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"Languages": {
"text": "Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1% (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Libri i Fakteve Boterore, burimi vital per informacione elementare. (Albanian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly or Kuvendi (140 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 25 April 2021 (next to be held in 2025)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - PS 48.7%, PD-Alliance for Change 39.4%, LSI 6.8%, PSD 2.3%, other 2.8%; seats by party/coalition - PS 74, PD-Alliance for Change 59, LSI 4, PSD 3; composition - NA, percent of women NA%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President of the Republic Ilir META (since 24 July 2017)"
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"text": "Ilir META elected president; Assembly vote - 87 - 2 in fourth round"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly or Kuvendi (140 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 25 June 2017 (next to be held on 25 April 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - PS 48.3%, PD 28.9%, LSI 14.3%, PDIU 4.8%, PSD 1%, other 2.7%; seats by party - PS 74, PD 43, LSI 19, PDIU 3, PSD 1; composition - men 108, women 32, percent of women 22.9%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of 19 judges, including the chief justice); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges, including the chairman)"
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}
},
"Political parties and leaders": {
"text": "Democratic Party or PD [Lulzim BASHA]<br>Party for Justice, Integration and Unity or PDIU [Shpetim IDRIZI] (formerly part of APMI)<br>Social Democratic Party or PSD [Paskal MILO]<br>Socialist Movement for Integration or LSI [Monika KRYEMADHI]<br>Socialist Party or PS [Edi RAMA]"
"text": "Alliance for Change (electoral coalition led by PD)<br>Democratic Party or PD [Lulzim BASHA]<br>Party for Justice, Integration and Unity or PDIU [Shpetim IDRIZI] (part of the Alliance for Change; formerly part of APMI)<br>Social Democratic Party or PSD [Tom DOSHI]<br>Socialist Movement for Integration or LSI [Monika KRYEMADHI]<br>Socialist Party or PS [Edi RAMA]"
},
"International organization participation": {
"text": "BSEC, CD, CE, CEI, EAPC, EBRD, EITI (compliant country), FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, SELEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
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"text": "Ambassador Yuri KIM (since 27 January 2020)"
},
"telephone": {
"text": "[355] (4) 2247-285"
"text": "[355] 4 2247-285"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Rruga e Elbasanit, No. 103, Tirana"
"text": "Rruga Stavro Vinjau, No. 14, Tirana"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "US Department of State, 9510 Tirana Place, Dulles, VA 20189-9510"
"text": "9510 Tirana Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-9510"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[355] (4) 2232-222"
"text": "[355] 4 2232-222"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ACSTirana@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral General Council of the Valleys or Consell General de les Valls (a minimum of 28 seats; 14 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies (parishes) by simple majority vote and 14 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms); note - voters cast two separate ballots - one for a national list and one for a parish list"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 7 April 2019 (next to be held&nbsp;on April&nbsp;2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - DA 35.1%, PS 30.6%, L'A 12.5%, Third Way/Lauredian Union 10.4%, other 22.4%; seats by party - DA 11, PS 7, L'A 4, Third Way/Lauredian Union 4, other 2; composition - men 14, women 14, percent of women 50%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Co-prince Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017); represented by Patrick STROZDA (since 14 May 2017); and Co-prince Archbishop Joan-Enric VIVES i Sicilia (since 12 May 2003); represented by Josep Maria MAURI (since 20 July 2012)"
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"text": "Xaviar Espot ZAMORA (DA) elected head of government; percent of General Council vote - 60.7%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral General Council of the Valleys or Consell General de les Valls (a minimum of 28 seats; 14 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies (parishes) by simple majority vote and 14 directly elected in a single national constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms); note - voters cast two separate ballots - one for a national list and one for a parish list"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 7 April 2019 (next to be held&nbsp;on April&nbsp;2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - DA 35.1%, PS 30.6%, L'A 12.5%, Third Way/Lauredian Union 10.4%, other 22.4%; seats by party - DA 11, PS 7, L'A 4, Third Way/Lauredian Union 4, other 2; composition - men 14, women 14, percent of women 50%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Justice of Andorra or Tribunal Superior de la Justicia d'Andorra (consists of the court president and 8 judges organized into civil, criminal, and administrative chambers); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional (consists of 4 magistrates)"
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},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"embassy": {
"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Andorra; the US ambassador to Spain is accredited to Andorra; US interests in Andorra are represented by the US Consulate General's office in Barcelona (Spain); mailing address: Paseo Reina Elisenda de Montcada, 23, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; telephone: [34] (93) 280-2227; FAX: [34] (93) 280-6175"
"text": "the US does not have an embassy in Andorra; the US ambassador to Spain is accredited to Andorra; US interests in Andorra are represented by the US Consulate General's office in Barcelona (Spain); mailing address: Paseo Reina Elisenda de Montcada, 23, 08034 Barcelona, Spain; telephone: [34] (93) 280-2227; FAX: [34] (93) 280-6175; email address: BarcelonaACS@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "German (official nationwide) 88.6%, Turkish 2.3%, Serbian 2.2%, Croatian (official in Burgenland) 1.6%, other (includes Slovene, official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian, official in Burgenland) 5.3% (2001 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "16 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung consists of:<br>Federal Council or Bundesrat (61 seats; members appointed by state parliaments with each state receiving 3 to 12 seats in proportion to its population; members serve 5- or 6-year terms)<br>National Council or Nationalrat (183 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Federal Council - last appointed - NA<br>National Council - last held on 29 September 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - election was originally scheduled for 2022, but President VAN DER BELLEN called for an early election (e.g. 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Federal Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 44, women 17, percent of women 27.9% <br>National Council - percent of vote by party - OeVP 37.5%, SPOe 21.2%, FPOe 16.2%, The Greens 13.9%, NEOS 8.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - OeVP 71, SPOe 40, FPOe 31, The Greens 26,  NEOS 15; composition - men 115, women 68, percent of women 37.2%; note - total Federal Assembly percent of women 34.8% (e.g. 2019)"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (since 26 January 2017)"
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"text": "Alexander VAN DER BELLEN elected in second round; percent of vote in first round - Norbert HOFER (FPOe) 35.1%, Alexander VAN DER BELLEN (independent, allied with the Greens) 21.3%, Irmgard GRISS (independent) 18.9%, Rudolf HUNDSTORFER (SPOe) 11.3%, Andreas KHOL (OeVP) 11.1%, Richard LUGNER (independent) 2.3%; percent of vote in second round - Alexander VAN DER BELLEN 53.8%, Norbert HOFER 46.2%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung consists of:<br>Federal Council or Bundesrat (61 seats; members appointed by state parliaments with each state receiving 3 to 12 seats in proportion to its population; members serve 5- or 6-year terms)<br>National Council or Nationalrat (183 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Federal Council - last appointed - NA<br>National Council - last held on 29 September 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - election was originally scheduled for 2022, but President VAN DER BELLEN called for an early election (e.g. 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Federal Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 44, women 17, percent of women 27.9% <br>National Council - percent of vote by party - OeVP 37.5%, SPOe 21.2%, FPOe 16.2%, The Greens 13.9%, NEOS 8.1%, other 3.1%; seats by party - OeVP 71, SPOe 40, FPOe 31, The Greens 26,  NEOS 15; composition - men 115, women 68, percent of women 37.2%; note - total Federal Assembly percent of women 34.8% (e.g. 2019)"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Justice or Oberster Gerichtshof (consists of 85 judges organized into 17 senates or panels of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgerichtshof (consists of 20 judges including 6 substitutes; Administrative Court or Verwaltungsgerichtshof - 2 judges plus other members depending on the importance of the case)"
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},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "Ambassador Trevor TRAINA (since 24 May 2018)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant), Mario MESQUITA (since 12 July 2021)"
},
"telephone": {
"text": "[43] (1) 31339-0"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Boltzmanngasse 16, A-1090, Vienna"
"text": "Boltzmanngasse 16, 1090, Vienna"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "Boltzmanngasse 16, 1090 Vienna, Austria"
"text": "9900 Vienna Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-9900"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[43] (1) 3100682"
"text": "[43] (1) 310 06 82"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ConsulateVienna@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "English, Greek"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},

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"Languages": {
"text": "Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Het Wereld Feitenboek, een omnisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)<br><br>The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>Senate or Senaat (in Dutch), Senat (in French) (60 seats; 50 members indirectly elected by the community and regional parliaments based on their election results, and 10 elected by the 50 other senators; members serve 5-year terms)<br> Chamber of Representatives or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers (in Dutch), Chambre des Representants (in French) (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<p>Senate - last held 26 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)</p> Chamber of Representatives - last held on 26 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - elections coincided with the EU elections"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition men 32, women 28, percent of women 46.7%<br><br>Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - N-VA 16.0%, VB 11.9%, PS 9.5%, CD&amp;V 8.9%, PVDA+/PTB 8.62%, Open VLD 8.5%, MR 7.6%, SP.A 6.7%, Ecolo 6.1%, Groen 6.1%, CDH 3.7%, Defi 2.2%, PP 1.1%, other 20.1%; seats by party - N-VA 25, VB 18, PS 20, CD&amp;V 12, PVDA+PTB 12, Open VLD 12, MR 14, SP.A 9, Ecolo 13, Groen 8, CDH 5, Defi 2; composition - men 86, women 64, percent of women 42.7%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the 1993 constitutional revision that further devolved Belgium into a federal state created three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves six governments, each with its own legislative assembly; changes above occurred since the sixth state reform"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "King PHILIPPE (since 21 July 2013); Heir Apparent Princess ELISABETH (daughter of the monarch, born 25 October 2001)"
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"text": "the monarchy is hereditary and constitutional; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch and approved by Parliament"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>Senate or Senaat (in Dutch), Senat (in French) (60 seats; 50 members indirectly elected by the community and regional parliaments based on their election results, and 10 elected by the 50 other senators; members serve 5-year terms)<br> Chamber of Representatives or Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers (in Dutch), Chambre des Representants (in French) (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<p>Senate - last held 26 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024)</p> Chamber of Representatives - last held on 26 May 2019 (next to be held in 2024); note - elections coincided with the EU elections"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition men 32, women 28, percent of women 46.7%<br><br>Chamber of Representatives - percent of vote by party - N-VA 16.0%, VB 11.9%, PS 9.5%, CD&amp;V 8.9%, PVDA+/PTB 8.62%, Open VLD 8.5%, MR 7.6%, SP.A 6.7%, Ecolo 6.1%, Groen 6.1%, CDH 3.7%, Defi 2.2%, PP 1.1%, other 20.1%; seats by party - N-VA 25, VB 18, PS 20, CD&amp;V 12, PVDA+PTB 12, Open VLD 12, MR 14, SP.A 9, Ecolo 13, Groen 8, CDH 5, Defi 2; composition - men 86, women 64, percent of women 42.7%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the 1993 constitutional revision that further devolved Belgium into a federal state created three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities; this reality leaves six governments, each with its own legislative assembly; changes above occurred since the sixth state reform"
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Constitutional Court or Grondwettelijk Hof (in Dutch) and Cour Constitutionelle (in French) (consists of 12 judges - 6 Dutch-speaking and 6 French-speaking); Supreme Court of Justice or Hof van Cassatie (in Dutch) and Cour de Cassation (in French) (court organized into 3 chambers: civil and commercial; criminal; social, fiscal, and armed forces; each chamber includes a Dutch division and a French division, each with a chairperson and 5-6 judges)"
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"text": "27 Boulevard du Regent [Regentlaan], B-1000 Brussels"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "PSC 82, Box 002, APO AE 09710"
"text": "7600 Brussels Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-7600"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[32] (2) 811-4500"
},
"email address": {
"text": "uscitizenBrussels@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Bosnian (official) 52.9%, Serbian (official) 30.8%, Croatian (official) 14.6%, other 1.6%, no answer 0.2% (2013 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Bosnian/Montenegrin)<br><br>Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)<br><br>Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, nužan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstina consists of:<br>House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats - 5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members designated by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's House of Peoples and the Republika Srpska's National Assembly to serve 4-year terms)<br>House of Representatives or Predstavnicki Dom (42 seats to include 28 seats allocated to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 14 to the Republika Srpska; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); note - the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a bicameral legislature that consists of the House of Peoples (58 seats - 17 Bosniak, 17 Croat, 17 Serb, 7 other) and the House of Representatives (98 seats; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); Republika Srpska's unicameral legislature is the National Assembly (83 directly elected delegates serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "House of Peoples - last held on 18 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)<br>House of Representatives - last held on 7 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "House of Peoples - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - NA; composition - men 13, women 2, percent of women 13.3%<br>House of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - SDA 17%, SNSD 16%, SDS/NDP/NS/SRS-VS 9.8%, SDP 9.1%, HDZ-BiH/HSS/HKDU/HSP-AS BiH/HDU BiH 9.1%, DF, 5.8%, PDP 5.1%, DNS 4.2%, SBB BiH 4.2%, NS/HC 2.9%, NB 2.5%, PDA 2.3%, SP 1.9%, A-SDA 1.8%, other 17.4%; seats by coalition/party - SDA 9, SNSD 6, SDP 5, HDZ-BiH/HSS/HKDU/HSP-AS BiH/HDU BiH 5, SDS/NDP/NS/SRS-VS 3, DF 3, PDP 2, SBB BiH 2, NS/HC 2, DNS 1, NB 1 PDA 1, SP 1, A-SDA 1; composition - men 33, women 9, percent of women 21.4%; note - total Parliamentary Assembly percent of women 19.3%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Chairman of the Presidency Zeljko KOMSIC&nbsp; (chairman since 20 July 2021; presidency member since 20 November 2018 - Croat seat); Sefik DZAFEROVIC (presidency member since 20 November 2018 - Bosniak seat); Milorad DODIK (presidency member since 20 November 2018 - Serb seat)"
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},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> President of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina Marinko CAVARA (since 11 February 2015); Vice Presidents Melika MAHMUTBEGOVIC (since 11 February 2015), Milan DUNOVIC (since 11 February 2015); President of the Republika Srpska Zeljka CVIJANOVIC (since 18 November 2018); Vice Presidents Ramiz SALKIC (since 24 November 2014), Josip JERKOVIC (since 24 November 2014)"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliamentary Assembly or Skupstina consists of:<br>House of Peoples or Dom Naroda (15 seats - 5 Bosniak, 5 Croat, 5 Serb; members designated by the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's House of Peoples and the Republika Srpska's National Assembly to serve 4-year terms)<br>House of Representatives or Predstavnicki Dom (42 seats to include 28 seats allocated to the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and 14 to the Republika Srpska; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); note - the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has a bicameral legislature that consists of the House of Peoples (58 seats - 17 Bosniak, 17 Croat, 17 Serb, 7 other) and the House of Representatives (98 seats; members directly elected by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms); Republika Srpska's unicameral legislature is the National Assembly (83 directly elected delegates serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "House of Peoples - last held on 18 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)<br>House of Representatives - last held on 7 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "House of Peoples - percent of vote by coalition/party - NA; seats by coalition/party - NA; composition - men 13, women 2, percent of women 13.3%<br>House of Representatives - percent of vote by coalition/party - SDA 17%, SNSD 16%, SDS/NDP/NS/SRS-VS 9.8%, SDP 9.1%, HDZ-BiH/HSS/HKDU/HSP-AS BiH/HDU BiH 9.1%, DF, 5.8%, PDP 5.1%, DNS 4.2%, SBB BiH 4.2%, NS/HC 2.9%, NB 2.5%, PDA 2.3%, SP 1.9%, A-SDA 1.8%, other 17.4%; seats by coalition/party - SDA 9, SNSD 6, SDP 5, HDZ-BiH/HSS/HKDU/HSP-AS BiH/HDU BiH 5, SDS/NDP/NS/SRS-VS 3, DF 3, PDP 2, SBB BiH 2, NS/HC 2, DNS 1, NB 1 PDA 1, SP 1, A-SDA 1; composition - men 33, women 9, percent of women 21.4%; note - total Parliamentary Assembly percent of women 19.3%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members); Court of BiH (consists of 44 national judges and 7 international judges organized into 3 divisions - Administrative, Appellate, and Criminal, which includes a War Crimes Chamber)"
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"text": "1 Robert C. Frasure Street, 71000 Sarajevo"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "use embassy street address"
"text": "7130 Sarajevo Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-7130"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[387] (33) 659-722"
},
"email address": {
"text": "sarajevoacs@state.gov"
},
"branch office(s)": {
"text": "Banja Luka, Mostar"
}

