of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats or ALDE Romanian Social Party or PSRo Save Bucharest Union Party or Partidul USB Social Democratic Party or PSD Social Liberal Union or USL United Romania Party or PRU Romania is a semi-presidential republic, where executive power is distributed by president of the republic and the government. Legislative power is made of two chambers in the government such as the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The judiciary is independent and power is vested in the courts. Moldova Type of Government System: Parliamentary Republic Head of State: Nicolae TIMOFTI Major Political Parties: Communist Party of the Republic of Moldova or PCRM Democratic Party of Moldova or PDM Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova or PLDM Liberal Party or PL Socialist Party of the Republic of Moldova or PSRM In Moldova, it has a mixed system of government, and a dual executive consisting of a President, prime minister, Council of ministries, and a unicameral legislature. The prime minister is the head of the government/ a multiparty system. Croatia Type of Government System: Parliamentary Republic Head of State:Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC Major Political Parties: Bloc of Pensioners Together or BUZ Bridge of Independent Lists or Most-NL Croatian Christian Democratic Party or HDS Croatian Democratic Congress of Slavonia and Baranja or HDSSB Croatian Democratic Union or HDZ Croatian Laborists - Labor Party or HL Croatian Party of Rights - dr. Ante Starcevic or HSP AS Croatian Peasant Party or HSS Croatian Pensioner Party or HSU Croatian People's Party - Liberal Democrats or HNS Croatian Social Liberal Party or HSLS Forward Croatia Progressive Alliance HDZ Coalition Human Blockade Independent Democratic Serb Party or SDSS Independent List of Stipe Petrina or NLSP Istrian Democratic Assembly or IDS Istrian Democrats Let's Change Croatia or PH Milan Bandic 365 - Party of Labor and Solidarity or BM365-SRS Movement for Successful Croatia or HRAST People's Coalition People's Party - Reformists Party Social Democratic Party of Croatia or SDP The judicial power is exercised by the courts in Croatia while the legislative branch is exercised by the Parliament titled the Sabor. The president of the republic and the Council of Ministers control executive branch power. Lithuania Type of Government System: semi presidential republic Head of State: Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE Major Political Parties: Anti-Corruption Coalition or LCP-LPP Electoral Action of Lithuanian Poles or LLRA Homeland Union-Lithuanian Christian Democrats or TS-LKD Labor Party or DP Liberal Movement or LS or LRLS Lithuanian Green Party or LZP Lithuanian List Lithuanian Social Democratic Party or LSDP Order and Justice Party or TT Peasant and Greens Union or LVZS Way of Courage or DK In Lithuania, executive power is exercised by the government, headed by the Prime Minister and federal legislative power is vested in the both the government and the unicameral Seimas Parliament. The judiciary branch power is vested in judges appointed by the President of Lithuania consisting of the Supreme, Constitutional, and Court of Appeal, Courts. Latvia Type of Government System: parliamentary republic Head of State: Raimonds VEJONIS Major Political Parties: Alliance of Regions or LRA For Latvia from the Heart or NSL Social Democratic Party "Harmony" or SC National Alliance "All For Latvia!"-"For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK" or NA Union of Greens and Farmers or ZZS Unity Latvia is a parliamentary republic democracy where the legislative power is appointed to the Parliament, Seimas, and the executive power goes torwards the government where the Prime Minister is the head of. The judicial power is almost always basically independent of the two other branches. Estonia Type of Government System: parliamentary republic Head of State: Kersti KALJULAID Major Political Parties: Center Party of Estonia (Keskerakond) or K Estonian Conservative People's Party (Konservatiivne Rahvaerakond) or EKRE Estonian Reform Party (Reformierakond) or RE Free Party or EV Social Democratic Party or SDE Union of Pro Patria and Res Publica (Isamaa je Res Publica Liit) or IRL The executive branch power is to the government that is accountable for the Riigikogu Parliament led by the Prime Minister and President of the Republic . The legislative branch also vests its power in the Estonian Parliament. The judicial branch is independent of the legislative and executive. Slovenia Type of Government System: parliamentary republic Head of State: Borut PAHOR Major Political Parties: Alliance of Alenka Bratusek or ZaAB Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia or DeSUS Modern Center Party or SMC New Slovenia or NSi Slovenian Democratic Party or SDS Social Democrats or SD United Left or ZL (collective leadership) The legislative authority goes to the National Assemblywhile the executive goes torwards the government including the Prime Minister and President of the Republic with the judiciary standing alone independent of the other branches. Slovakia Type of Government System: parliamentary republic Head of State: Andrej KISKA Major Political Parties: Direction-Social Democracy or Smer-SD Bridge or Most-Hid Freedom and Solidarity or SaS