Social:Unitary parliamentary republic
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A unitary parliamentary republic refers to a unitary state with a republican form of government in which the political power is vested in and entrusted to the parliament with confidence[clarification needed] by its electorate[disambiguation needed].
List of unitary parliamentary republics
Country | Formerly | Parliamentary republic adopted | Head of state elected by | Cameral structure |
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Albania | One-party state | 1991 | Parliament, by majority | Unicameral |
Armenia | Semi-presidential republic | 2018 | Parliament, by majority | Unicameral |
Bangladesh | Presidential republic | 1991[note 1] | Parliament | Unicameral |
Botswana | British protectorate (Bechuanaland Protectorate) | 1966 | Parliament, by majority | Unicameral |
Bulgaria | One-party state | 1989 | Direct election, by second-round system | Unicameral |
Croatia | Semi-presidential republic | 2000 | Direct election, by second-round system | Unicameral |
Czech Republic | One-party state (part of Czechoslovakia) | 1993 | Direct election, by second-round system (since 2013; previously parliament, by majority) |
Bicameral |
Dominica | Associated state of the United Kingdom | 1978 | Parliament, by majority | Unicameral |
Estonia | One-party state (part of Soviet Union) | 1991[note 2] | Parliament, by two-thirds majority | Unicameral |
Fiji | Military dictatorship | 2014 | Parliament, by majority | Unicameral |
Finland | Semi-presidential republic | 2000[note 3] | Direct election, by second-round system | Unicameral |
Greece | Military dictatorship; Constitutional monarchy | 1975 | Parliament, by majority | 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 |
Ireland | Constitutional Monarchy (British Dominion) | 1949[note 4] | Direct election, by instant-runoff vote | Bicameral |
Israel | Protectorate (part of British Mandate of Palestine) | 1948 | Parliament, by majority | Unicameral |
Italy | Constitutional monarchy | 1946 | Parliament, by absolute majority | Bicameral |
Kiribati | Protectorate | 1979 | Direct election, by first-past-the-post vote | Unicameral |
Kyrgyzstan | Presidential republic | 2010 | Direct election, by second-round system | Unicameral |
Latvia | One-party state (part of Soviet Union) | 1991[note 5] | Parliament | Unicameral |
Lebanon | Protectorate (French mandate of Lebanon) | 1941 | Parliament | Unicameral |
North Macedonia | One-party state (part of the Yugoslavia) | 1991 | Direct election, by second-round system | Unicameral |
Malta | Constitutional monarchy | 1974 | Parliament, by majority | Unicameral |
Marshall Islands | UN Trust Territory (part of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands) |
1979 | Parliament | Bicameral |
Mauritius | Constitutional monarchy | 1992 | Parliament, by majority | Unicameral |
Moldova | Semi-presidential republic | 2001 | Parliament, by three-fifths majority | Unicameral |
Montenegro | One-party state (Part of Yugoslavia, and after Serbia and Montenegro) |
1992 | Direct election, by second-round system | Unicameral |
Myanmar | Military dictatorship | 2010 | Parliament, by an electoral college | Bicameral |
Nauru | Australian Trust Territory | 1968 | Parliament | Unicameral |
San Marino | Autocracy (part of the Roman Empire) | 301 | Parliament | Unicameral |
Serbia | One-party state (part of Yugoslavia) | 1991 | Direct election, by second-round system | Unicameral |
Singapore | Constitutional monarchy (part of Malaysia) | 1965 | Direct election (since 1993) | Unicameral |
Slovakia | One-party state (part of Czechoslovakia) | 1993 | Direct election, by second-round system (since 1999; previously by parliament) |
Unicameral |
Slovenia | One-party state (part of Yugoslavia) | 1991 | Direct election, by second-round system | Bicameral |
South Africa | Constitutional monarchy | 1961 | Parliament, by majority | Bicameral |
Suriname | Military dictatorship | 1987 | Parliament, by majority | Unicameral |
Trinidad and Tobago | Constitutional monarchy | 1976 | Parliament | Bicameral |
Vanuatu | British–French condominium (New Hebrides) | 1980 | Parliament and regional council presidents, by majority | Unicameral |
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Notes
- ↑ Was previously a parliamentary republic between 1971 and 1975.
- ↑ Estonia was previously a parliamentary republic between 1919 and 1934 when the government was overthrown by a coup d'état. In 1938, Estonia adopted a presidential system and in June 1940 was occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union.
- ↑ Formerly a semi-presidential republic, it is now a parliamentary republic according to David Arter, First Chair of Politics at Aberdeen University. In his "Scandinavian Politics Today" (Manchester University Press, revised 2008 ISBN:9780719078538), he quotes Nousiainen, Jaakko (June 2001). "From semi-presidentialism to parliamentary government: political and constitutional developments in Finland". Scandinavian Political Studies 24 (2): 95–109. doi:10.1111/1467-9477.00048. as follows: "There are hardly any grounds for the epithet 'semi-presidential'." Arter's own conclusions are only slightly more nuanced: "The adoption of a new constitution on 1 March 2000 meant that Finland was no longer a case of semi-presidential government other than in the minimalist sense of a situation where a popularly elected fixed-term president exists alongside a prime minister and cabinet who are responsible to parliament (Elgie 2004: 317)". According to the Finnish Constitution, the president has no possibility to rule the government without the ministerial approval, and does not have the power to dissolve the parliament under his or her own desire. Finland is actually represented by its prime minister, and not by its president, in the Council of the Heads of State and Government of the European Union. The 2012 constitution reduced the powers of the president even further.
- ↑ Irish head of state from 1936 to 1949.
- ↑ Latvia was previously a parliamentary republic between 1921 and 1934 when the then prime minister Kārlis Ulmanis took power in a coup d'état. In June 1940 Latvia was occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union.
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