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"Languages": {
"text": "Russian (official) 70.2%, Belarusian (official) 23.4%, other 3.1% (includes small Polish- and Ukrainian-speaking minorities), unspecified 3.3% (2009 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Книга фактов о мире – незаменимый источник базовой информации. (Russian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral National Assembly or Natsionalnoye Sobraniye consists of:<br>Council of the Republic or Sovet Respubliki (64 seats; 56 members indirectly elected by regional and Minsk city councils and 8 members appointed by the president; members serve 4-year terms)<br>House of Representatives or Palata Predstaviteley (110 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Council of the Republic - indirect election last held on 7 November 2019<br>House of Representatives - last held on 17 November 2019 (next to be held in 2023); OSCE observers determined that the election was neither free nor impartial and that vote counting was problematic in a number of polling stations; pro-LUKASHENKO candidates won every seat; international observers determined that the previous elections, on 28 September 2008, 23 September 2012, and 11 September 2016 also fell short of democratic standards, with pro-LUKASHENKO candidates winning every, or virtually every, seat"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Council of the Republic - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA<br>House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - KPB 11, Republican Party of Labor and Justice 6, Belarusian Patriotic Party 2, LDP 1, AP 1, independent 89; composition - men 66, women 44, percent of women 40%; note - total National Assembly percent of women - NA"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the US does not recognize the legitimacy of the National Assembly"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Aleksandr LUKASHENKO (since 20 July 1994)"
@ -534,18 +546,6 @@
"text": "Aleksandr LUKASHENKO reelected president; percent of vote - Aleksandr LUKASHENKO (independent) 80.2%, Sviatana TSIKHANOUSKAYA (independent) 9.9%, other 9.9%; note - widespread street protests erupted following announcement of the election results amid allegations of voter fraud"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral National Assembly or Natsionalnoye Sobraniye consists of:<br>Council of the Republic or Sovet Respubliki (64 seats; 56 members indirectly elected by regional and Minsk city councils and 8 members appointed by the president; members serve 4-year terms)<br>House of Representatives or Palata Predstaviteley (110 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Council of the Republic - indirect election last held on 7 November 2019<br>House of Representatives - last held on 17 November 2019 (next to be held in 2023); OSCE observers determined that the election was neither free nor impartial and that vote counting was problematic in a number of polling stations; pro-LUKASHENKO candidates won every seat; international observers determined that the previous elections, on 28 September 2008, 23 September 2012, and 11 September 2016 also fell short of democratic standards, with pro-LUKASHENKO candidates winning every, or virtually every, seat"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Council of the Republic - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - NA<br>House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - KPB 11, Republican Party of Labor and Justice 6, Belarusian Patriotic Party 2, LDP 1, AP 1, independent 89; composition - men 66, women 44, percent of women 40%; note - total National Assembly percent of women - NA"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the US does not recognize the legitimacy of the National Assembly"
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of the chairman and deputy chairman and organized into several specialized panels, including economic and military; number of judges set by the president of the republic and the court chairman); Constitutional Court (consists of 12 judges, including a chairman and deputy chairman)"
@ -585,16 +585,19 @@
"text": "Ambassador (vacant; left in 2008 upon insistence of Belarusian Government); Charge d'Affaires Jeffrey GIAUQUE (since July 2020)"
},
"telephone": {
"text": "[375] (17) 210-1283/217-7347/217-7348"
"text": "[375] (17) 210-12-83/217-7347/217-7348"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "46 Starovilenskaya Street, Minsk 220002"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "Unit 7010 Box 100, DPO AE 09769"
"text": "7010 Minsk Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-7010"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[375] (17) 334-7853"
"text": "[375] (17) 334-78-53"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ConsularMinsk@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Bulgarian (official) 76.8%, Turkish 8.2%, Romani 3.8%, other 0.7%, unspecified 10.5% (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Светoвен Алманах, незаменимият източник за основна информация. (Bulgarian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -525,6 +525,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 11 July 2021 (snap election to be held in 2025)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - ITN 23.8%, GERB-SDS 23.2%, BSP for Bulgaria 13.2%, DB 12.5%, DPS 10.6%, ISMV 5%, other 11.7%; seats by party/coalition ITN 65, GERB-SDS 63, BSP for Bulgaria 36, DB 34, DPS 29, ISMV 13"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Rumen RADEV (since 22 January 2017); Vice President Iliana IOTOVA (since 22 January 2017)"
@ -542,17 +553,6 @@
"text": "Rumen RADEV elected president in second round; percent of vote - Rumen RADEV (independent, supported by Bulgarian Socialist Party) 59.4%, Tsetska TSACHEVA (GERB) 36.2%, neither 4.5%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodno Sabranie (240 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 11 July 2021 (snap election to be held in 2025)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - ITN 23.8%, GERB-SDS 23.2%, BSP for Bulgaria 13.2%, DB 12.5%, DPS 10.6%, ISMV 5%, other 11.7%; seats by party/coalition ITN 65, GERB-SDS 63, BSP for Bulgaria 36, DB 34, DPS 29, ISMV 13"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Cassation (consists of a chairman and approximately 72 judges organized into penal, civil, and commercial colleges); Supreme Administrative Court (organized into 2 colleges with various panels of 5 judges each); Constitutional Court (consists of 12 justices); note - Constitutional Court resides outside the judiciary"
@ -595,13 +595,16 @@
"text": "[359] (2) 937-5100"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "16 Kozyak Street, Sofia 1408"
"text": "16, Kozyak Street, Sofia 1408"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "American Embassy Sofia, US Department of State, 5740 Sofia Place, Washington, DC 20521-5740"
"text": "5740 Sofia Place, Washington, DC&nbsp; 20521-5740"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[359] (2) 937-5320"
},
"email address": {
"text": "acs_sofia@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filipino 1.1%, other 4.3%, unspecified 0.6%; note - data represent only the Republic of Cyprus (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -527,6 +527,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "area under government control: unicameral House of Representatives or Vouli Antiprosopon (80 seats; 56 assigned to Greek Cypriots, 24 to Turkish Cypriots, but only those assigned to Greek Cypriots are filled; members directly elected by both proportional representation and preferential vote; members serve 5-year terms); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: unicameral \"Assembly of the Republic\" or Cumhuriyet Meclisi (50 seats; members directly elected to 5-year terms by proportional representation system using a&nbsp;hybrid d'Hondt method&nbsp;with voter preferences for individual candidates"
},
"elections": {
"text": "area under government control: last held on 30 May 2021 (next to be held in 2026); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: last held on 7 January 2018 (next to be held in 2023, unless early election called)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "area under government control: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - DISY 27.8%, AKEL 22.3%, DIKO 11.3%, ELAM 6.8%, EDEK-SP 6.7%, DiPa 6.1%, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 4.4%, other 14.6%; percent of vote by party/coalition - DISY 17, AKEL 15, DIKO 9, ELAM 4, EDEK-SP 4, DiPa 4, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 3;&nbsp;area administered by Turkish Cypriots: \"Assembly of the Republic\" - percent of vote by party - UBP 35.6%, CTP 20.9%, HP 17.1%, TDP 8.6%, DP 7.8%, YDP 7%, 3%; seats by party - UBP 21, CTP 12, HP 9, DP 3, TDP 3, YDP 2"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Nikos ANASTASIADIS (since 28 February 2013); the president is both chief of state and head of government; note - vice presidency reserved for a Turkish Cypriot, but vacant since 1974 because Turkish Cypriots do not participate in the Republic of Cyprus Government&nbsp;"
@ -545,17 +556,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the first round of the TRNC presidential election, originally scheduled for 26 April 2020, was postponed to 11 October 202 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; results - Ersin TATAR (UBP) 32.4%, Mustafa AKINCI (independent) 29.8%, Tufan ERHURMAN (RTP) 21.7%, Kudret OZERSAY (independent) 5.7%, Erhan ARIKLI (YDP) 5.4%, Serdar DENKTAS (independent) 4.2%, other 0.8%; the second round to be held on 18 October "
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "area under government control: unicameral House of Representatives or Vouli Antiprosopon (80 seats; 56 assigned to Greek Cypriots, 24 to Turkish Cypriots, but only those assigned to Greek Cypriots are filled; members directly elected by both proportional representation and preferential vote; members serve 5-year terms); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: unicameral \"Assembly of the Republic\" or Cumhuriyet Meclisi (50 seats; members directly elected to 5-year terms by proportional representation system using a&nbsp;hybrid d'Hondt method&nbsp;with voter preferences for individual candidates"
},
"elections": {
"text": "area under government control: last held on 30 May 2021 (next to be held in 2026); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: last held on 7 January 2018 (next to be held in 2023, unless early election called)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "area under government control: House of Representatives - percent of vote by party/coalition - DISY 27.8%, AKEL 22.3%, DIKO 11.3%, ELAM 6.8%, EDEK-SP 6.7%, DiPa 6.1%, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 4.4%, other 14.6%; percent of vote by party/coalition - DISY 17, AKEL 15, DIKO 9, ELAM 4, EDEK-SP 4, DiPa 4, Movement of Ecologists - Citizens' Cooperation 3;&nbsp;area administered by Turkish Cypriots: \"Assembly of the Republic\" - percent of vote by party - UBP 35.6%, CTP 20.9%, HP 17.1%, TDP 8.6%, DP 7.8%, YDP 7%, 3%; seats by party - UBP 21, CTP 12, HP 9, DP 3, TDP 3, YDP 2"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Cyprus (consists of 13 judges, including the court president); note - the highest court in the \"TRNC\" is the \"Supreme Court\" (consists of 8 \"judges,\" including the \"court president\")"
@ -602,10 +602,13 @@
"text": "corner of Metochiou and Ploutarchou Streets, 2407 Engomi, Nicosia"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "P. O. Box 24536, 1385 Nicosia"
"text": "5450 Nicosia Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5450"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[357] (22) 780944"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ACSNicosia@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {
@ -1148,6 +1151,12 @@
"text": "the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNICYP) was set up in 1964 to prevent further fighting between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities on the island and bring about a return to normal conditions; as of March 2020, the UNICYP mission consisted of about 830 personnel (2020)"
}
},
"Terrorism": {
"Terrorist group(s)": {
"text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Disputes - international": {
"text": "<p>hostilities in 1974 divided the island into two de facto autonomous entities, the internationally recognized Cypriot Government and a Turkish-Cypriot community (north Cyprus); the 1,000-strong UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has served in Cyprus since 1964 and maintains the buffer zone between north and south; on 1 May 2004, Cyprus entered the EU still divided, with the EU's body of legislation and standards (acquis communitaire) suspended in the north; Turkey protests Cypriot Government creating hydrocarbon blocks and maritime boundary with Lebanon in March 2007</p>"
@ -1162,7 +1171,7 @@
"stateless persons": {
"text": "56 (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 23,470 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-June 2021)"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 24,053 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)"
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "minor transit point for heroin and hashish via air routes and container traffic to Europe, especially from Lebanon and Turkey; some cocaine transits as well; despite a strengthening of anti-money-laundering legislation, remains vulnerable to money laundering; reporting of suspicious transactions in offshore sector remains weak"

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"Languages": {
"text": "Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority); note - English is the predominant second language"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Verdens Faktabog, den uundværlig kilde til grundlæggende oplysninger. (Danish)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -513,6 +513,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral People's Assembly or Folketing (179 seats, including 2 each representing Greenland and the Faroe Islands; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms unless the Folketing is dissolved earlier)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 5 June 2019 (next to be held on June 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - SDP 25.9%, V 23.4%, DF 8.7%, SLP 8.6%, SF 7.7%, EL 6.9%, C 6.6%, A 3.0%, NB 2.4%, LA 2.3%; seats by party - SDP 48, V 43, DF 16, SLP 16, SF 14, EL 13, C 12, A 5, NB 4, LA 4; composition - men 109, women 70 (includes 2 from Greenland), percent of women 39.1%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Queen MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972); Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK (elder son of the monarch, born on 26 May 1968)"
@ -527,17 +538,6 @@
"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral People's Assembly or Folketing (179 seats, including 2 each representing Greenland and the Faroe Islands; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms unless the Folketing is dissolved earlier)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 5 June 2019 (next to be held on June 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - SDP 25.9%, V 23.4%, DF 8.7%, SLP 8.6%, SF 7.7%, EL 6.9%, C 6.6%, A 3.0%, NB 2.4%, LA 2.3%; seats by party - SDP 48, V 43, DF 16, SLP 16, SF 14, EL 13, C 12, A 5, NB 4, LA 4; composition - men 109, women 70 (includes 2 from Greenland), percent of women 39.1%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 18 judges)"
@ -583,10 +583,13 @@
"text": "Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2100 Copenhagen 0"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "Unit 5280 ODC, DPO AE 09716"
"text": "5280 Copenhagen Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5280"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[45] 35 43 02 23"
},
"email address": {
"text": "CopenhagenACS@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "English, Greek"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age (16 years in Austria); universal; voting for the European Parliament is permitted in each member state"
},
"Executive branch": {
"text": "<p>under the EU treaties there are three distinct institutions, each of which conducts functions that may be regarded as executive in nature:<br><em>European Council </em>- brings together heads of state and government, along with the president of the European Commission, and meets at least four times a year; its aim is to provide the impetus for the development of the Union and to issue general policy guidelines; the Treaty of Lisbon established the position of \"permanent\" (full-time) president of the European Council; leaders of the EU member states appoint the president for a 2 1/2 year term, renewable once; the president's responsibilities include chairing the EU summits and providing policy and organizational continuity; the current president is Charles MICHEL (Belgium), since 1 December 2019, succeeding Donald TUSK (Poland; 2014 - 2019)<br><em>Council of the European Commission</em> - consists of ministers of each EU member state and meets regularly in 10 different configurations depending on the subject matter; it conducts policymaking and coordinating functions as well as legislative functions; ministers of EU member states chair meetings of the Council of the EU based on a 6-month rotating presidency except for the meetings of EU Foreign Ministers in the Foreign Affairs Council that are chaired by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy<br><em>European Commission</em> - headed by a College of Commissioners comprised of 28 members (one from each member country) including the president; each commissioner is responsible for one or more policy areas; the Commission's main responsibilities include the sole right to initiate EU legislation (except for foreign and security/defense policy), promoting the general interest of the EU, acting as \"guardian of the Treaties\" by monitoring the application of EU law, implementing/executing the EU budget, managing programs, negotiating on the EU's behalf in core policy areas such as trade, and ensuring the Union's external representation in some policy areas; its current president is Ursula VON DER LEYEN (Belgium) elected on 16 July 2019 (took office on 1 December 2019); the president of the European Commission is nominated by the European Council and formally \"elected\" by the European Parliament; the Commission president allocates specific responsibilities among the members of the College (appointed by common accord of the member state governments in consultation with the president-elect); the European Parliament confirms the entire Commission for a 5-year term.</p>",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> for external representation and foreign policy making, leaders of the EU member states appointed Joseph BORRELL (Spain) as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; BORRELL took office on 1 December 2019, succeeding Federica MOGHERINI (Italy (2014 - 2019); the High Representative's concurrent appointment as Vice President of the European Commission was meant to bring more coherence to the EU’s foreign policy (horizontally, between policies managed by the Commission that are particularly relevant for EU external relations, such as trade, humanitarian aid and crisis management, neighborhood policy and enlargement; and vertically, between national capitals and the EU); the High Representative helps develop and implement the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defense Policy components, chairs the Foreign Affairs Council, represents and acts for the Union in many international contexts, and oversees the European External Action Service, the diplomatic corps of the EU, established on 1 December 2010"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "two legislative bodies consisting of the Council of the European Union (27 seats; ministers representing the 27 member states) and the European Parliament (705 seats; seats allocated among member states roughly in proportion to population size; members elected by proportional representation to serve 5-year terms); note - the European Parliament President, David SASSOLI (Italian center-left), was elected in July 2019 by a majority of fellow members of the European Parliament (MEPs) and represents the Parliament within the EU and internationally; the Council of the EU and the MEPs share responsibilities for adopting the bulk of EU legislation, normally acting in co-decision on Commission proposals (but not in the area of Common Foreign and Security Policy, which is governed by consensus of the EU member state governments)"
@ -299,6 +295,10 @@
"text": "percent of vote - NA; seats by party (as of 31 January 2020) - EPP 187, S&amp;D 148, ALDE/EDP 97, ID 76, Greens/EFA 67, ECR 59, GUE-NGL 40, non-inscripts 31; composition - NA"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"text": "<p>under the EU treaties there are three distinct institutions, each of which conducts functions that may be regarded as executive in nature:<br><em>European Council </em>- brings together heads of state and government, along with the president of the European Commission, and meets at least four times a year; its aim is to provide the impetus for the development of the Union and to issue general policy guidelines; the Treaty of Lisbon established the position of \"permanent\" (full-time) president of the European Council; leaders of the EU member states appoint the president for a 2 1/2 year term, renewable once; the president's responsibilities include chairing the EU summits and providing policy and organizational continuity; the current president is Charles MICHEL (Belgium), since 1 December 2019, succeeding Donald TUSK (Poland; 2014 - 2019)<br><em>Council of the European Commission</em> - consists of ministers of each EU member state and meets regularly in 10 different configurations depending on the subject matter; it conducts policymaking and coordinating functions as well as legislative functions; ministers of EU member states chair meetings of the Council of the EU based on a 6-month rotating presidency except for the meetings of EU Foreign Ministers in the Foreign Affairs Council that are chaired by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy<br><em>European Commission</em> - headed by a College of Commissioners comprised of 28 members (one from each member country) including the president; each commissioner is responsible for one or more policy areas; the Commission's main responsibilities include the sole right to initiate EU legislation (except for foreign and security/defense policy), promoting the general interest of the EU, acting as \"guardian of the Treaties\" by monitoring the application of EU law, implementing/executing the EU budget, managing programs, negotiating on the EU's behalf in core policy areas such as trade, and ensuring the Union's external representation in some policy areas; its current president is Ursula VON DER LEYEN (Belgium) elected on 16 July 2019 (took office on 1 December 2019); the president of the European Commission is nominated by the European Council and formally \"elected\" by the European Parliament; the Commission president allocates specific responsibilities among the members of the College (appointed by common accord of the member state governments in consultation with the president-elect); the European Parliament confirms the entire Commission for a 5-year term.</p>",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> for external representation and foreign policy making, leaders of the EU member states appointed Joseph BORRELL (Spain) as the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; BORRELL took office on 1 December 2019, succeeding Federica MOGHERINI (Italy (2014 - 2019); the High Representative's concurrent appointment as Vice President of the European Commission was meant to bring more coherence to the EU’s foreign policy (horizontally, between policies managed by the Commission that are particularly relevant for EU external relations, such as trade, humanitarian aid and crisis management, neighborhood policy and enlargement; and vertically, between national capitals and the EU); the High Representative helps develop and implement the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy and Common Security and Defense Policy components, chairs the Foreign Affairs Council, represents and acts for the Union in many international contexts, and oversees the European External Action Service, the diplomatic corps of the EU, established on 1 December 2010"
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Court of Justice of the European Union, which includes the Court of Justice (informally known as the European Court of Justice or ECJ) and the General Court (consists of 27 judges, one drawn from each member state; the ECJ includes 11 Advocates General while the General Court can include additional judges; both the ECJ and the General Court may sit in a \"Grand Chamber\" of 15 judges in special cases but usually in chambers of 3 to 5 judges"