Network or Siet Ordinary People and Independent Personalities - New Majority or OLaNO-NOVA People's Party - Our Slovakia or LSNS Slovak National Party or SNS We Are Family or SME-Rodina A parliamentary democracy with autonomous legistlative,judicial, and executive branches. The National Council of the Slovak republic has power of the legislative branch. The judicial body, Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, is independent over the legislature and executive branch. The executive branchs power is controlled by the Council of Ministers. Bulgaria Type of Government System: Parliamentary republic Head of State: Rosen PLEVNELIEV Major Political Parties: Alternative for Bulgarian Revival or ABV Attack (Ataka) Bulgarian Socialist Party or BSP Bulgaria of the Citizens or DBG Bulgaria Without Censorship or BBTs Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria or GERB Coalition for Bulgaria or CfB (coalition dominated by BSP) Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria or DSB IMRO - Bulgarian National Movement or IMRO-BNM Movement for Rights and Freedoms or DPS National Front for the Salvation of Bulgaria or NFSB National Movement for Stability and Progress or NDSV (formerly National Movement Simeon II or NMS2) United Patriots Front (alliance of IMRO-BNM, NFSB, and Attack) Union of Democratic Forces or SDS Reformist Bloc or RB (a five-party alliance including the DSB, DBG, and SDS) Bulgaria is a parliamentary republic where the legislative power is vested in the National Assembly, government, executive power is distributed to the government which the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers plus the President of the Republic are in control of. Ukraine Type of Government System: Semi-presidential republic Head of State: Petro POROSHENKO Major Political Parties: Batkivshchyna ("Fatherland") Bloc of Petro Poroshenko – Solidarnist or BPP (formed from the merger of Solidarnist and UDAR) Narodnyy Front ("People's Front") or NF Opposition Bloc or OB Radical Party Samopomich ("Self Reliance") Svoboda ("Freedom") Ukrainian Association of Patriots or UKROP Vidrozhennya ("Revival") (parliamentary group) Volya Naroda (“People's Will”) or VN (parliamentary group) Ukraine is a semi-presidential republic as a unitary state, the President has stronger executive power and the government is controlled by the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers. Legislative power is vested in parliament while judiciary is independent. Belarus Type of Government System: presidential republic but is a dictatorship Head of State: Aleksandr LUKASHENKO Major Political Parties: pro-government parties: Belarusian Agrarian Party or AP Belarusian Patriotic Party Belarusian Socialist Sporting Party Communist Party of Belarus or KPB Liberal Democratic Party or LDP Republican Party Republican Party of Labor and Justice opposition parties: Belarusian Christian Democracy Party (unregistered) Belarusian Liberal Party of Freedom and Progress (unregistered) Belarusian Party of the Green Belarusian Party of the Left "Fair World" Belarusian Popular Front or BPF Belarusian Social-Democratic Assembly Belarusian Social Democratic Party ("Assembly") or BSDPH Belarusian Social Democratic Party (People's Assembly)(unregistered) Christian Conservative Party or BPF United Civic Party or UCP The government is made up of the Council of Ministers including the Prime Minister and is accountable to the PResident of the Republic of Belarus and answerable to Parliament. Government powers are determined by the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus. Serbia Type of Government System: Parliamentary republic Head of State: Tomislav NIKOLIC Major Political Parties: Alliance for a Better Serbia - coalition includes LDP, LSV, SDS Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians or SVM [Istvan PASZTOR] Communist Party or KP [Josip Joska BROZ] Democratic Alliance of Croats in Vojvodina [Petar KUNTIC] Democratic Party or DS [Dragan SUTANOVAC] Democratic Party of Serbia or DSS [Sanda RASKOVIC-IVIC] Dveri [Bosko OBRADOVIC] Enough of Enough [Sasa RADULOVIC] For a Just Serbia - coalition includes DS, NS, RS, DSVH, VVS, Together for Sumadija Greens of Serbia or ZS [Ivan KARIC] League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina or LSV [Nenad CANAK] Liberal Democratic Party or LDP [Cedomir JOVANOVIC] Movement of Socialists or PS [Aleksandar VULIN] New Serbia or NS [Velimir ILIC] Party for Democratic Action or PDD [Riza HALIMI] Party of Democratic Action of the Sandzak or SDA [Sulejman UGLJANIN] Party of United Pensioners of Serbia or PUPS [Milan KRKOBABIC] Reformist Party or RS [Aleksandar VISNJIC] Serbia is Winning - coalition includes SNS, SDPS, PUPS, NS, SPO, PS, PSS, NDSS, SNP Serbian People's Party or SNP [Nenad POPOVIC] Serbian Progressive Party or SNS [Aleksandar VUCIC] Serbian Radical Party or SRS [Vojislav SESELJ] Serbian Renewal Movement or SPO [Vuk DRASKOVIC] Social Democratic Party or SDS [Boris TADIC] Social Democratic Party of Serbia or SDPS [Rasim LJAJIC] Socialist Party of Serbia or SPS [Ivica DACIC] Strength of Serbia or PSS [Bogoljub KARIC] Together for Serbia or ZZS [Dusan PETROVIC] Together for Sumadija In Serbia, the executive authority is the Government of the Republic of Serbia, of 18 ministries, two vice presidents and a prime minister. Of legislative