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  2. List of countries by system of government - Wikipedia

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  3. Constitutional monarchy - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam was a semi-constitutional monarchy from 1949 to 1955, Bảo Đại was its emperor but he was called the Head of state (quốc trưởng), political power was also in the hands of the government and the National Advisory Council. Vietnam under Bảo Đại planned to organize parliamentary elections and promulgate a constitution, but ...

  4. List of forms of government - Wikipedia

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    Constitutional monarchy: Also called parliamentary monarchy, the monarch's powers are limited by law or by a formal constitution, [42] [43] usually assigning them to those of the head of state. Many modern developed countries, including the United Kingdom, Norway, Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Spain and Japan, are constitutional monarchy systems.

  5. List of current monarchies - Wikipedia

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    Japan, considered a constitutional monarchy under the Imperial House of Japan, is traditionally said to have originated with the mythical Emperor Jimmu. The first verifiable historiographical evidence begins with Emperor Kinmei in the 6th century. It is the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy in the world. [3]

  6. Politics of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy which, by legislation and convention, operates as a unitary parliamentary democracy. A hereditary monarch, currently King Charles III, serves as head of state while the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, currently Sir Keir Starmer since 2024, serves as the head of the elected government.

  7. Parliamentary republic - Wikipedia

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    Constitutional monarchy (in a personal union with Denmark) India: Droupadi Murmu: Parliament and state legislature, by instant-runoff vote Bicameral 1950 Constitutional monarchy (British Dominion) Iraq: Abdul Latif Rashid: Parliament, by two-thirds majority Unicameral [note 11] 2005 One-party state Ireland: Michael D. Higgins

  8. Monarchy - Wikipedia

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    A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, reigns as head of state for life or until abdication. The extent of the authority of the monarch may vary from restricted and largely symbolic (constitutional monarchy), to fully autocratic (absolute monarchy), and may have representational, executive, legislative, and judicial ...

  9. Unitary parliamentary republic - Wikipedia

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    Military dictatorship; Constitutional monarchy: 1975 [note 4] Parliament, by supermajority [note 5] Unicameral Hungary: One-party state 1990 Parliament, by absolute majority Unicameral Iceland: Formerly part of Denmark; Constitutional monarchy 1944 Direct election, by first-past-the-post Unicameral Republic of Ireland: Coalition 1949 [note 6]