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of:<br>Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats; 43 members indirectly elected from 5 vocational panels of nominees by an electoral college consisting of members from the House of Representatives, outgoing Senate members, and city and county council members, 11 appointed by the prime minister, and 6 elected by 2 university constituencies - 3 each from the University of Dublin (Trinity College) and the National University of Ireland)<br> House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (158 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; all Parliament members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br> Senate - last held in April and May 2016 (next to be held no later than 2021)<br> House of Representatives - last held on 8 February 2020 (next to be held no later than 2025)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<strong> </strong><br> Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Fine Gael 19, Fianna Fail 14, Sinn Fein 7, Labor Party 5, Green Party 1, independent 14; composition - men 42, women 18, percent of women 30%  <br> House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - Sinn Fein 23%, Fianna Fail 23%, Fine Gael 22%, Green Party 8%, Labor Party 4%, Social Democrats 4%, AAA-PBD 3%, Aontu 0.6%, Independents for Change 0.6%, Ceann Comhairle 0.6%, Independents 12%; seats by party - Sinn Fein 37, Fianna Fail 37, Fine Gael 35, Green Party 12, Labor Party 6, Social Democrats 6, AAA-PBD 5, Aontu l, Independents for Change 1, Ceann Comhairle 1, Independents 19; composition - men 123, women 35, percent of women 22.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 24.3%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Michael D. HIGGINS (since 11 November 2011)"
@ -515,17 +526,6 @@
"text": "Michael D. HIGGINS reelected president; percent of vote - Michael D. HIGGINS (independent) 55.8%, Peter CASEY (independent) 23.3%, Sean GALLAGHER (independent) 6.4%, Liadh NI RIADA (Sinn Fein) 6.4%, Joan FREEMAN (independent) 6%, Gavin DUFFY (independent) 2.2%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of:<br>Senate or Seanad Eireann (60 seats; 43 members indirectly elected from 5 vocational panels of nominees by an electoral college consisting of members from the House of Representatives, outgoing Senate members, and city and county council members, 11 appointed by the prime minister, and 6 elected by 2 university constituencies - 3 each from the University of Dublin (Trinity College) and the National University of Ireland)<br> House of Representatives or Dail Eireann (158 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; all Parliament members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br> Senate - last held in April and May 2016 (next to be held no later than 2021)<br> House of Representatives - last held on 8 February 2020 (next to be held no later than 2025)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<strong> </strong><br> Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Fine Gael 19, Fianna Fail 14, Sinn Fein 7, Labor Party 5, Green Party 1, independent 14; composition - men 42, women 18, percent of women 30%  <br> House of Representatives - percent of vote by party - Sinn Fein 23%, Fianna Fail 23%, Fine Gael 22%, Green Party 8%, Labor Party 4%, Social Democrats 4%, AAA-PBD 3%, Aontu 0.6%, Independents for Change 0.6%, Ceann Comhairle 0.6%, Independents 12%; seats by party - Sinn Fein 37, Fianna Fail 37, Fine Gael 35, Green Party 12, Labor Party 6, Social Democrats 6, AAA-PBD 5, Aontu l, Independents for Change 1, Ceann Comhairle 1, Independents 19; composition - men 123, women 35, percent of women 22.2%; note - total Parliament percent of women 24.3%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Ireland (consists of the chief justice, 9 judges, 2 ex-officio members - the presidents of the High Court and Court of Appeal - and organized in 3-, 5-, or 7-judge panels, depending on the importance or complexity of an issue of law)"
@ -571,10 +571,13 @@
"text": "42 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "use embassy street address"
"text": "5290 Dublin Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5290"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[353] (1) 688-9946"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ACSDublin@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {
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},
"Terrorism": {
"Terrorist group(s)": {
"text": "Continuity Irish Republican Army; New Irish Republican Army (2019)",
"text": "Continuity Irish Republican Army; New Irish Republican Army; Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS) (2019)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T"
}
},

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal; age 16 for local elections"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Riigikogu (101 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 3 March 2019 (next to be held in March 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - RE 28.9%, K 23.1%, EKRE 17.8%, Pro Patria 11.4%, SDE 9.8%, other 9%; seats by party - RE 34, K 26, EKRE 19, Pro Patria 12, SDE 10; composition - men 72, women 29, percent of women 28.7%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Kersti KALJULAID (since 10 October 2016)"
@ -552,17 +563,6 @@
"text": "Kersti KALJULAID elected president; Parliament vote - Kersti KALJULAID (independent) 81 of 98 votes; note - KALJULAID is Estonia's first female president; KALLAS is Estonia's first female prime minister"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Riigikogu (101 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 3 March 2019 (next to be held in March 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - RE 28.9%, K 23.1%, EKRE 17.8%, Pro Patria 11.4%, SDE 9.8%, other 9%; seats by party - RE 34, K 26, EKRE 19, Pro Patria 12, SDE 10; composition - men 72, women 29, percent of women 28.7%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of 19 justices, including the chief justice, and organized into civil, criminal, administrative, and constitutional review chambers)"
@ -608,10 +608,13 @@
"text": "Kentmanni 20, 15099 Tallinn"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "use embassy street address"
"text": "4530 Tallinn Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-4530"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[372] 668-8265"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ACSTallinn@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Czech (official) 95.4%, Slovak 1.6%, other 3% (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>World Fackbook, nepostradatelný zdroj základních informací. (Czech)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -510,6 +510,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (81 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)<br>Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members directly elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote with a 5% threshold required to fill a seat; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held in 2 rounds on 2-3 and 9-10 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2022)<br>Chamber of Deputies - last held on 20-21 October 2017 (next to be held by October 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - STAN 19, ODS 18, KDU-CSL 12, ANO 5, TOP 09 5, CSSD 3, SEN 21 3, Pirates 2, SZ 1, minor parties with one seat each 9, independents 4<br><br>Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - ANO 29.6%, ODS 11.3%, Pirates 10.8%, SPD 10.6%, KSCM 7.8%, CSSD 7.3%, KDU-CSL 5.8%, TOP 09 5.3%, STAN 5.2%, other 6.3%; seats by party - ANO 78, ODS 25, Pirates 22, SPD 22, CSSD 15, KSCM 15, KDU-CSL 10, TOP 09 7, STAN 6; composition - men 155, women 45, percent of women 24%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20.6%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Milos ZEMAN (since 8 March 2013)"
@ -527,17 +538,6 @@
"text": "Milos ZEMAN reelected president in the second round; percent of vote - Milos ZEMAN (SPO) 51.4%, Jiri DRAHOS (independent) 48.6%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (81 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 6-year terms with one-third of the membership renewed every 2 years)<br>Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members directly elected in 14 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote with a 5% threshold required to fill a seat; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held in 2 rounds on 2-3 and 9-10 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2022)<br>Chamber of Deputies - last held on 20-21 October 2017 (next to be held by October 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - STAN 19, ODS 18, KDU-CSL 12, ANO 5, TOP 09 5, CSSD 3, SEN 21 3, Pirates 2, SZ 1, minor parties with one seat each 9, independents 4<br><br>Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - ANO 29.6%, ODS 11.3%, Pirates 10.8%, SPD 10.6%, KSCM 7.8%, CSSD 7.3%, KDU-CSL 5.8%, TOP 09 5.3%, STAN 5.2%, other 6.3%; seats by party - ANO 78, ODS 25, Pirates 22, SPD 22, CSSD 15, KSCM 15, KDU-CSL 10, TOP 09 7, STAN 6; composition - men 155, women 45, percent of women 24%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20.6%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (organized into Civil Law and Commercial Division, and Criminal Division each with a court chief justice, vice justice, and several judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 15 justices); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 36 judges, including the court president and vice president, and organized into 6-, 7-, and 9-member chambers)"
@ -583,10 +583,13 @@
"text": "Trziste 15, 118 01 Prague 1 - Mala Strana"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "use embassy street address"
"text": "5630 Prague Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5630"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[420] 257 022 809"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ACSPrg@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Finnish (official) 86.9%, Swedish (official) 5.2%, Russian 1.5%, other 6.4% (2020 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>World Factbook, korvaamaton perustietolähde. (Finnish)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -511,6 +511,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Eduskunta (200 seats; 199 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 1 member in the province of Aland directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 14 April 2019 (next to be held on April 2023) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - SDP 17.7%, Finn Party 17.5%, Kok 17.0%. Centre Party&nbsp; 13.8%, Green League 11.5%, Left Alliance 8.2%; seats by party/coalition -SDP 40, Finn Party 39, Kok 38, Centre Party 31, Green League 20, Left Alliance 16; composition men 107, women 93, percent of women 46.5% (e.g. 2019)"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Sauli NIINISTO (since 1 March 2012)"
@ -528,17 +539,6 @@
"text": "Sauli NIINISTO reelected president; percent of vote Sauli NIINISTO (independent) 62.7%, Pekka HAAVISTO (Vihr) 12.4%, Laura HUHTASAARI (PS) 6.9%, Paavo VAYRYNEN (independent) 6.2%, Matti VANHANEN (Kesk) 4.1%, other 7.7%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Eduskunta (200 seats; 199 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 1 member in the province of Aland directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 14 April 2019 (next to be held on April 2023) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - SDP 17.7%, Finn Party 17.5%, Kok 17.0%. Centre Party&nbsp; 13.8%, Green League 11.5%, Left Alliance 8.2%; seats by party/coalition -SDP 40, Finn Party 39, Kok 38, Centre Party 31, Green League 20, Left Alliance 16; composition men 107, women 93, percent of women 46.5% (e.g. 2019)"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court or Korkein Oikeus (consists of the court president and 18 judges); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 21 judges, including the court president and organized into 3 chambers); note - Finland has a dual judicial system - courts with civil and criminal jurisdiction and administrative courts with jurisdiction for litigation between individuals and administrative organs of the state and communities"
@ -584,10 +584,13 @@
"text": "Itainen Puistotie 14B, 00140 Helsinki"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "APO AE 09723"
"text": "5310 Helsinki Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5310"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[358] (9) 6162-5135"
},
"email address": {
"text": "HelsinkiACS@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Faroese Parliament or Logting (33 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)<br>the Faroe Islands elect 2 members to the Danish Parliament to serve 4-year terms"
},
"elections": {
"text": "Faroese Parliament - last held on 31 August 2019 (next to be held in 2023)<br>Faroese seats in the Danish Parliament last held on 5 June 2019 (next to be held no later than June 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Faroese Parliament percent of vote by party - People's Party 24.5%, JF 22.1%, Union Party 20.3%, Republic 18.1%, Center Party 5.4%, Progressive Party 4.6%, New Self-Government Party 3.4%, other 1.4%, seats by party - People's Party 8, JF 7, Union Party 7, Republic 6, Center Party 2, Progressive Party 2, New Self-Government Party 1, composition - men 25, women 8; percent of women 24.2% <br>Faroese seats in Danish Parliament - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Social Democratic Party 1, Republican Party 1; composition - 2 men"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Queen MARGRETHE II of Denmark (since 14 January 1972), represented by High Commissioner Lene Moyell JOHANSEN, chief administrative officer (since 15 May 2017)"
@ -393,17 +404,6 @@
"text": "Bardhur A STEIGNIELSEN elected prime minister; Parliament vote - NA"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Faroese Parliament or Logting (33 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)<br>the Faroe Islands elect 2 members to the Danish Parliament to serve 4-year terms"
},
"elections": {
"text": "Faroese Parliament - last held on 31 August 2019 (next to be held in 2023)<br>Faroese seats in the Danish Parliament last held on 5 June 2019 (next to be held no later than June 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Faroese Parliament percent of vote by party - People's Party 24.5%, JF 22.1%, Union Party 20.3%, Republic 18.1%, Center Party 5.4%, Progressive Party 4.6%, New Self-Government Party 3.4%, other 1.4%, seats by party - People's Party 8, JF 7, Union Party 7, Republic 6, Center Party 2, Progressive Party 2, New Self-Government Party 1, composition - men 25, women 8; percent of women 24.2% <br>Faroese seats in Danish Parliament - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - Social Democratic Party 1, Republican Party 1; composition - 2 men"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Faroese Court or Raett (Rett - Danish) decides both civil and criminal cases; the Court is part of the Danish legal system"

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"Languages": {
"text": "French (official) 100%, declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish, Occitan, Picard); note - overseas departments: French, Creole patois, Mahorian (a Swahili dialect)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (348 seats - 328 for metropolitan France and overseas departments and regions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion, and Mayotte, 2 for New Caledonia, 2 for French Polynesia, 1 for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, 1 for Saint-Barthelemy, 1 for Saint-Martin, 1 for Wallis and Futuna, and 12 for French nationals abroad; members indirectly elected by departmental electoral colleges using absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for departments with 1-3 members and proportional representation vote in departments with 4 or more members; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)<br> National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (577 seats - 556 for metropolitan France, 10 for overseas departments, and 11 for citizens abroad; members directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held on 24 September 2020)<br> National Assembly - last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held in June 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by political caucus (party or group of parties)  - LR 144, PS 73, UC 51. LREM 23, RDSE 22, CRCE 16, RTLI 13, other 6; composition - men 246, women 102, percent of women 29.3%<br> National Assembly - percent of vote by party first round - LREM 28.2%, LR 15.8%. FN 13.2%, FI 11%, PS 7.4%, other 24.4%; percent of vote by party second round - LREM 43.1%, LR 22.2%, FN 8.8%, MoDEM 6.1%, PS 5.7%. FI 4.9%, other 9.2%; seats by political caucus (party or group of parties) - LREM 306, LR 104, MoDEM 46, UDI/Agir 29, PS 29, UDI 18, FI 17, Liberties and Territories 16, PCF 16, other 14; composition - men 349, women 228, percent of women 39.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 35.7%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Emmanuel MACRON (since 14 May 2017)&nbsp;"
@ -548,17 +559,6 @@
"text": "Emmanuel MACRON elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Emmanuel MACRON (EM) 24.%, Marine LE PEN (FN) 21.3%, Francois FILLON (LR) 20.%, Jean-Luc MELENCHON (FI) 19.6%, Benoit HAMON (PS) 6.4%, other 8.7%; percent of vote in second round - MACRON 66.1%, LE PEN 33.9%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlement consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (348 seats - 328 for metropolitan France and overseas departments and regions of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, Reunion, and Mayotte, 2 for New Caledonia, 2 for French Polynesia, 1 for Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, 1 for Saint-Barthelemy, 1 for Saint-Martin, 1 for Wallis and Futuna, and 12 for French nationals abroad; members indirectly elected by departmental electoral colleges using absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed for departments with 1-3 members and proportional representation vote in departments with 4 or more members; members serve 6-year terms with one-half of the membership renewed every 3 years)<br> National Assembly or Assemblee Nationale (577 seats - 556 for metropolitan France, 10 for overseas departments, and 11 for citizens abroad; members directly elected by absolute majority vote in 2 rounds if needed to serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held on 24 September 2020)<br> National Assembly - last held on 11 and 18 June 2017 (next to be held in June 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by political caucus (party or group of parties)  - LR 144, PS 73, UC 51. LREM 23, RDSE 22, CRCE 16, RTLI 13, other 6; composition - men 246, women 102, percent of women 29.3%<br> National Assembly - percent of vote by party first round - LREM 28.2%, LR 15.8%. FN 13.2%, FI 11%, PS 7.4%, other 24.4%; percent of vote by party second round - LREM 43.1%, LR 22.2%, FN 8.8%, MoDEM 6.1%, PS 5.7%. FI 4.9%, other 9.2%; seats by political caucus (party or group of parties) - LREM 306, LR 104, MoDEM 46, UDI/Agir 29, PS 29, UDI 18, FI 17, Liberties and Territories 16, PCF 16, other 14; composition - men 349, women 228, percent of women 39.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 35.7%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Court of Cassation or Cour de Cassation (consists of the court president, 6 divisional presiding judges, 120 trial judges, and 70 deputy judges organized into 6 divisions - 3 civil, 1 commercial, 1 labor, and 1 criminal); Constitutional Council (consists of 9 members)"
@ -605,11 +605,14 @@
"text": "2 Avenue Gabriel, 75008 Paris"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "PSC 116, APO AE 09777"
"text": "9200 Paris Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-9200"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[33] (1) 42 66 97 83"
},
"email address": {
"text": "Citizeninfo@state.gov"
},
"consulate(s) general": {
"text": "Marseille, Strasbourg"
},