authority, the National Assembly is in charge, and the judiciary is independent. Montenegro Type of Government System: Parliamentary republic Head of State:Filip VUJANOVIC Major Political Parties: Albanians Decisively (includes FORCA, AA, DUA) Albanian Alternative or AA Bosniak Party or BS Croatian Civic Initiative or HGI Democratic Alliance or DEMOS Democratic Front or DF [collective leadership] (includes NOVA, PZP, DNP, RP) Democratic Montenegro or DCG Democratic Party of Socialists or DPS Democratic Union of Albanians or DUA Key Coalition (includes DEMOS, SNP, URA] Movement for Change or PZP New Democratic Power or FORCA New Serb Democracy or NOVA Social Democratic Party or SDP Social Democrats or SD Socialist People's Party or SNP United Reform Action or URA Workers' Party or RP As a parliamentary republic, the Prime Minister is the head of the government and multi party system, has a unicameral legislature, the government is led by the Democratic Party of Socialists. Bosnia and Herzegovina Type of Government System: Parliamentary Republic Head of State: Mladen IVANIC Major Political Parties: Alliance for a Better Future of BiH or SBB BiH [Fahrudin RADONCIC] Alliance of Independent Social Democrats or SNSD [Milorad DODIK] Alternative Party for Democratic Activity or A-SDA [Nermin OGRESEVIC] Bosnian-Herzegovinian Patriotic Party-Sefer Halilovic or BPS-Sefer Halilovic [Sefer HALILOVIC] Croat Peasants' Party or HSS [Mario KARAMATIC] Croatian Christian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or HKDU [Ivan MUSA] Croatian Democratic Union of Bosnia and Herzegovina or HDZ-BiH [Dragan COVIC] Croatian Democratic Union 1990 or HDZ-1990 [acting president Ilija CVITANOVIC] Croatian Party of Rights or HSP BiH [Stanko PRIMORAC] Croatian Party of Rights of Herceg-Bosne or HSP HB [Vesna PINJUH] Croatian People's Party-Liberal Democrats or HNS [Ivan VRDOLJAK] Democratic Front of DF [Zeljko KOMSIC] Democratic Peoples' Alliance or DNS [Marko PAVIC] Party for Democratic Action or SDA [Bakir IZETBEGOVIC] Party of Democratic Progress or PDP [Branislav BORENOVIC] People's Democratic Movement or NDP [Dragan CAVIC] Serb Democratic Party or SDS [Mladen BOSIC] Social Democratic Party or SDP In Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is a parliamentary representative democracy where judicary power is independent, legislative is vested in the Council of Ministers and the Parliamentary Assemby, and the executive power goes to the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Albania Type of Government System: Parliamentary republic Head of State: Bujar NISHANI Major Political Parties: Alliance for Employment, Welfare, and Integration or APMI (coalition of 24 centrist and center-right parties) [Sali BERISHA]: Christian Democratic Party or PDK [Nard NDOKA] Democratic Party or PD [Lulzim BASHA] Movement for National Development of LZHK [Dashamir SHEHI] Republican Party or PR [Fatmir MEDIU] Alliance for a European Albania or ASHE (coalition of 38 parties from far left to right wing) [Edi RAMA]: Christian Democratic Party of PKD [Mark FRROKU] Party for Justice, Integration and Unity or PDIU [Shpetim IDRIZI] (formerly part of APMI) Socialist Movement for Integration or LSI [Ilir META] Socialist Party or PS [Edi RAMA] Union for Human Rights Party or PBDNJ [Vangjel DULE] other parties: New Democratic Spirit or FRD Albania is a parliamentary democracy republic that has the prime minister as the head of the government and a multi party system. The executive branch powers go the the Prime Minister, President of the Republic, and the Council of Minsitries while the legislative goes to the People's Assembly and judicial power is independent to the Supreme Court. Kosovo Type of Government System: Parliamentary Republic Head of State: Hashim THACI Major Political Parties: Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo or PSHDK Alliance for the Future of Kosovo or AAK Conservative Party of Kosovo or PK Democratic League of Kosovo or LDK Democratic Party of Kosovo or PDK Initiative for Kosovo or NISMA Justice Party of Kosovo or PD Movement for Self-Determination (Vetevendosje) or VV Movement for Unification or LB Serb List Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo or KDTP Vakat Coalition or VAKAT Kosovo is a multi party parliamentary representative republic, where the prime minister is the head of the government and the multiparty system. The executive power goes to the government and the legislative lies upon the government and the Assembly of Kosovo. The judicial power is independent of the legislative and executive power. Macedonia Type of Government System: Parliamentary republic Head of State:Gjorge IVANOV Major Political Parties: Citizens Option for Macedonia or GROM Democratic Party of Albanians or PDSh Democratic Union for Integration or BDI Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization - Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity or VMRO-DPMNE National Democratic Revival or RDK Social Democratic Union of Macedonia or SDSM In a parliamentary representative republic, Macedonia occurs with an executive branch made up of a coalition of parties from the unicameral legislature and the Judicial branch as an independent power with a constitutional court. The Prime Minister is the ehad of the government and the multi party system of Macedonia. |