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  • Cabinet: Cabinet includes the official name for any body of high-ranking advisers roughly comparable to a U.S. Cabinet. Also notes the method for selection of members.
  • Chief of state: The name and title of any person or role roughly equivalent to a U.S. Chief of State. This means the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government
  • Election results: Election results includes the percent of vote for each candidate in the last election (if any)
  • Elections: Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election
  • Head of government: Head of government includes the name and title of the top administrative leader who is designated to manage the day-to-day activities of the government. For example, in the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In the US, the president is both the chief of state and the head of government.
  • Note: This entry includes several subfields. Chief of state includes the name and title of the titular leader of the country who represents the state at official and ceremonial functions but may not be involved with the day-to-day activities of the government. Head of government includes the name and title of the top administrative leader who is designated to manage the day-to-day activities of the government. For example, in the UK, the monarch is the chief of state, and the prime minister is the head of government. In the US, the president is both the chief of state and the head of government. Cabinet includes the official name for this body of high-ranking advisers and the method for selection of members. Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election. Election results includes the percent of vote for each candidate in the last election.
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A note <a href=/cat/Government>government</a> coalition - Fianna Fail and the <a href=/encyclopedia/United-States-Progressive-Party><a href=/encyclopedia/United-States-Progressive-Party>Progressive</a></a> <a href=/encyclopedia/United-States-Democratic-Party>Democrats</a> <a href=/kp/president>president</a> must have a two-thirds majority of the <a href=/encyclopedia/National-Assembly-of-the-Republic-of-China><a href=/encyclopedia/National-Assembly-of-the-Republic-of-China>National Assembly</a></a> on the first two ballots and a simple majority on the third ballot
Cabinet Cabinet appointed by the president with previous nomination by the prime minister and approval of the lower house of Parliament Council of Ministers appointed by the president on the nomination of the prime minister
Chief of state President Michael D. HIGGINS (since 29 October 2011) President Abdullah GUL (since 28 August 2007)
Election results Michael D. HIGGINS elected president; percent of vote - Michael D. HIGGINS 39.6%, Sean GALLAGHER 28.5%, Martin MCGUINNESS 13.7%, Gay MITCHELL 6.4%, David NORRIS 6.2%, other 5.6% on 28 August 2007 the National Assembly elected Abdullah GUL president on the third ballot; National Assembly vote - 339
Elections president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 29 October 2011 (next to be held in October 2018); taoiseach (prime minister} nominated by the House of Representatives (Dail Eireann) and appointed by the president president elected directly for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president from among members of parliament
Head of government Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda KENNY (since 9 March 2011) Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ERDOGAN (since 14 March 2003)
Note government coalition - Fianna Fail, the Green Party, the Progressive Democrats, and independent members of Parliament in October 2007 Turkish voters approved a referendum package of constitutional amendments including a provision for direct presidential elections

SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, December 2003; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011

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