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal; and British citizens with six months residence or more"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament (18 seats; 17 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by majority vote and 1 appointed by Parliament as speaker; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 17 October 2019 (next to be held in 2023) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - GSLP-Liberal Alliance 52.5% (GSLP 37.0%, LPG 15.5%), GSD 25.6%; seats by party - GSLP-Liberal Alliance 10 (GSLP 7, LPG 3), GSD 6; composition of elected members -&nbsp;men 15, women 2, percent of women 11.8% (e.g. 2019)"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Governor Sir David STEEL (since 11 June 2020)"
@ -348,17 +359,6 @@
"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; governor appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed chief minister by the governor"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament (18 seats; 17 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by majority vote and 1 appointed by Parliament as speaker; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 17 October 2019 (next to be held in 2023) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - GSLP-Liberal Alliance 52.5% (GSLP 37.0%, LPG 15.5%), GSD 25.6%; seats by party - GSLP-Liberal Alliance 10 (GSLP 7, LPG 3), GSD 6; composition of elected members -&nbsp;men 15, women 2, percent of women 11.8% (e.g. 2019)"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Court of Appeal (consists of at least 3 judges, including the court president); Supreme Court of Gibraltar (consists of the chief justice and 3 judges); note - appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)"

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "16 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral States of Deliberation (40 seats; 38 People's Deputies and 2 representatives of the States of Alderney; members directly elected by majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - non-voting members include the bailiff (presiding officer), attorney-general, and solicitor-general"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 27 April 2016 (next to be held in June 2020)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 38; composition - men 27, women 13, percent of women 32.5%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant-Governor Vice Admiral Ian CORDER (since 14 March 2016)"
@ -349,17 +360,6 @@
"text": "Gavin ST PIER (independent) elected president of the Policy and Resources Committee and chief minister"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral States of Deliberation (40 seats; 38 People's Deputies and 2 representatives of the States of Alderney; members directly elected by majority vote to serve 4-year terms); note - non-voting members include the bailiff (presiding officer), attorney-general, and solicitor-general"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 27 April 2016 (next to be held in June 2020)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independent 38; composition - men 27, women 13, percent of women 32.5%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Guernsey Court of Appeal (consists of the Bailiff of Guernsey, who is the ex-officio president of the Guernsey Court of Appeal, and at least 12 judges); Royal Court (organized into 3 divisions - Full Court sits with 1 judge and 7 to 12 jurats acting as judges of fact, Ordinary Court sits with 1 judge and normally 3 jurats, and Matrimonial Causes Division sits with 1 judge and 4 jurats); note - appeals beyond Guernsey courts are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)"

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"Languages": {
"text": "German (official); note - Danish, Frisian, Sorbian, and Romani are official minority languages; Low German, Danish, North Frisian, Sater Frisian, Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian, and Romani are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal; age 16 for some state and municipal elections"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:<br>Federal Council or Bundesrat (69 seats; members appointed by each of the 16 state governments)<br> Federal Diet or Bundestag (709 seats - total seats can vary each electoral term; approximately one-half of members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and approximately one-half directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br> Bundesrat - none; composition is determined by the composition of the state-level governments; the composition of the Bundesrat has the potential to change any time one of the 16 states holds an election<br> Bundestag - last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held in 2021 at the latest); most postwar German governments have been coalitions"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br> Bundesrat - composition - men 50, women 19, percent of women 27.5%<br>Bundestag - percent of vote by party - CDU/CSU 33%, SPD 20.5%, AfD 12.6%, FDP 10.7%, The Left 9.2%, Alliance '90/Greens 8.9%, other 5%; seats by party - CDU/CSU 246, SPD 152, AfD 91, FDP 80, The Left 69, Alliance '90/Greens 67; composition - men 490, women 219, percent of women 30.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 30.5%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Frank-Walter STEINMEIER (since 19 March 2017)"
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"text": "Frank-Walter STEINMEIER elected president; Federal Convention vote count - Frank-Walter STEINMEIER (SPD) 931, Christopher BUTTERWEGGE (The Left) 128, Albrecht GLASER (Alternative for Germany AfD) 42, Alexander HOLD (BVB/FW) 25, Engelbert SONNEBORN (Pirates) 10; Angela MERKEL (CDU) reelected chancellor; Federal Parliament vote - 364 to 315"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:<br>Federal Council or Bundesrat (69 seats; members appointed by each of the 16 state governments)<br> Federal Diet or Bundestag (709 seats - total seats can vary each electoral term; approximately one-half of members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and approximately one-half directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br> Bundesrat - none; composition is determined by the composition of the state-level governments; the composition of the Bundesrat has the potential to change any time one of the 16 states holds an election<br> Bundestag - last held on 24 September 2017 (next to be held in 2021 at the latest); most postwar German governments have been coalitions"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br> Bundesrat - composition - men 50, women 19, percent of women 27.5%<br>Bundestag - percent of vote by party - CDU/CSU 33%, SPD 20.5%, AfD 12.6%, FDP 10.7%, The Left 9.2%, Alliance '90/Greens 8.9%, other 5%; seats by party - CDU/CSU 246, SPD 152, AfD 91, FDP 80, The Left 69, Alliance '90/Greens 67; composition - men 490, women 219, percent of women 30.5%; note - total Parliament percent of women 30.5%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Federal Court of Justice (court consists of 127 judges, including the court president, vice presidents, presiding judges, other judges and organized into 25 Senates subdivided into 12 civil panels, 5 criminal panels, and 8 special panels); Federal Constitutional Court or Bundesverfassungsgericht (consists of 2 Senates each subdivided into 3 chambers, each with a chairman and 8 members)"
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"text": "Clayallee 170, 14191 Berlin"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "Clayallee 170, 14191 Berlin"
"text": "5090 Berlin Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5090"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[49] (30) 8305-1215"
},
"email address": {
"text": "BerlinPCO@state.gov"
},
"consulate(s) general": {
"text": "Dusseldorf, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Leipzig, Munich"
}

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"Languages": {
"text": "Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "17 years of age; universal and compulsory"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Hellenic Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats; 280 members in multi-seat constituencies and 12 members in a single nationwide constituency directly elected by open party-list proportional representation vote; 8 members in single-seat constituencies elected by simple majority vote; members serve up to 4 years); &nbsp;note - only parties surpassing a 3% threshold are entitled to parliamentary seats; parties need 10 seats to become formal parliamentary groups but can retain that status if the party participated in the last election and received the minimum 3% threshold"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 7 July 2019 (next to be held&nbsp;by July 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - ND 39.9%, SYRIZA 31.5%, KINAL 8.1%, KKE 5.3%, Greek Solution 3.7%, MeRA25 3.4%, other 8.1%; seats by party - ND 158, SYRIZA 86, KINAL 22, KKE 15, Greek Solution 10, MeRA25 9; composition - men 244, women 56, percent of women 18.7%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Ekaterini SAKELLAROPOULOU (since 13 March 2020)"
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"text": "Katerina SAKELLAROPOULOU&nbsp;(independent) elected president by Parliament - 261 of 300 votes; note - SAKELLAROPOULOU&nbsp;is Greece's first woman president"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Hellenic Parliament or Vouli ton Ellinon (300 seats; 280 members in multi-seat constituencies and 12 members in a single nationwide constituency directly elected by open party-list proportional representation vote; 8 members in single-seat constituencies elected by simple majority vote; members serve up to 4 years); &nbsp;note - only parties surpassing a 3% threshold are entitled to parliamentary seats; parties need 10 seats to become formal parliamentary groups but can retain that status if the party participated in the last election and received the minimum 3% threshold"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 7 July 2019 (next to be held&nbsp;by July 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - ND 39.9%, SYRIZA 31.5%, KINAL 8.1%, KKE 5.3%, Greek Solution 3.7%, MeRA25 3.4%, other 8.1%; seats by party - ND 158, SYRIZA 86, KINAL 22, KKE 15, Greek Solution 10, MeRA25 9; composition - men 244, women 56, percent of women 18.7%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Civil and Criminal Court or Areios Pagos (consists of 56 judges, including the court presidents); Council of State (supreme administrative court) (consists of the president, 7 vice presidents, 42 privy councilors, 48 associate councilors and 50 reporting judges, organized into six 5- and 7-member chambers; Court of Audit (government audit and enforcement) consists of the president, 5 vice presidents, 20 councilors, and 90 associate and reporting judges"
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"text": "91 Vasillisis Sophias Avenue, 10160 Athens"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "PSC 108, APO AE 09842-0108"
"text": "7100 Athens Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-7100"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[30] (210) 645-6282"
},
"email address": {
"text": "athensamericancitizenservices@state.gov"
},
"consulate(s) general": {
"text": "Thessaloniki"
}
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"stateless persons": {
"text": "5,557 (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 1,208,833 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 1,208,843 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021); as of the end of December 2020, an estimated 119,700 migrants and refugees were stranded in Greece since 2015-16"
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "a gateway to Europe for traffickers smuggling cannabis and heroin from the Middle East and Southwest Asia to the West and precursor chemicals to the East; some South American cocaine transits or is consumed in Greece; money laundering related to drug trafficking and organized crime"

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"Languages": {
"text": "Croatian (official) 95.6%, Serbian 1.2%, other 3% (including Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, and Albanian), unspecified 0.2% (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, nužan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Croatian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly or Hrvatski Sabor (151 seats; 140 members in 10 multi-seat constituencies and 3 members in a single constituency for Croatian diaspora directly elected by proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method with a 5% threshold; an additional 8 members elected from a nationwide constituency by simple majority by voters belonging to minorities recognized by Croatia; the Serb minority elects 3 Assembly members, the Hungarian and Italian minorities elect 1 each, the Czech and Slovak minorities elect 1 jointly, and all other minorities elect 2; all members serve 4-year terms"
},
"elections": {
"text": "early election held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held by 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - HDZ-led coalition 37.3%, Restart coalition 24.9%, DPMS-led coalition 10.9%, MOST 7.4%, Green-Left coalition 7%, P-F-SSIP 4%, HNS-LD 1.3%, People's Party - Reformists 1%, other 6.2%; number of seats by coalition/party - HDZ-led coalition 66, Restart coalition 41, DPMS-led coalition 16, MOST 8, Green-Left coalition 7, P-F-SSIP 3, HNS-LD 1, People's Party - Reformists - 1, national minorities 8; composition - men 116, women 35, percent of women 23.2%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> seats by party as of March 2021 - HDZ 62, SDP 33, DP 9, Most 6, Croatian Sovereignists 4, We Can! 4, IDS 3, SDSS 3, HSS 2, HSLS 2, BZH 1, Center 1, FOKUS 1, GLAS 1, HDS 1, HSU 1, NL 1, Reformists 1, SSIP 1, WF 1, independent 12"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Zoran MILANOVIC (since 18 February 2020)"
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"text": "Zoran MILANOVIC elected president in second round; percent of vote - Zoran MILANOVIC (SDP) 52.7%, Kolinda GRABAR-KITAROVIC (HDZ) 47.3%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly or Hrvatski Sabor (151 seats; 140 members in 10 multi-seat constituencies and 3 members in a single constituency for Croatian diaspora directly elected by proportional representation vote using the D'Hondt method with a 5% threshold; an additional 8 members elected from a nationwide constituency by simple majority by voters belonging to minorities recognized by Croatia; the Serb minority elects 3 Assembly members, the Hungarian and Italian minorities elect 1 each, the Czech and Slovak minorities elect 1 jointly, and all other minorities elect 2; all members serve 4-year terms"
},
"elections": {
"text": "early election held on 5 July 2020 (next to be held by 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - HDZ-led coalition 37.3%, Restart coalition 24.9%, DPMS-led coalition 10.9%, MOST 7.4%, Green-Left coalition 7%, P-F-SSIP 4%, HNS-LD 1.3%, People's Party - Reformists 1%, other 6.2%; number of seats by coalition/party - HDZ-led coalition 66, Restart coalition 41, DPMS-led coalition 16, MOST 8, Green-Left coalition 7, P-F-SSIP 3, HNS-LD 1, People's Party - Reformists - 1, national minorities 8; composition - men 116, women 35, percent of women 23.2%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> seats by party as of March 2021 - HDZ 62, SDP 33, DP 9, Most 6, Croatian Sovereignists 4, We Can! 4, IDS 3, SDSS 3, HSS 2, HSLS 2, BZH 1, Center 1, FOKUS 1, GLAS 1, HDS 1, HSU 1, NL 1, Reformists 1, SSIP 1, WF 1, independent 12"
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president and vice president, 25 civil department justices, and 16 criminal department justices)"
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"text": "2 Thomas Jefferson Street, 10010 Zagreb"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "use embassy street address"
"text": "5080 Zagreb Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5080"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[385] (1) 661-2373"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ZagrebACS@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Hungarian (official) 99.6%, English 16%, German 11.2%, Russian 1.6%, Romanian 1.3%, French 1.2%, other 4.2%; note - shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Hungarian is the mother tongue of 98.9% of Hungarian speakers (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>A World Factbook nélkülözhetetlen forrása az alapvető információnak.  (Hungarian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age, 16 if married and marriage is registered in Hungary; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules (199 seats; 106 members directly elected in single-member constituencies by simple majority vote and 93 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by party list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 8 April 2018 (next to be held in April 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party list - Fidesz-KDNP 49.3%, Jobbik 19.1%, MSZP-PM 11.9%, LMP 7.1%, DK 5.4%, Momentum Movement 3.1%, Together 0.7%, LdU 0.5%, other 2.9%; seats by party - Fidesz 117, Jobbik 26, KDNP 16, MSZP 15,&nbsp; DK 9, LMP 8, PM 5, Together 1, LdU 1, independent 1; composition - men 174, women 25, percent of women 12.6%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Janos ADER (since 10 May 2012)&nbsp;"
@ -544,17 +555,6 @@
"text": "Janos ADER (Fidesz) reelected president; National Assembly vote - 131 to 39; Viktor ORBAN (Fidesz) reelected prime minister; National Assembly vote - 134 to 28"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Orszaggyules (199 seats; 106 members directly elected in single-member constituencies by simple majority vote and 93 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by party list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 8 April 2018 (next to be held in April 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party list - Fidesz-KDNP 49.3%, Jobbik 19.1%, MSZP-PM 11.9%, LMP 7.1%, DK 5.4%, Momentum Movement 3.1%, Together 0.7%, LdU 0.5%, other 2.9%; seats by party - Fidesz 117, Jobbik 26, KDNP 16, MSZP 15,&nbsp; DK 9, LMP 8, PM 5, Together 1, LdU 1, independent 1; composition - men 174, women 25, percent of women 12.6%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Curia or Supreme Judicial Court (consists of the president, vice president, department heads, and approximately 91 judges and is organized into civil, criminal, and administrative-labor departments; Constitutional Court (consists of 15 judges, including the court president and vice president)"
@ -591,7 +591,7 @@
},
"Diplomatic representation from the US": {
"chief of mission": {
"text": "&nbsp; Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Marc DILLARD (since 30 October 2020)"
"text": "Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Marc DILLARD (since 30 October 2020)"
},
"telephone": {
"text": "[36] (1) 475-4400"
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"text": "Szabadsag ter 12, H-1054 Budapest"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "pouch: American Embassy Budapest, 5270 Budapest Place, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5270"
"text": "5270 Budapest Place, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5270"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[36] (1) 475-4248"
},
"email address": {
"text": "acs.budapest@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Althingi or Parliament (63 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 28 October 2017 (next to be held in 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - IP 25.2%, LGM 16.9%, SDA 12.1%, CP 10.9%, PP 10.7%, Pirate Party 9.2%, People's Party 6.9%, Reform Party 6.7%. other 1.5%; seats by party - IP 16, LGM 11, SDA 7, CP 7, PP 8, Pirate Party 6, Reform Party 4, People's Party 4"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON (since 1 August 2016)"
@ -513,17 +524,6 @@
"text": "Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON reelected president; percent of vote - Gudni Thorlacius JOHANNESSON (independent) 92.2%, Gudmundur Franklin JONSSON (independent) 7.8%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Althingi or Parliament (63 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 28 October 2017 (next to be held in 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - IP 25.2%, LGM 16.9%, SDA 12.1%, CP 10.9%, PP 10.7%, Pirate Party 9.2%, People's Party 6.9%, Reform Party 6.7%. other 1.5%; seats by party - IP 16, LGM 11, SDA 7, CP 7, PP 8, Pirate Party 6, Reform Party 4, People's Party 4"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court or Haestirettur (consists of 9 judges)"
@ -569,10 +569,13 @@
"text": "Laufasvegur 21, 101 Reykjavik"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "US Department of State, 5640 Reykjavik Place, Washington, D.C. 20521-5640"
"text": "5640 Reykjavik Place, Washington, D.C. 20521-5640"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[354] 562-9118"
},
"email address": {
"text": "reykjavikconsular@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "16 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Tynwald or the High Court of Tynwald consists of:<br>Legislative Council (11 seats; includes the President of Tynwald, 2 ex-officio members - the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man and the attorney general (non-voting) - and 8 members indirectly elected by the House of Keys with renewal of 4 members every 2 years; elected members serve 4-year terms) <br>House of Keys (24 seats; 2 members directly elected by simple majority vote from 12 constituencies to serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Legislative Council - last held 28 February 2018 (next to be held 12 March 2020)<br> House of Keys - last held on 22 September 2016 (next to be held on 23 September 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<strong> </strong><br> Legislative Council - composition - men 6, women 5, percent of women 45.5%<br>House of Keys - percent of vote by party - Liberal Vannin 6.4%, independent 92.3%, other 1.3%; seats by party - Liberal Vannin 3, independent 21; composition - men 19, women 5, percent of women 20.8%; note - total Tynwald percent of women 28.6%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of January 2019, seats by party - Liberal Vannin 2, independent 22"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Lord of Mann Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor Sir Richard GOZNEY (since 27 May 2016)"
@ -381,18 +393,6 @@
"text": "Howard QUAYLE (independent) elected chief minister; Tynwald vote - 21 of 33"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Tynwald or the High Court of Tynwald consists of:<br>Legislative Council (11 seats; includes the President of Tynwald, 2 ex-officio members - the Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man and the attorney general (non-voting) - and 8 members indirectly elected by the House of Keys with renewal of 4 members every 2 years; elected members serve 4-year terms) <br>House of Keys (24 seats; 2 members directly elected by simple majority vote from 12 constituencies to serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Legislative Council - last held 28 February 2018 (next to be held 12 March 2020)<br> House of Keys - last held on 22 September 2016 (next to be held on 23 September 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<strong> </strong><br> Legislative Council - composition - men 6, women 5, percent of women 45.5%<br>House of Keys - percent of vote by party - Liberal Vannin 6.4%, independent 92.3%, other 1.3%; seats by party - Liberal Vannin 3, independent 21; composition - men 19, women 5, percent of women 20.8%; note - total Tynwald percent of women 28.6%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> as of January 2019, seats by party - Liberal Vannin 2, independent 22"
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Isle of Man High Court of Justice (consists of 3 permanent judges or \"deemsters\" and 1 judge of appeal; organized into the Staff of Government Division or Court of Appeal and the Civil Division); the Court of General Gaol Delivery is not formally part of the High Court but is administered as though part of the High Court and deals with serious criminal cases; note - appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are referred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)"

