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Role Of A President and Prime Minister (Need Info)

  • 05-11-2003 9:30pm
    #1
    dNC | Tickle
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    Hi im looking for information on the role of a President and Prime Minister in an EU country.

    If anyone has any useful websites or the likes it could help me out thanks!

    -Ian


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  • #2
    Blackjack
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    Try the below - not sure if it is exactly what you need but I reckon it has some of the info you require.

    http://www.ireland.com/focus/election_2002/debreadun.htm


  • #3
    sceptre
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    Worth knowing/remembering that the largely ceremonial nature of the office of President in Ireland isn't typical for much of Europe (especially France where the president takes a prety active role in politics)


  • #4
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,579 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    You need to find out who holds the real day-to-day power. Some presidencies are executive (like France, USA) giving the president substantial powers and in the wrong hands can be borderline dictatorial, whereas others are largely supervisory or ceremonial (Ireland, monarchies).

    Some Presidents are elected by Parliament (Germany?) or regional parliaments, not universal suffrage. Outside your area of note, but Israel has direct elections for an executive Prime Minister. Yugoslavia had a presidential panel, with no individual head, with one seat from each republic.

    http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html will give you some information on each country.
    Executive branch:
    chief of state: President Mary MCALEESE (since 11 November 1997)

    head of government: Prime Minister Bertie AHERN (since 26 June 1997)

    cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the president with previous nomination by the prime minister and approval of the House of Representatives

    election results: Mary MCALEESE elected president; percent of vote - Mary MCALEESE 44.8%, Mary BANOTTI 29.6%
    note: government coalition - Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democrats

    elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term; election last held 31 October 1997 (next to be held NA November 2004); prime minister nominated by the House of Representatives and appointed by the president

    Legislative branch:

    bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats - 49 elected by the universities and from candidates put forward by five vocational panels, 11 are nominated by the prime minister; members serve five-year terms) and the House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (166 seats; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve five-year terms)

    election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 30, Fine Gael 15, Labor Party 5, Progressive Democrats 4, independents and others 6; House of

    Representatives - percent of vote by party - Fianna Fail 41.5%, Fine Gael 22.5%, Labor Party 10.8%, Sinn Fein 6.5%, Progressive Democrats 4.0%, Green Party 3.8%, others 10.9%; seats by party - Fianna Fail 81, Fine Gael 31, Labor Party 21, Progressive Democrats 8, Green Party 6, Sinn Fein 5, others 14

    elections: Senate - last held 16 and 17 July 2002 (next to be held by July 2007); House of Representatives - last held 17 May 2002 (next to be held by May 2007)


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