Politics

The Thai Prime Minister is elected by the National Assembly's lower house to chair the Cabinet and act as Head of Government.

April 2, 2019 11:53

The Great Compromise was an agreement made between large states and small states regarding how much power states would have under the United States Constitution.

April 2, 2019 11:39

Rutherford B. Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump all managed to attain the highest office in the land despite losing the popular vote.

April 2, 2019 11:34

The power held by the office of the president of Sudan has varied since the creation of the position. Some of the Presidents held an honorary position, such as with President Ismail Al-Azhari, while others exercised total control, as has been the case with President Omar al-Bashir.

April 2, 2019 11:13

The Bahamas is a parliamentary democracy with the Prime Minister acting as the Head of the Government of the country.

April 2, 2019 11:05

In the event that the U.S. President should die or become completely unable to perform his or her duties, a line of succession has been in place since the country's early days.

April 1, 2019 12:52

The invasion of the Emirate of Kuwait by Ba'athist Iraq in 1990 led to the seven-month-long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait.

April 1, 2019 12:48

Chile's government is a representative democratic republic with the President serving as the head of both state and government.

April 1, 2019 12:43

Madagascar is a semi-presidential representative democratic republic, wherein the Prime Minister is the head of government.

April 1, 2019 12:42

The prime minister of Ethiopia is nominated by the president from among the members of the House of People’s Representative. 

April 1, 2019 12:40

Argentina is a is a presidential representative democratic republic where the President is Head of both State and Government.

April 1, 2019 12:22

The Kingdom of Denmark is a constitutional monarchy in which the monarch is the head of state and cabinet is the primary executive organ.

April 1, 2019 12:21

Israel is a parliamentary democracy wherein top executive power is exercised by the Cabinet of Ministers, legislative power by the Knesset, and law interpretation overseen by a judicial selection committee.

April 1, 2019 12:20

Syria is formally a unitary republic wherein the Prime Minister is the Head of Government and the President is the Head of State.

April 1, 2019 12:18

The Indonesian government works within the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic wherein the President is the head of both state and government.

April 1, 2019 12:14

Haiti is a semi-presidential republic with a multiparty system wherein the President of Haiti is the Head of State and Government.

April 1, 2019 12:12

South Korea's President is the Head of State, Chief Executive, and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.

April 1, 2019 12:09

Ukraine's President is the country's head of state. Unlike in most countries, the role encompasses all 3 branches of government, not just the executive.

April 1, 2019 12:03

The Government of the French Republic is comprised of the Prime Minister, who is the head of the government, alongside the ministerial council, Parliament, and judicial branch.

April 1, 2019 11:52

The three US states with the highest voter turnouts in the Presidential elections are Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Maine.

April 1, 2019 11:35