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"Languages": {
"text": "Italian (official), German (parts of Trentino-Alto Adige region are predominantly German speaking), French (small French-speaking minority in Valle d'Aosta region), Slovene (Slovene-speaking minority in the Trieste-Gorizia area)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal except in senatorial elections, where minimum age is 25"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists of:<br>Senate or Senato della Repubblica (321 seats; 116 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 193 members in multi-seat constituencies and 6 members in multi-seat constituencies abroad directly elected by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 6 ex-officio members appointed by the president of the Republic to serve for life)<br>Chamber of Deputies or Camera dei Deputati (630 seats; 629 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 1 member from Valle d'Aosta elected by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 4 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)<br>Chamber of Deputies - last held on 4 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - center-right coalition 37.5% (L 17.6%, FI 14.4%, FdI 4.3%, UdC 1.2%), M5S 32.2%, center-left coalition (PD 19.1%, +E 2.3%, I 0.5%, CP 0.5%, SVP-PATT 0.4%), LeU 3.3%; seats by party - center-right coalition 77(L 37, FI 33, FdI 7), M5S 68, center-left coalition 44(PD 43, SVP-PATT 1), LeU 4; composition - men 208, women 113, percent of women 35.2%<br><br>Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - center-right coalition 37% (L 17.4%, FI 14%, FdI 4.4%, UdC 1.3%), M5S 33%, center-left coalition 22.9% (PD 18.8%, E+ 2.6%, I 0.6%, CP 0.5%, SVP-PATT 0.4%); seats by party - center-right coalition 151 (L73, FI 59, FdI 19), M5S 133, center-left coalition 88 (PD 86, SVP 2), LeU 14; composition - men 405, women 225, percent of women 35.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 35.5%"
},
"note": "<strong>Note</strong>: in October 2019, Italy's Parliament voted to reduce the number of Senate seats from 315 to 200 and the number of Chamber of Deputies seats from 630 to 400; a referendum to reduce the membership of Parliament held on 20-21 September 2020 was approved, effective for the 2023 election"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Sergio MATTARELLA (since 3 February 2015)"
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"text": "Sergio MATTARELLA (independent) elected president; electoral college vote count in fourth round - 665 out of 1,009 (505-vote threshold)"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlamento consists of:<br>Senate or Senato della Repubblica (321 seats; 116 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote, 193 members in multi-seat constituencies and 6 members in multi-seat constituencies abroad directly elected by party-list proportional representation vote to serve 5-year terms and 6 ex-officio members appointed by the president of the Republic to serve for life)<br>Chamber of Deputies or Camera dei Deputati (630 seats; 629 members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 1 member from Valle d'Aosta elected by simple majority vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 4 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)<br>Chamber of Deputies - last held on 4 March 2018 (next to be held in March 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - center-right coalition 37.5% (L 17.6%, FI 14.4%, FdI 4.3%, UdC 1.2%), M5S 32.2%, center-left coalition (PD 19.1%, +E 2.3%, I 0.5%, CP 0.5%, SVP-PATT 0.4%), LeU 3.3%; seats by party - center-right coalition 77(L 37, FI 33, FdI 7), M5S 68, center-left coalition 44(PD 43, SVP-PATT 1), LeU 4; composition - men 208, women 113, percent of women 35.2%<br><br>Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - center-right coalition 37% (L 17.4%, FI 14%, FdI 4.4%, UdC 1.3%), M5S 33%, center-left coalition 22.9% (PD 18.8%, E+ 2.6%, I 0.6%, CP 0.5%, SVP-PATT 0.4%); seats by party - center-right coalition 151 (L73, FI 59, FdI 19), M5S 133, center-left coalition 88 (PD 86, SVP 2), LeU 14; composition - men 405, women 225, percent of women 35.7%; note - total Parliament percent of women 35.5%"
},
"note": "<strong>Note</strong>: in October 2019, Italy's Parliament voted to reduce the number of Senate seats from 315 to 200 and the number of Chamber of Deputies seats from 630 to 400; a referendum to reduce the membership of Parliament held on 20-21 September 2020 was approved, effective for the 2023 election"
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Cassation or Corte Suprema di Cassazione (consists of the first president (chief justice), deputy president, 54 justices presiding over 6 civil and 7 criminal divisions, and 288 judges; an additional 30 judges of lower courts serve as supporting judges; cases normally heard by 5-judge panels; more complex cases heard by 9-judge panels); Constitutional Court or Corte Costituzionale (consists of the court president and 14 judges)"
@ -610,11 +610,14 @@
"text": "Via Vittorio Veneto 121, 00187-Rome"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "PSC 59, Box 100, APO AE 09624"
"text": "9500 Rome Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-9500"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[39] 06-488-2672"
},
"email address": {
"text": "uscitizenrome@state.gov"
},
"consulate(s) general": {
"text": "Florence, Milan, Naples"
}
@ -1199,7 +1202,7 @@
"stateless persons": {
"text": "3,000 (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 551,476 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 553,966 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)"
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "important gateway for and consumer of Latin American cocaine and Southwest Asian heroin entering the European market; money laundering by organized crime and from smuggling"

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "16 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly of the States of Jersey (49 elected members; 8 senators to serve 4-year terms, and 29 deputies and 12 connetables, or heads of parishes, to serve 4-year terms; 5 non-voting members appointed by the monarch include the bailiff, lieutenant governor, dean of Jersey, attorney general, and the solicitor general)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 16 May 2018 (next to be held on 16 May 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 49; composition - men 36, women 13, percent of 26.5%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); represented by Lieutenant Governor Sir Stephen DALTON (since 13 March 2017)"
@ -389,17 +400,6 @@
"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; Council of Ministers, including the chief minister, indirectly elected by the Assembly of States; lieutenant governor and bailiff appointed by the monarch"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly of the States of Jersey (49 elected members; 8 senators to serve 4-year terms, and 29 deputies and 12 connetables, or heads of parishes, to serve 4-year terms; 5 non-voting members appointed by the monarch include the bailiff, lieutenant governor, dean of Jersey, attorney general, and the solicitor general)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 16 May 2018 (next to be held on 16 May 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote - NA; seats - independents 49; composition - men 36, women 13, percent of 26.5%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Jersey Court of Appeal (consists of the bailiff, deputy bailiff, and 12 judges); Royal Court (consists of the bailiff, deputy bailiff, 6 commissioners and lay people referred to as jurats, and is organized into Heritage, Family, Probate, and Samedi Divisions); appeals beyond the Court of Appeal are heard by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (in London)"

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"Languages": {
"text": "Albanian (official) 94.5%, Bosnian 1.7%, Serbian (official) 1.6%, Turkish 1.1%, other 0.9% (includes Romani), unspecified 0.1%; note - in municipalities where a community's mother tongue is not one of Kosovo's official languages, the language of that community may be given official status according to the 2006 Law on the Use of Languages (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Libri i Fakteve Boterore, burimi vital per informacione elementare. (Albanian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -365,23 +365,6 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Vjosa OSMANI (since 4 April 2021); note: President Hashim THACI (since 7 April 2016) resigned 5 November 2020"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Albin KURTI (since 22 February 2021)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Cabinet elected by the Assembly"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "president indirectly elected by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly for a 5-year term; if a candidate does not attain a two-thirds threshold in the first two ballots, the candidate winning a simple majority vote in the third ballot is elected (eligible for a second term); election last held on 26 February 2016 (next to be held in 2021); prime minister indirectly elected by the Assembly"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Vjosa OSMANI elected president in the third ballot; Assembly vote - Vjosa OSMANI (VV) 71 votes; Albin KURTI (VV) elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 67-30"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly or Kuvendi i Kosoves/Skupstina Kosova (120 seats; 100 members directly elected by open-list proportional representation vote with 20 seats reserved for ethnic minorities - 10 for Serbs and 10 for other ethnic minorities; members serve 4-year terms)"
@ -393,6 +376,23 @@
"text": "percent of vote by party - VV 50%, PDK 16.9%, LDK 12.7%, AAK 7.1%, Serb List 5.1%, other 8.2%; seats by party - VV 58, PDK 19, LDK 15, Serb List 10, AAK 8, other 10; composition - NA"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Vjosa OSMANI (since 4 April 2021); note: President Hashim THACI (since 7 April 2016) resigned 5 November 2020"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Albin KURTI (since 22 February 2021)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Cabinet elected by the Assembly"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "president indirectly elected by at least two-thirds majority vote of the Assembly for a 5-year term; if a candidate does not attain a two-thirds threshold in the first two ballots, the candidate winning a simple majority vote in the third ballot is elected (eligible for a second term); election last held on 3-4 April 2021 (next to be held in 2026); prime minister indirectly elected by the Assembly"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Vjosa OSMANI elected president in the third ballot; Assembly vote - Vjosa OSMANI (VV) 71 votes; Albin KURTI (VV) elected prime minister; Assembly vote - 67-30"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 18 judges and organized into Appeals Panel of the Kosovo Property Agency and Special Chamber); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 7 judges)"
@ -442,10 +442,13 @@
"text": "Arberia/Dragodan, Nazim Hikmet 30, Pristina"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "use embassy street address"
"text": "9520 Pristina Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-9520"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[383] 38 549 890"
},
"email address": {
"text": "PristinaACS@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Latvian (official) 56.3%, Russian 33.8%, other 0.6% (includes Polish, Ukrainian, and Belarusian), unspecified 9.4%; note - data represent language usually spoken at home (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>World Factbook, neaizstājams avots pamata informāciju. (Latvian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -538,6 +538,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Saeima (100 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 6 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - SDPS 19.8%, KPV LV 14.3%, JKP 13.6%, AP! 12%, NA 11%, ZZS 9.9%, V 6.7%, other 12.7%; seats by party - SDPS 23, KPV LV 16, JKP 16, AP! 13, NA 13, ZZS 11, V 8; composition - men 69, women 31, percent of women 31%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Egils LEVITS (since 8 July 2019)"
@ -555,17 +566,6 @@
"text": "Egils LEVITS elected president; Parliament vote - Egils LEVITS 61 votes,&nbsp;Didzis SMITS 24, Juris JANSONS 8; Krisjanis KARINS confirmed prime minister 61-39"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Saeima (100 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 6 October 2018 (next to be held in October 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - SDPS 19.8%, KPV LV 14.3%, JKP 13.6%, AP! 12%, NA 11%, ZZS 9.9%, V 6.7%, other 12.7%; seats by party - SDPS 23, KPV LV 16, JKP 16, AP! 13, NA 13, ZZS 11, V 8; composition - men 69, women 31, percent of women 31%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of the Senate with 36 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 7 judges)"
@ -608,10 +608,13 @@
"text": "1 Samnera Velsa St, Riga LV-1510"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "Embassy of the United States of America, 1 Samnera Velsa St, Riga, LV-1510"
"text": "4520 Riga Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-4520"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[371] 6710-7050"
},
"email address": {
"text": "askconsular-riga@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5.6%, other 0.9%, unspecified 3.5% (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Pasaulio enciklopedija – naudingas bendrosios informacijos šaltinis. (Lithuanian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -531,6 +531,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Seimas (141 seats; 71 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote and 70 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 11 and 25 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - TS-LKD 50, LVZS 32, LSDP 13, LRLS 13, Freedom 11, DP 10, AWPL 3, LSDDP 3, LT 1, Greens 1, independent 4; composition - men 103, women 38, percent of women 27%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Gitanas NAUSEDA (since 12 July 2019)"
@ -548,17 +559,6 @@
"text": "Gitanas NAUSEDA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Gitanas NAUSEDA (independent) 66.7%, Ingrida SIMONYTE (independent) 33.3%; Saulius SKVERNELIS (LVZS) approved as prime minister by Parliament vote - 62 to 10"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Seimas (141 seats; 71 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by absolute majority vote and 70 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 11 and 25 October 2020 (next to be held in October 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - TS-LKD 50, LVZS 32, LSDP 13, LRLS 13, Freedom 11, DP 10, AWPL 3, LSDDP 3, LT 1, Greens 1, independent 4; composition - men 103, women 38, percent of women 27%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of 37 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)"
@ -601,13 +601,16 @@
"text": "[370] (5) 266-5500"
},
"embassy": {
"text": "Akmenu gatve 6, Vilnius, LT-03106"
"text": "4510 Vilnius Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-4510"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "American Embassy, Akmenu Gatve 6, Vilnius LT-03106"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[370] (5) 266-5510"
},
"email address": {
"text": "consec@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Slovak (official) 78.6%, Hungarian 9.4%, Roma 2.3%, Ruthenian 1%, other or unspecified 8.8% (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Svetova Kniha Faktov, nenahraditelny zdroj zakladnej informacie. (Slovak)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -497,6 +497,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Council or Narodna Rada (150 seats; members directly elected in a single- and multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 29 February 2020 (next to be held March 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - OLaNO-NOVA 25%, Smer-SD 18.3%, Sme-Rodina 8.2%, LSNS 8%, PS-SPOLU 7%, SaS 6.2%, Za Ludi 5.8%, other 21.5%; seats by party - OLaNO-NOVA 53, Smer-SD 38, Sme-Rodina 17, LSNS 17, SaS 13, Za Ludi 12, PS-SPOLU 0; composition - men 120, women 30, percent of women 20%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Zuzana CAPUTOVA (since 15 June 2019)"
@ -514,17 +525,6 @@
"text": "Zuzana CAPUTOVA reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Zuzana CAPUTOVA (PS) 58.4%, Maros SEFCOVIC (independent) 41.6%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Council or Narodna Rada (150 seats; members directly elected in a single- and multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 29 February 2020 (next to be held March 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - OLaNO-NOVA 25%, Smer-SD 18.3%, Sme-Rodina 8.2%, LSNS 8%, PS-SPOLU 7%, SaS 6.2%, Za Ludi 5.8%, other 21.5%; seats by party - OLaNO-NOVA 53, Smer-SD 38, Sme-Rodina 17, LSNS 17, SaS 13, Za Ludi 12, PS-SPOLU 0; composition - men 120, women 30, percent of women 20%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic (consists of the court president, vice president, and approximately 80 judges organized into criminal, civil, commercial, and administrative divisions with 3- and 5-judge panels); Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic (consists of 13 judges organized into 3-judge panels)"
@ -570,10 +570,13 @@
"text": "P.O. Box 309, 814 99 Bratislava"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "P.O. Box 309, 814 99 Bratislava"
"text": "5840 Bratislava Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5840"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[421] (2) 5441-5148"
},
"email address": {
"text": "consulbratislava@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "German 91.5% (official) (Alemannic is the main dialect), Italian 1.5%, Turkish 1.3%, Portuguese 1.1%, other 4.6% (2015 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -417,6 +417,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Landtag (25 seats; members directly elected in 2 multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 7 February 2021 (next to be held in February 2025)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - FBP 35.9%, VU 35.9%, FL 12.9%, DpL 11.1%, independent 4.2%; seats by party - FBP 10, VU 10, FL 3, DpL 2; composition - men 18, women 7, percent of women 28%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Prince HANS-ADAM II (since 13 November 1989, assumed executive powers on 26 August 1984); Heir Apparent and Regent of Liechtenstein Prince ALOIS (son of the monarch, born 11 June 1968); note - 15 August 2004, HANS-ADAM II transferred the official duties of the ruling prince to ALOIS, but HANS-ADAM II retains status of chief of state"
@ -431,17 +442,6 @@
"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party in the Parliament usually appointed the head of government by the monarch, and the leader of the largest minority party in the Landtag usually appointed the deputy head of government by the monarch if there is a coalition government"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Landtag (25 seats; members directly elected in 2 multi-seat constituencies by open-list proportional representation vote to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 7 February 2021 (next to be held in February 2025)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - FBP 35.9%, VU 35.9%, FL 12.9%, DpL 11.1%, independent 4.2%; seats by party - FBP 10, VU 10, FL 3, DpL 2; composition - men 18, women 7, percent of women 28%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court or Oberster Gerichtshof (consists of 5 judges); Constitutional Court or Verfassungsgericht (consists of 5 judges and 5 alternates)"

