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No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the House of Commons, which by statute has a term of four years. Governor General: No set terms; appointed by the monarch on the advice of the Prime Minister. Traditionally serves for one 5-year term alternating between Anglophone and Francophone appointees. Chile: President
19th-century rendering of the Law Rock in Þingvellir.. The Althing claims to be the longest-running parliament in the world. [1] [2] Its establishment as an outdoor assembly or thing held on the plains of Þingvellir ('Thing Fields' or 'Assembly Fields') from about 930, laid the foundation for an independent national existence in Iceland.
A term of office, electoral term, or parliamentary term is the length of time a person serves in a particular elected office. In many jurisdictions there is a defined limit on how long terms of office may be before the officeholder must be subject to re-election .
Parliamentary republic 29 May 2010 14 years, 242 days Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed: Prime Minister of Djibouti: Presidential republic: 1 April 2013 11 years, 300 days Edi Rama: Prime Minister of Albania: Parliamentary republic 13 September 2013 11 years, 135 days Kokhir Rasulzoda: Prime Minister of Tajikistan: Presidential republic 23 November 2013
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The largest legislative assembly is the Chinese National People's Congress, which consists of 2980 indirectly elected members.The largest upper house of any bicameral legislature is the United Kingdom's House of Lords, with 772 appointed (and hereditary) members.
The longest-serving male president ever was Malietoa Tanumafili II of Samoa, who held the office of O le Ao o le Malo for a special lifetime term (in derogation from the normal term length of five years), for 45 years and 130 days overall; first alongside Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole from 1962 to 1963 and then as sole head of state from 1963 to 2007.
The term prime minister appeared in the early eighteenth century as an unofficial title for the leader of the government, usually the head of the Treasury. [1] Jonathan Swift, for example, wrote that in 1713 there had been "those who are now commonly called Prime Minister among us", referring to Sidney Godolphin and Robert Harley , Queen Anne's ...