Syria:
- type of government- republic under an authoritarian regime
- President- Bashar al-Assad
- Syria have had republic under an authoritarian regime since 1941
Germany:
- type of government: federal republic
- the German government has been in place since October 3rd, 1990
- President: Joachim Gauck, since March 23rd 2012
- he is also a pastor over a Protestant Church
- Chancellor: Angela Merkel, since November 22nd 2000
- Bundestag is like the congress is in the US but the Bundestag has a lot more power
- Angela Merkel was named the "Most Powerful Woman in the World" by Forbes Magazine
- the offices in Germany are elected by the Bundestag
- disabled people who are in foster care are not aloud to vote
United Kingdom:
- type of government- Constitutional Monarchy
- a constitutional monarchy is when a king or queen acts as head of state
- they also have a commonwealth realm
- a commonwealth realm is a sovereign state that's a member of the commonwealth of nations
- the constitutional monarchy has been around since 1066 and developed over several centuries
- the commonwealth realm has 54 members with one of them suspended
- the prime minister of the United Kingdom has no term limit
- elections take place every 4 years, with the maximum of 5 years
- Prime Minister- David Cameron
- he became the prime minister June 2nd 2010
- he is the leader of the conservative party
- he is the youngest prime minister since 1812
United States:
- President- Barack Obama
- America has a constitution based federal republic
- Obama will only be allowed to be in power for two years and cannot run for re-election
- first African American president
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