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal and compulsory"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (60 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - a 21-member Council of State appointed by the Grand Duke on the advice of the prime minister serves as an advisory body to the Chamber of Deputies"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on&nbsp;14 October 2018 (next to be held by October 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - CSV 28.3%, LSAP 17.6%, DP 16.9%, Green Party 15.1%, ADR 8.3%, Pirate Party 6.4%, The Left 5.5%, other 1.9%; seats by party - CSV 21, DP 12, LSAP 10, Green Party 9, ADR 4, Pirate Party 2, The Left 2; composition - men 46, women 14, percent of women 23.3%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Grand Duke HENRI (since 7 October 2000); Heir Apparent Prince GUILLAUME (son of the monarch, born 11 November 1981)"
@ -506,17 +517,6 @@
"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; deputy prime minister appointed by the monarch; prime minister and deputy prime minister are responsible to the Chamber of Deputies"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Chamber of Deputies or Chambre des Deputes (60 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - a 21-member Council of State appointed by the Grand Duke on the advice of the prime minister serves as an advisory body to the Chamber of Deputies"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on&nbsp;14 October 2018 (next to be held by October 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - CSV 28.3%, LSAP 17.6%, DP 16.9%, Green Party 15.1%, ADR 8.3%, Pirate Party 6.4%, The Left 5.5%, other 1.9%; seats by party - CSV 21, DP 12, LSAP 10, Green Party 9, ADR 4, Pirate Party 2, The Left 2; composition - men 46, women 14, percent of women 23.3%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Justice includes Court of Appeal and Court of Cassation (consists of 27 judges on 9 benches); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members)"
@ -562,10 +562,13 @@
"text": "22 Boulevard Emmanuel Servais, L-2535 Luxembourg City"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "Unit 3560, APO AE 09126-3560 (official mail)"
"text": "5380 Luxembourg Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5380"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[352] 46-14-01"
},
"email address": {
"text": "LuxembourgConsular@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Moldovan/Romanian 80.2% (official) (56.7% identify their mother tongue as Moldovan, which is virtually the same as Romanian; 23.5% identify Romanian as their mother tongue), Russian 9.7%, Gagauz 4.2% (a Turkish language), Ukrainian 3.9%, Bulgarian 1.5%, Romani 0.3%, other 0.2% (2014 est.); note - data represent mother tongue"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Moldovan/Romanian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -519,23 +519,6 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Maia SANDU (since 24 December 2020)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "prime minister (vacant); Acting Prime Minister Aureliu CIOCOI (since 1 January 2021); note - Prime Minister Ion CHICU resigned on 23 December 2020"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Cabinet proposed by the prime minister-designate, nominated by the president, approved through a vote of confidence in Parliament"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "president directly elected for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 15 November 2020 (next to be held in fall 2024); prime minister designated by the president upon consultation with Parliament; within 15 days from designation, the prime minister-designate must request a vote of confidence for his/her proposed work program from the Parliament"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Maia SANDU elected president; percent of vote (second round results) - Maia SANDU (PAS) 57.7%, Igor DODON (PSRM) 42.3%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament (101 seats; 51 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 50 members directly elected in a single, nationwide constituency by closed party-list proportional representation vote; all members serve 4-year terms"
@ -547,6 +530,23 @@
"text": "<p>percent of vote by party - PAS 52.8%, BECS (PSRM+PCRM) 27.1%, SOR 5.7%; seats by party - PAS 63, BECS 32, SOR 6</p>"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Maia SANDU (since 24 December 2020)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Prime Minister Natalia GAVRILITA (since 6 August 2021)"
},
"cabinet": {
"text": "Cabinet proposed by the prime minister-designate, nominated by the president, approved through a vote of confidence in Parliament"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "president directly elected for a 4-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 15 November 2020 (next to be held in fall 2024); prime minister designated by the president upon consultation with Parliament; within 15 days from designation, the prime minister-designate must request a vote of confidence for his/her proposed work program from the Parliament"
},
"election results": {
"text": "Maia SANDU elected president; percent of vote (second round results) - Maia SANDU (PAS) 57.7%, Igor DODON (PSRM) 42.3%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Justice (consists of the chief judge, 3 deputy-chief judges, 45 judges, and 7 assistant judges); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president and 6 judges); note - the Constitutional Court is autonomous to the other branches of government; the Court interprets the Constitution and reviews the constitutionality of parliamentary laws and decisions, decrees of the president, and acts of the government"
@ -589,10 +589,13 @@
"text": "103 Mateevici Street, Chisinau MD-2009"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "use embassy street address"
"text": "7080 Chisinau Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-7080"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[373] (22) 23-3044"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ChisinauACS@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Serbian 42.9%, Montenegrin (official) 37%, Bosnian 5.3%, Albanian 5.3%, Serbo-Croat 2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 4% (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian) <br><br>Knjiga svjetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Montenegrin/Bosnian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -545,6 +545,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly or Skupstina (81 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 30 August 2020 (next to be held in 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - DPS 35.1%, ZBCG 32.6%, MNIM 12.5%, URA 5.5%, SD 4.1%, BS 3.9%, SDP 3.1%, AL 1.6%, AK 1.1%, other 0.4%; seats by party/coalition - DPS 30, ZBCG 27, MNIM 10, URA 4, BS 3, SD 3, SDP 2, AL 1, AK 1.; composition - men 57, women 24, percent of women 29.6%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Milo DJUKANOVIC (since 20 May 2018)"
@ -562,17 +573,6 @@
"text": "Milo DJUKANOVIC elected president in the first round; percent of vote - Milo DJUKANOVIC (DPS) 53.9%, Mladen BOJANIC (independent) 33.4%, Draginja VUKSANOVIC (SDP) 8.2%, Marko MILACIC (PRAVA) 2.8%, other 1.7%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly or Skupstina (81 seats; members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 30 August 2020 (next to be held in 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - DPS 35.1%, ZBCG 32.6%, MNIM 12.5%, URA 5.5%, SD 4.1%, BS 3.9%, SDP 3.1%, AL 1.6%, AK 1.1%, other 0.4%; seats by party/coalition - DPS 30, ZBCG 27, MNIM 10, URA 4, BS 3, SD 3, SDP 2, AL 1, AK 1.; composition - men 57, women 24, percent of women 29.6%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court or Vrhovni Sud (consists of the court president, deputy president, and 15 judges); Constitutional Court or Ustavni Sud (consists of the court president and 7 judges)"
@ -618,10 +618,13 @@
"text": "Dzona Dzeksona 2, 81000 Podgorica"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "use embassy street address"
"text": "5570 Podgorica Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5570"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[382]&nbsp; 20-241-358"
},
"email address": {
"text": "PodgoricaACS@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {
@ -1151,7 +1154,7 @@
"stateless persons": {
"text": "472 (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 19,353 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 19,434 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)"
}
}
}

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"Languages": {
"text": "Macedonian (official) 66.5%, Albanian (official) 25.1%, Turkish 3.5%, Romani 1.9%, Serbian 1.2%, other (includes Aromanian (Vlach) and Bosnian) 1.8% (2002 est.); note - minority languages are co-official with Macedonian in municipalities where they are spoken by at least 20% of the population; Albanian is co-official in Tetovo, Brvenica, Vrapciste, and other municipalities; Turkish is co-official in Centar Zupa and Plasnica; Romani is co-official in Suto Orizari; Aromanian is co-official in Krusevo; Serbian is co-official in Cucer Sandevo"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Книга на Светски Факти, неопходен извор на основни информации. (Macedonian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -520,6 +520,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly -&nbsp;Sobraine in Macedonian, Kuvend in Albanian (between 120 and 140 seats, currently 120; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote; possibility of 3 directly elected in diaspora constituencies by simple majority vote provided there is sufficient voter turnout; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last election was to be held on 12 April 2020 but was postponed until 15 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (next to be held in 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - We Can 35.9%, Renewal 34.6%, BDI 11.5%, AfA-Alternative 9%, The Left 4.1%, PDSh 1.5%, other 3.4%; seats by party/coalition - We Can 46, Renewal 44, BDI 15, AfA-Alternative 12, The Left 2, PDSh 1"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Stevo PENDAROVSKI (since 12 May 2019)"
@ -537,17 +548,6 @@
"text": "Stevo PENDAROVSKI elected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Stevo PENDAROVSKI (SDSM) 44.8%, Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA (VMRO-DPMNE) 44.2%, Blenim REKA (independent) 11.1%; percent of vote in second round - Stevo PENDAROVSKI 53.6%, Gordana SILJANOVSKA-DAVKOVA 46.4%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly -&nbsp;Sobraine in Macedonian, Kuvend in Albanian (between 120 and 140 seats, currently 120; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote; possibility of 3 directly elected in diaspora constituencies by simple majority vote provided there is sufficient voter turnout; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last election was to be held on 12 April 2020 but was postponed until 15 July 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (next to be held in 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - We Can 35.9%, Renewal 34.6%, BDI 11.5%, AfA-Alternative 9%, The Left 4.1%, PDSh 1.5%, other 3.4%; seats by party/coalition - We Can 46, Renewal 44, BDI 15, AfA-Alternative 12, The Left 2, PDSh 1"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of 22 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)"
@ -593,10 +593,13 @@
"text": "Str. Samoilova, Nr. 21, 1000 Skopje"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "American Embassy Skopje, US Department of State, 7120 Skopje Place, Washington, DC 20521-7120 (pouch)"
"text": "7120 Skopje Place, Washington, DC 20521-7120"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[389] (2) 310-2499"
},
"email address": {
"text": "SkopjeACS@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "French (official), English, Italian, Monegasque"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -442,6 +442,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Council or Conseil National (24 seats; 16 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 8 directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 11 February 2018 (next to be held in February 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - Priorite Monaco 57.7%, Horizon Monaco 26.1%, Union Monegasque 16.2%; seats by party - Priorite Monaco 21, Horizon Monaco 2, Union Monegasque 1; composition - men 16, women 8, percent of women 33.3%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Prince ALBERT II (since 6 April 2005)"
@ -456,17 +467,6 @@
"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; minister of state appointed by the monarch from a list of three French national candidates presented by the French Government"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Council or Conseil National (24 seats; 16 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 8 directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 11 February 2018 (next to be held in February 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - Priorite Monaco 57.7%, Horizon Monaco 26.1%, Union Monegasque 16.2%; seats by party - Priorite Monaco 21, Horizon Monaco 2, Union Monegasque 1; composition - men 16, women 8, percent of women 33.3%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of 5 permanent members and 2 substitutes)"

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age (16 in local council elections); universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral House of Representatives or Il-Kamra Tad-Deputati, a component of the Parliament of Malta (normally 65 seats but can include at-large members; members directly elected in 5 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the parliament elected in 2013 had 69 seats; an additional two seats were added in 2016 by the Constitutional Court to correct for mistakes made in the 2013 vote-counting process"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 3 June 2017 (next to be held in 2022); note - Prime Minister MUSCAT called for early elections amid corruption allegations"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - PL 55%, PN 43.7%, other 1.3%; seats by party - PL 37 PN 30; note - PN was awarded two additional seats for a total of 30 in accordance with the proportionality provisions specified in the constitution; PD candidates ran under the PN list; composition - men 57, women 10, percent of women 14.9%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President George VELLA (since 4 April 2019)&nbsp;"
@ -528,17 +539,6 @@
"text": "George VELLA (PL) elected president; House of Representatives vote - unanimous; Joseph MUSCAT (PL) reappointed prime minister"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral House of Representatives or Il-Kamra Tad-Deputati, a component of the Parliament of Malta (normally 65 seats but can include at-large members; members directly elected in 5 multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms); note - the parliament elected in 2013 had 69 seats; an additional two seats were added in 2016 by the Constitutional Court to correct for mistakes made in the 2013 vote-counting process"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 3 June 2017 (next to be held in 2022); note - Prime Minister MUSCAT called for early elections amid corruption allegations"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - PL 55%, PN 43.7%, other 1.3%; seats by party - PL 37 PN 30; note - PN was awarded two additional seats for a total of 30 in accordance with the proportionality provisions specified in the constitution; PD candidates ran under the PN list; composition - men 57, women 10, percent of women 14.9%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Court of Appeal (consists of either 1 or 3 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 3 judges); Court of Criminal Appeal (consists of either 1 or 3 judges)"
@ -581,10 +581,13 @@
"text": "Ta' Qali National Park, Attard, ATD 4000"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "5800 Valletta Place, Dulles, VA 20189"
"text": "5800 Valletta Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5800"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[356] 2561-4183"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ConsularMalta@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Dutch (official); note - Frisian is an official language in Fryslan province; Frisian, Low Saxon, Limburgish, Romani, and Yiddish have protected status under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages; Dutch is the official language of the three special municipalities of the Caribbean Netherlands; English is a recognized regional language on Sint Eustatius and Saba; Papiamento is a recognized regional language on Bonaire"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Het Wereld Feitenboek, een omnisbare bron van informatie. (Dutch)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -518,6 +518,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists of:<br>First Chamber or Eerste Kamer (75 seats; members indirectly elected by the country's 12 provincial council members by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)<br>Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve up to 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>First Chamber - last held on 27 May 2019 (next to be held on NA May 2023)<br>Second Chamber - last held on 15 March 2017 (next to be held on 17 March 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FvD 12, VVD 12, CDA 9, GL 8, D66 7, MvdA 6, PVV 5, SP 4, CU 4, other 8; composition - men 49, women 26, percent of women 34.7%<br>Second Chamber - percent of vote by party - VVD 21.3%, PVV 13.1%, CDA 12.4%, D66 12.2%, GL 9.1%, SP 9.1%, PvdA 5.7%, CU 3.4%, PvdD 3.2%, 50 Plus 3.1%, other 7.4%; seats by party - VVD 33, PVV 20, CDA 19, D66 19, GL 14, SP 14, PvdA 9, CU 5, PvdD 5, 50 Plus 4, other 8; composition - men 96, women 54, percent of women 36%; note - total States General percent of women 35.6%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "King WILLEM-ALEXANDER (since 30 April 2013); Heir Apparent Princess Catharina-Amalia (daughter of King WILLEM-ALEXANDER, born 7 December 2003)"
@ -532,17 +543,6 @@
"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following Second Chamber elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the monarch; deputy prime ministers are appointed by the monarch"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral States General or Staten Generaal consists of:<br>First Chamber or Eerste Kamer (75 seats; members indirectly elected by the country's 12 provincial council members by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)<br>Second Chamber or Tweede Kamer (150 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote to serve up to 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>First Chamber - last held on 27 May 2019 (next to be held on NA May 2023)<br>Second Chamber - last held on 15 March 2017 (next to be held on 17 March 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>First Chamber - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - FvD 12, VVD 12, CDA 9, GL 8, D66 7, MvdA 6, PVV 5, SP 4, CU 4, other 8; composition - men 49, women 26, percent of women 34.7%<br>Second Chamber - percent of vote by party - VVD 21.3%, PVV 13.1%, CDA 12.4%, D66 12.2%, GL 9.1%, SP 9.1%, PvdA 5.7%, CU 3.4%, PvdD 3.2%, 50 Plus 3.1%, other 7.4%; seats by party - VVD 33, PVV 20, CDA 19, D66 19, GL 14, SP 14, PvdA 9, CU 5, PvdD 5, 50 Plus 4, other 8; composition - men 96, women 54, percent of women 36%; note - total States General percent of women 35.6%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court or Hoge Raad (consists of 41 judges: the president, 6 vice presidents, 31 justices or raadsheren, and 3 justices in exceptional service, referred to as buitengewone dienst); the court is divided into criminal, civil, tax, and ombuds chambers"
@ -588,11 +588,14 @@
"text": "John Adams Park 1, 2244 BZ Wassenaar"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "PSC 71, Box 1000, APO AE 09715"
"text": "5780 Amsterdam Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5780"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[31] (70) 310-2207"
},
"email address": {
"text": "AmsterdamUSC@state.gov"
},
"consulate(s) general": {
"text": "Amsterdam"
}

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"Languages": {
"text": "Bokmal Norwegian (official), Nynorsk Norwegian (official), small Sami- and Finnish-speaking minorities; note - Sami has three dialects: Lule, North Sami, and South Sami; Sami is an official language in nine municipalities in Norway's three northernmost counties: Finnmark, Nordland, and Troms"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -515,6 +515,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Storting (169 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 11 September 2017 (next to be held on 13 September 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - Ap 27.4%, H 25%, FrP 15.2%, SP 10.3%, SV 6%, V 4.4%, KrF 4.2%, MDG 3.2%, R 2.4%, other/invalid 1.9%; seats by party - Ap 49, H 45, FrP 27, SP 19, SV 11, V 8, KrF 8, MDG 1, R 1; composition - men 99, women 70, percent of women 41.4%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "King HARALD V (since 17 January 1991); Heir Apparent Crown Prince HAAKON MAGNUS (son of the monarch, born 20 July 1973)"
@ -529,17 +540,6 @@
"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following parliamentary elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch with the approval of the parliament"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Storting (169 seats; members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 11 September 2017 (next to be held on 13 September 2021)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - Ap 27.4%, H 25%, FrP 15.2%, SP 10.3%, SV 6%, V 4.4%, KrF 4.2%, MDG 3.2%, R 2.4%, other/invalid 1.9%; seats by party - Ap 49, H 45, FrP 27, SP 19, SV 11, V 8, KrF 8, MDG 1, R 1; composition - men 99, women 70, percent of women 41.4%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court or Hoyesterett (consists of the chief justice and 18 associate justices)"
@ -585,10 +585,13 @@
"text": "Morgedalsvegen 36, 0378 Oslo"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "PO Box 4075 AMB 0244 Oslo"
"text": "5460 Oslo Place,&nbsp; Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5460"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[47] 22-44-33-63, 22-56-27-51"
},
"email address": {
"text": "osloacs@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {
@ -1117,8 +1120,7 @@
}
},
"Military and security service personnel strengths": {
"text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces have approximately 23,000 active personnel (8,500 Army; 3,500 Navy; 3,500 Air Force; 7,500 other, including special operations, cyber, joint staff, intelligence, logistics support, active Home Guard, etc.); 40,000 Home Guard (2021)",
"note": "note: the Home Guard has approximately 40,000 total personnel"
"text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces have approximately 23,000 active personnel (8,500 Army; 3,500 Navy; 3,500 Air Force; 7,500 other, including special operations, cyber, joint staff, intelligence, logistics support, active Home Guard, etc.); 40,000 Home Guard (2021)"
},
"Military equipment inventories and acquisitions": {
"text": "the Norwegian Armed Forces inventory includes mostly imported European and US weapons systems, as well as a limited mix of domestically-produced equipment, particularly small naval craft; since 2010, the US is the leading supplier of weapons systems to Norway, followed by a variety of other countries, including France, Italy, South Korea, and Spain (2020)"

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"Languages": {
"text": "Polish (official) 98.2%, Silesian 1.4%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.3%; note - data represent the language spoken at home; shares sum to more than 100% because some respondents gave more than one answer on the census; Poland ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 2009 recognizing Kashub as a regional language, Czech, Hebrew, Yiddish, Belarusian, Lithuanian, German, Armenian, Russian, Slovak, and Ukrainian as national minority languages, and Karaim, Lemko, Romani (Polska Roma and Bergitka Roma), and Tatar as ethnic minority languages (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Księga Faktów Świata, niezbędne źródło podstawowych informacji. (Polish)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -541,6 +541,18 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral legislature consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (100 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)<br> Sejm (460 seats; members elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote with 5% threshold of total votes needed for parties and 8% for coalitions to gain seats; minorities exempt from threshold; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 13 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)<br> Sejm - last held on 13 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PiS 48, KO 43, PSL 3, SLD 2, independent 4; composition - men 87, women 13, percent of women 13%<br> Sejm - percent of vote by party - PiS 43.6%, KO 27.4%, SLD 12.6%, PSL 8.5% Confederation 6.8%, other 1.1%; seats by party - PiS 235, KO 134, SLD 49, PSL 30, KWiN 11, MN 1; men 334, women 126, percent of women 27.4%; note - total legislature percent of women 24.8%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the designation National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodowe is only used on those rare occasions when the 2 houses meet jointly"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "&nbsp;President Andrzej DUDA (since 6 August 2015)"
@ -558,18 +570,6 @@
"text": "Andrzej DUDA reelected president in runoff; percent of vote - Andrzej DUDA (independent) 51%, Rafal TRZASKOWSKI (KO) 49%"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral legislature consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (100 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote to serve 4-year terms)<br> Sejm (460 seats; members elected in multi-seat constituencies by party-list proportional representation vote with 5% threshold of total votes needed for parties and 8% for coalitions to gain seats; minorities exempt from threshold; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 13 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)<br> Sejm - last held on 13 October 2019 (next to be held in October 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PiS 48, KO 43, PSL 3, SLD 2, independent 4; composition - men 87, women 13, percent of women 13%<br> Sejm - percent of vote by party - PiS 43.6%, KO 27.4%, SLD 12.6%, PSL 8.5% Confederation 6.8%, other 1.1%; seats by party - PiS 235, KO 134, SLD 49, PSL 30, KWiN 11, MN 1; men 334, women 126, percent of women 27.4%; note - total legislature percent of women 24.8%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the designation National Assembly or Zgromadzenie Narodowe is only used on those rare occasions when the 2 houses meet jointly"
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court or Sad Najwyzszy (consists of the first president of the Supreme Court and 120 justices organized in criminal, civil, labor and social insurance, and extraordinary appeals and public affairs and disciplinary chambers); Constitutional Tribunal (consists of 15 judges, including the court president and vice president)"
@ -615,11 +615,14 @@
"text": "Aleje Ujazdowskie 29/31 00-540 Warsaw"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "American Embassy Warsaw, US Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5010 (pouch)"
"text": "5010 Warsaw Place, Washington, DC 20521-5010"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[48] (22) 504-2226"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ACSWarsaw@state.gov"
},
"consulate(s) general": {
"text": "Krakow"
}
@ -1192,6 +1195,12 @@
"text": "Poland joined NATO in 1999; Czechia, Hungary, and Poland were invited to begin accession talks at NATO's Madrid Summit in 1997, and in March 1999 they became the first former members of the Warsaw Pact to join the Alliance"
}
},
"Terrorism": {
"Terrorist group(s)": {
"text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Disputes - international": {
"text": "<p>as a member state that forms part of the EU's external border, Poland has implemented the strict Schengen border rules to restrict illegal immigration and trade along its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine</p>"

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230 seats; 226 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote and 4 members - 2 each in 2 constituencies representing Portuguese living abroad - directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 6 October 2019 (next to be held 2023) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - PS 36.4%, PSD 27.8%, B.E. 9.5%, CDU 6.5%, other 20.8%; seats by party - PS 108, PSD 79,&nbsp; B.E. 19, CDU 12, other 12; composition - men 158, women 72, percent of women 31.3% (e.g. 2019)"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Marcelo REBELO DE SOUSA (since 9 March 2016)"
@ -542,17 +553,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> there is also a Council of State that acts as a consultative body to the president"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Assembly of the Republic or Assembleia da Republica (230 seats; 226 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote and 4 members - 2 each in 2 constituencies representing Portuguese living abroad - directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 6 October 2019 (next to be held 2023) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - PS 36.4%, PSD 27.8%, B.E. 9.5%, CDU 6.5%, other 20.8%; seats by party - PS 108, PSD 79,&nbsp; B.E. 19, CDU 12, other 12; composition - men 158, women 72, percent of women 31.3% (e.g. 2019)"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court or Supremo Tribunal de Justica (consists of 12 justices); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional (consists of 13 judges)"
@ -601,11 +601,14 @@
"text": "Avenida das Forcas Armadas, 1600-081 Lisbon"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "Apartado 43033, 1601-301 Lisboa; PSC 83, APO AE 09726"
"text": "5320 Lisbon Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5320"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[351] (21) 726-9109"
},
"email address": {
"text": "conslisbon@state.gov"
},
"consulate(s)": {
"text": "Ponta Delgada (Azores)"
}

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"Languages": {
"text": "Serbian (official) 88.1%, Hungarian 3.4%, Bosnian 1.9%, Romani 1.4%, other 3.4%, undeclared or unknown 1.8%; note - Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Ruthenian (Rusyn) are official in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina; most ethnic Albanians boycotted the 2011 census (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Knjiga svetskih činjenica, neophodan izvor osnovnih informacija. (Serbian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -545,6 +545,18 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodna Skupstina (250 seats; members directly elected by party list proportional representation vote in a single nationwide constituency to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 21 June 2020 (originally scheduled for 26 April 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) (next to be held in 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - For Our Children 60.7%, SPS-JS 10.4%, SPAS 3.8%, SVM 2.2%, Straight Ahead 1%, Albanian Democratic Alternative .8%, SDA .8%, other 20.3%; seats by party/coalition For Our Children 188, SPS-JS 32, SPAS 11, SVM 9, Straight Ahead 4, Albanian Democratic Alternative 3, SDA 3; composition (preliminary) -&nbsp; men 165, women 85, percent of women 30%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> seats by party as of May 2019  - SNS 91, SRS 22, SPS 20, DS 13, SDPS 10, PUPS 9, Dveri 6, JS 6, LDP 4, SDS 4, SVM 4, other 36, independent 25; composition - men 157, women 93, percent of women 37.2%"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Aleksandar VUCIC (since 31 May 2017)"
@ -562,18 +574,6 @@
"text": "Aleksandar VUCIC elected president in the first round; percent of vote - Aleksandar VUCIC (SNS) 55.1%, Sasa JANKOVIC (independent) 16.4%, Luka MAKSIMOVIC (independent) 9.4%, Vuk JEREMIC (independent) 5.7%, Vojislav SESELJ (SRS) 4.5%, Bosko OBRADOVIC (Dveri) 2.3%, other 5.0%, invalid/blank 1.6%; Prime Minister Ana BRNABIC reelected by the National Assembly on 5 October 2020"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral National Assembly or Narodna Skupstina (250 seats; members directly elected by party list proportional representation vote in a single nationwide constituency to serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 21 June 2020 (originally scheduled for 26 April 2020 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic) (next to be held in 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party/coalition - For Our Children 60.7%, SPS-JS 10.4%, SPAS 3.8%, SVM 2.2%, Straight Ahead 1%, Albanian Democratic Alternative .8%, SDA .8%, other 20.3%; seats by party/coalition For Our Children 188, SPS-JS 32, SPAS 11, SVM 9, Straight Ahead 4, Albanian Democratic Alternative 3, SDA 3; composition (preliminary) -&nbsp; men 165, women 85, percent of women 30%"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> seats by party as of May 2019  - SNS 91, SRS 22, SPS 20, DS 13, SDPS 10, PUPS 9, Dveri 6, JS 6, LDP 4, SDS 4, SVM 4, other 36, independent 25; composition - men 157, women 93, percent of women 37.2%"
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Cassation (consists of 36 judges, including the court president); Constitutional Court (consists of 15 judges, including the court president and vice president)"
@ -624,6 +624,9 @@
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[381] (11) 706-4005"
},
"email address": {
"text": "belgradeacs@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {
@ -1168,7 +1171,7 @@
"stateless persons": {
"text": "2,144 (includes stateless persons in Kosovo) (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 776,834 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,165 migrants and refugees as of April 2021"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> 778,038 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021); Serbia is predominantly a transit country and hosts an estimated 6,165 migrants and refugees as of April 2021"
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin moving to Western Europe on the Balkan route; economy vulnerable to money laundering"

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"Languages": {
"text": "Romanian (official) 85.4%, Hungarian 6.3%, Romani 1.2%, other 1%, unspecified 6.1% (2011 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Cartea informativa a lumii, sursa indispensabila pentru informatii de baza. (Romanian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -527,6 +527,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (136 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies - including 2 seats for diaspora - by party-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)<br>Chamber of Deputies or Camera Deputatilor (330 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies - including 4 seats for diaspora - by party-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held in 2024)<br>Chamber of Deputies - last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held in 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - PSD 29.3%, PNL 25.6%, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 15.9%, AUR 9.2%, UDMR 5.9%, other 14.1%; seats by party - PSD 47, PNL 41, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 25, AUR 14, UDMR 9; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA%<br><br>Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSD 28.9%, PNL 25.2%, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 15.4%, AUR 9.1%, UDMR 5.7%, other 15.7%; seats by party - PSD 110, PNL 93, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 55, AUR 33, UDMR 21, other 18; composition men NA, women NA, percent of women NA; note - total Parliament percent of women NA%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Klaus Werner IOHANNIS (since 21 December 2014)"
@ -544,17 +555,6 @@
"text": "Klaus IOHANNIS reelected president in second round; percent of vote - Klaus IOHANNIS (PNL) 66.1%,&nbsp;Viorica DANCILA (PSD) 33.9%; Ludovic ORBAN approved as prime minister with 240 votes"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament or Parlament consists of:<br>Senate or Senat (136 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies - including 2 seats for diaspora - by party-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)<br>Chamber of Deputies or Camera Deputatilor (330 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies - including 4 seats for diaspora - by party-list, proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held in 2024)<br>Chamber of Deputies - last held on 6 December 2020 (next to be held in 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - PSD 29.3%, PNL 25.6%, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 15.9%, AUR 9.2%, UDMR 5.9%, other 14.1%; seats by party - PSD 47, PNL 41, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 25, AUR 14, UDMR 9; composition - men NA, women NA, percent of women NA%<br><br>Chamber of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSD 28.9%, PNL 25.2%, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 15.4%, AUR 9.1%, UDMR 5.7%, other 15.7%; seats by party - PSD 110, PNL 93, 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance 55, AUR 33, UDMR 21, other 18; composition men NA, women NA, percent of women NA; note - total Parliament percent of women NA%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "High Court of Cassation and Justice (consists of 111 judges organized into civil, penal, commercial, contentious administrative and fiscal business, and joint sections); Supreme Constitutional Court (consists of 9 members)"
@ -600,10 +600,13 @@
"text": "4-6, Dr. Liviu Librescu Blvd., District 1, Bucharest, 015118"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "American Embassy Bucharest, US Department of State, 5260 Bucharest Place, Washington, DC 20521-5260 (pouch)"
"text": "5260 Bucharest Place, Washington, DC&nbsp; 20521-5260&nbsp;"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[40] (21) 200-3442"
},
"email address": {
"text": "ACSBucharest@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {
@ -1162,6 +1165,12 @@
"text": "Romania officially became a member of NATO in 2004"
}
},
"Terrorism": {
"Terrorist group(s)": {
"text": "Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T"
}
},
"Transnational Issues": {
"Disputes - international": {
"text": "<p>the ICJ ruled largely in favor of Romania in its dispute submitted in 2004 over Ukrainian-administered Zmiyinyy/Serpilor (Snake) Island and Black Sea maritime boundary delimitation; Romania opposes Ukraine's reopening of a navigation canal from the Danube border through Ukraine to the Black Sea</p>"

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"Languages": {
"text": "Slovene (official) 91.1%, Serbo-Croatian 4.5%, other or unspecified 4.4%, Italian (official, only in municipalities where Italian national communities reside), Hungarian (official, only in municipalities where Hungarian national communities reside) (2002 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Svetovni informativni zvezek - neobhoden vir osnovnih informacij. (Slovene)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -516,6 +516,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age, 16 if employed; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>National Council or Drzavni Svet (40 seats; members indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 5-year terms); note - the Council is primarily an advisory body with limited legislative powers<br> National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor (90 seats; 88 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 2 directly elected in special constituencies for Italian and Hungarian minorities by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br> National Council - last held on 22 November 2017 (next to be held in 2022)<br>National Assembly - last held on 3 June 2018 (next to be held no later than 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br> National Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 36, women 4, percent of women 10%<br>National Assembly - percent of vote by party - SDS 24.9%, LMS 12.7%, SD 9.9%, SMC 9.8%, Levica 9.3%, NSi 7.1%, Stranka AB 5.1%, DeSUS 4.9%, SNS 4.2%, other 12.1%; seats by party - SDS 25, LMS 13, SD 10, SMC 10, Levica 9, NSi 7, Stranka AB 5, DeSUS 5, SNS 4, Italian and Hungarian minorities 2; composition - men 68, women 22, percent of women 24.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "&nbsp;President Borut PAHOR (since 22 December 2012)"
@ -533,17 +544,6 @@
"text": "Borut PAHOR is reelected president in second round; percent of vote in first round - Borut PAHOR (independent) 47.1%, Marjan SAREC (Marjan Sarec List) 25%, Romana TOMC (SDS) 13.7%, Ljudmila NOVAK (NSi) 7.2%, other 7%; percent of vote in second round - Borut PAHOR 52.9%, Marjan SAREC 47.1%; Janez JANSA (SDS) elected prime minister on 3 March 2020, National Assembly vote - 52-31"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>National Council or Drzavni Svet (40 seats; members indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 5-year terms); note - the Council is primarily an advisory body with limited legislative powers<br> National Assembly or Drzavni Zbor (90 seats; 88 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote and 2 directly elected in special constituencies for Italian and Hungarian minorities by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br> National Council - last held on 22 November 2017 (next to be held in 2022)<br>National Assembly - last held on 3 June 2018 (next to be held no later than 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br> National Council - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - NA; composition - men 36, women 4, percent of women 10%<br>National Assembly - percent of vote by party - SDS 24.9%, LMS 12.7%, SD 9.9%, SMC 9.8%, Levica 9.3%, NSi 7.1%, Stranka AB 5.1%, DeSUS 4.9%, SNS 4.2%, other 12.1%; seats by party - SDS 25, LMS 13, SD 10, SMC 10, Levica 9, NSi 7, Stranka AB 5, DeSUS 5, SNS 4, Italian and Hungarian minorities 2; composition - men 68, women 22, percent of women 24.4%; note - total Parliament percent of women 20%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 37 judges organized into civil, criminal, commercial, labor and social security, administrative, and registry departments); Constitutional Court (consists of the court president, vice president, and 7 judges)"
@ -589,10 +589,13 @@
"text": "Presernova 31, 1000 Ljubljana"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "American Embassy Ljubljana, US Department of State, 7140 Ljubljana Place, Washington, DC 20521-7140"
"text": "7140 Ljubljana Place, Washington, DC 20521-7140"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[386] (1) 200-5555"
},
"email address": {
"text": "LjubljanaACS@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Italian"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -432,6 +432,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande e Generale (60 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 8 December 2019 (next to be held by December 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - PDCS 33.3%, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 24.7% (RETE Movement 18.2%, Domani Motus Liberi 6.2%, other 0.3%), Free San Marino 16.5%, We for the Republic 13.1%, Future Republic 10.3%, I Elect for a New Republic 2%; seats by coalition/party - PDCS 21, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 15 (RETE Movement 11, Domani Motus Liberi 4), Free San Marino 10, We for the Republic 8, Future Republic 6; composition - men 42, women 18, percent of women 30%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "co-chiefs of state Captain Regent Alessandro CARDELLI and Captain Regent Mirko DOLCINI (for the period 1 October 2020 - 31 March 2021)"
@ -450,17 +461,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> the captains regent preside over meetings of the Grand and General Council and its cabinet (Congress of State), which has 7 other members who are selected by the Grand and General Council; assisting the captains regent are 7 secretaries of state; the secretary of state for Foreign Affairs has some prime ministerial roles"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Grand and General Council or Consiglio Grande e Generale (60 seats; members directly elected in single- and multi-seat constituencies by proportional representation vote in 2 rounds if needed; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 8 December 2019 (next to be held by December 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by coalition/party - PDCS 33.3%, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 24.7% (RETE Movement 18.2%, Domani Motus Liberi 6.2%, other 0.3%), Free San Marino 16.5%, We for the Republic 13.1%, Future Republic 10.3%, I Elect for a New Republic 2%; seats by coalition/party - PDCS 21, Tomorrow in Movement coalition 15 (RETE Movement 11, Domani Motus Liberi 4), Free San Marino 10, We for the Republic 8, Future Republic 6; composition - men 42, women 18, percent of women 30%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Council of Twelve or Consiglio dei XII (consists of 12 members); note - the College of Guarantors for the Constitutionality and General Norms functions as San Marino's constitutional court"

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"Languages": {
"text": "Castilian Spanish (official nationwide) 74%, Catalan (official in Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, and the Valencian Community (where it is known as Valencian)) 17%, Galician (official in Galicia) 7%, Basque (official in the Basque Country and in the Basque-speaking area of Navarre) 2%, Aranese (official in the northwest corner of Catalonia (Vall d'Aran) along with Catalan, &lt;5,000 speakers); note - Aragonese, Aranese Asturian, Basque, Calo, Catalan, Galician, and Valencian are recognized as regional languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -542,6 +542,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral General Courts or Las Cortes Generales consists of:<br>Senate or Senado (266 seats; 208 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 58 members indirectly elected by the legislatures of the autonomous communities; members serve 4-year terms)<br> Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; 348 members directly elected in 50 multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote, with a 3% threshold needed to gain a seat, and 2 directly elected from the North African Ceuta and Melilla enclaves by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms or until the government is dissolved)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 10 November 2019 (next to be held no later than November 2023)<br> Congress of Deputies - last held on 10 November 2019 (next to be held no later than November 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PSOE 113, PP 97, ERC 15, EAJ/PNV 10, C's 9, other 22; composition - men 163, women 103; percent of women 39%<br> Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSOE 28.7%, PP 20.8%,Vox 15.1%, Unidos Podemos 12.8%, C's 6.8%, ERC 3.6%, other 12.8%; seats by party - PSOE 120, PP 88, Vox 52,  Unidos Podemos 35, C's 10, ERC 13, other 23; composition - men 184, women 166; percent of women 47.4%; note - total  General Courts percent of women 43.7%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "King FELIPE VI (since 19 June 2014); Heir Apparent Princess LEONOR, Princess of Asturias (daughter of the monarch, born 31 October 2005)"
@ -560,17 +571,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> there is also a Council of State that is the supreme consultative organ of the government, but its recommendations are non-binding"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral General Courts or Las Cortes Generales consists of:<br>Senate or Senado (266 seats; 208 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 58 members indirectly elected by the legislatures of the autonomous communities; members serve 4-year terms)<br> Congress of Deputies or Congreso de los Diputados (350 seats; 348 members directly elected in 50 multi-seat constituencies by closed-list proportional representation vote, with a 3% threshold needed to gain a seat, and 2 directly elected from the North African Ceuta and Melilla enclaves by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms or until the government is dissolved)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Senate - last held on 10 November 2019 (next to be held no later than November 2023)<br> Congress of Deputies - last held on 10 November 2019 (next to be held no later than November 2023)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PSOE 113, PP 97, ERC 15, EAJ/PNV 10, C's 9, other 22; composition - men 163, women 103; percent of women 39%<br> Congress of Deputies - percent of vote by party - PSOE 28.7%, PP 20.8%,Vox 15.1%, Unidos Podemos 12.8%, C's 6.8%, ERC 3.6%, other 12.8%; seats by party - PSOE 120, PP 88, Vox 52,  Unidos Podemos 35, C's 10, ERC 13, other 23; composition - men 184, women 166; percent of women 47.4%; note - total  General Courts percent of women 43.7%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court or Tribunal Supremo (consists of the court president and organized into the Civil Room, with a president and 9 judges; the Penal Room, with a president and 14 judges; the Administrative Room, with a president and 32 judges; the Social Room, with a president and 12 judges; and the Military Room, with a president and 7 judges); Constitutional Court or Tribunal Constitucional de Espana (consists of 12 judges)"
@ -619,11 +619,14 @@
"text": "Calle de Serrano 75, 28006 Madrid"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "PSC 61, APO AE 09642"
"text": "8500 Madrid Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-8500"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[34] (91) 587-2303"
},
"email address": {
"text": "askacs@state.gov"
},
"consulate(s) general": {
"text": "Barcelona"
}
@ -1205,7 +1208,7 @@
"stateless persons": {
"text": "5,914 (2020)"
},
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>223,570 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-July 2021)"
"note": "<strong>note: </strong>223,820 estimated refugee and migrant arrivals (January 2015-August 2021)"
},
"Illicit drugs": {
"text": "despite rigorous law enforcement efforts, North African, Latin American, Galician, and other European traffickers take advantage of Spain's long coastline to land large shipments of cocaine and hashish for distribution to the European market; consumer for Latin American cocaine and North African hashish; destination and minor transshipment point for Southwest Asian heroin; money-laundering site for Colombian narcotics trafficking organizations and organized crime"

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"Languages": {
"text": "Norwegian, Russian"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Verdens Faktabok, den essensielle kilden for grunnleggende informasjon. (Norwegian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -207,17 +207,6 @@
"Citizenship": {
"text": "see Norway"
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "King HARALD V of Norway (since 17 January 1991); Heir Apparent Crown Prince Haakon MAGNUS (son of the king, born 20 July 1973)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Governor Kjerstin ASKHOLT (since 1 October 2015); Assistant Governor Berit SAGFOSSEN (since 1 April 2016)"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "none; the monarchy is hereditary; governor and assistant governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Longyearbyen Community Council (15 seats; members directly elected by majority vote to serve 4-year-terms); note - the Council acts very much like a Norwegian municipality, responsible for infrastructure and utilities, including power, land-use and community planning, education, and child welfare; however, healthcare services are provided by the state"
@ -229,6 +218,17 @@
"text": "seats by party - Conservatives 5, Labor Party 5, Liberals 3, Green Party 2"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "King HARALD V of Norway (since 17 January 1991); Heir Apparent Crown Prince Haakon MAGNUS (son of the king, born 20 July 1973)"
},
"head of government": {
"text": "Governor Kjerstin ASKHOLT (since 1 October 2015); Assistant Governor Berit SAGFOSSEN (since 1 April 2016)"
},
"elections/appointments": {
"text": "none; the monarchy is hereditary; governor and assistant governor responsible to the Polar Department of the Ministry of Justice"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "none; note - Svalbard is subordinate to Norway's Nord-Troms District Court and Halogaland Court of Appeal, both located in Tromso"

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"Languages": {
"text": "Swedish (official)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>The World Factbook, den obestridliga källan för grundläggande information. (Swedish)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> Finnish, Sami, Romani, Yiddish, and Meankieli are official minority languages"
@ -511,6 +511,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; 310 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote and 39 members in \"at-large\" seats directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 9 September 2018 (next to be held in 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - SAP 28.3%, M 19.8%, SD 17.5%, C 8.6%, V 8%, KD 6.3%, L 5.5%, MP 4.4%, other 1.6%; seats by party - SAP 100, M 70, SD 62, C 31, V 28, KD 22, L 20, MP 16; composition - men 188, women 161, percent of women 46.1%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "King CARL XVI GUSTAF (since 15 September 1973); Heir Apparent Princess VICTORIA Ingrid Alice Desiree (daughter of the monarch, born 14 July 1977)"
@ -525,17 +536,6 @@
"text": "the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually becomes the prime minister"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Parliament or Riksdag (349 seats; 310 members directly elected in multi-seat constituencies by closed, party-list proportional representation vote and 39 members in \"at-large\" seats directly elected by proportional representation vote; members serve 4-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 9 September 2018 (next to be held in 2022)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - SAP 28.3%, M 19.8%, SD 17.5%, C 8.6%, V 8%, KD 6.3%, L 5.5%, MP 4.4%, other 1.6%; seats by party - SAP 100, M 70, SD 62, C 31, V 28, KD 22, L 20, MP 16; composition - men 188, women 161, percent of women 46.1%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Sweden (consists of 16 justices, including the court chairman); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 18 justices, including the court president)"
@ -581,10 +581,13 @@
"text": "Dag Hammarskjolds Vag 31, SE-11589 Stockholm"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "American Embassy Stockholm, US Department of State, 5750 Stockholm Place, Washington, DC 20521-5750"
"text": "5750 Stockholm Place, Washington, DC&nbsp; 20521-5750"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[46] (08) 661 19 64"
},
"email address": {
"text": "stkacsinfo@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9%; note - German, French, Italian, and Romansh are all national and official languages; shares sum to more than 100% because respondents could indicate more than one main language (2019 est.)"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)<br><br>The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)<br><br>L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -507,6 +507,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "description: bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in German), Assemblée Fédérale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in Italian) consists of:<br>Council of States or Ständerat (in German), Conseil des États (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian) (46 seats; members in multi-seat constituencies representing cantons and single-seat constituencies representing half cantons directly elected by simple majority vote except Jura and Neuchatel cantons which use proportional representation vote; member term governed by cantonal law)<br>National Council or Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), Consiglio Nazionale (in Italian) (200 seats; 195 members in cantons directly elected by proportional representation vote and 6 in half cantons directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Council of States - last held in most cantons on 20 October 2019 (each canton determines when the next election will be held)<br> National Council - last held on 20 October 2019 (next to be held in 2023) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CVP 13, FDP 12, SDP 9, Green Party 5, other 1; composition - NA <br> National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 25.6%, SP 16.8%, FDP 15.1%, Green Party 13.2%, CVP 11.4%, GLP 7.8%, other 10.1%; seats by party - SVP 53, SP 39, FDP 29, Green Party 28, CVP 25, GLP 16, other 10; composition - men 116, women 84, percent of women 42% (e.g. 2019)"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "<p>President of the Swiss Confederation Guy PARMELIN (since 1 January 2021); Vice President  Ignazio CASSIS (since 1 January 2021); note - the Federal Council, which is comprised of 7 federal councillors, constitutes the federal government of Switzerland; council members rotate the 1-year term of federal president</p>"
@ -524,17 +535,6 @@
"text": "Guy PARMELIN elected president; Federal Assembly vote - 192 of 205; Ignazio CASSIS elected vice president; Federal Assembly vote - 162 of 199"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "description: bicameral Federal Assembly or Bundesversammlung (in German), Assemblée Fédérale (in French), Assemblea Federale (in Italian) consists of:<br>Council of States or Ständerat (in German), Conseil des États (in French), Consiglio degli Stati (in Italian) (46 seats; members in multi-seat constituencies representing cantons and single-seat constituencies representing half cantons directly elected by simple majority vote except Jura and Neuchatel cantons which use proportional representation vote; member term governed by cantonal law)<br>National Council or Nationalrat (in German), Conseil National (in French), Consiglio Nazionale (in Italian) (200 seats; 195 members in cantons directly elected by proportional representation vote and 6 in half cantons directly elected by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>Council of States - last held in most cantons on 20 October 2019 (each canton determines when the next election will be held)<br> National Council - last held on 20 October 2019 (next to be held in 2023) (e.g. 2019)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>Council of States - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - CVP 13, FDP 12, SDP 9, Green Party 5, other 1; composition - NA <br> National Council - percent of vote by party - SVP 25.6%, SP 16.8%, FDP 15.1%, Green Party 13.2%, CVP 11.4%, GLP 7.8%, other 10.1%; seats by party - SVP 53, SP 39, FDP 29, Green Party 28, CVP 25, GLP 16, other 10; composition - men 116, women 84, percent of women 42% (e.g. 2019)"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Federal Supreme Court (consists of 38 justices and 19 deputy justices organized into 7 divisions)"
@ -580,7 +580,7 @@
"text": "Sulgeneckstrasse 19, CH-3007 Bern"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "use embassy street address"
"text": "5110 Bern Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5110"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[41] (031) 357-73-20"

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"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>House of Lords (membership not fixed; as of December 2019, 796 lords were eligible to participate in the work of the House of Lords - 679 life peers, 91 hereditary peers, and 26 clergy; members are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister and non-party political members recommended by the House of Lords Appointments Commission); note - House of Lords total does not include ineligible members or members on leave of absence<br> House of Commons (650 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve 5-year terms unless the House is dissolved earlier)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>House of Lords - no elections; note - in 1999, as provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the House of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain; elections held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise)<br> House of Commons - last held on 12 December 2019 (next to be held by 2 May 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>House of Lords - composition - men 579, women 217, percent of women 27.3%<br>House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Conservative 43.6%, Labor 32.1%, Lib Dems 11.6%, SNP 3.9%, Greens 2.7%, Brexit Party 2.0%, other 4.1%; seats by party - Conservative 365, Labor 202, SNP 48, Lib Dems 11, DUP 8, Sinn Fein 7, Plaid Cymru 4, other 9; composition - men 430, women 220, percent of women 34%; total Parliament percent of women 30.2%"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952); Heir Apparent Prince CHARLES (son of the queen, born 14 November 1948)"
@ -534,17 +545,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in addition to serving as the UK head of state, the British sovereign is the constitutional monarch for 15 additional Commonwealth countries (these 16 states are each referred to as a Commonwealth realm)"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "bicameral Parliament consists of:<br>House of Lords (membership not fixed; as of December 2019, 796 lords were eligible to participate in the work of the House of Lords - 679 life peers, 91 hereditary peers, and 26 clergy; members are appointed by the monarch on the advice of the prime minister and non-party political members recommended by the House of Lords Appointments Commission); note - House of Lords total does not include ineligible members or members on leave of absence<br> House of Commons (650 seats; members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority popular vote to serve 5-year terms unless the House is dissolved earlier)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "<br>House of Lords - no elections; note - in 1999, as provided by the House of Lords Act, elections were held in the House of Lords to determine the 92 hereditary peers who would remain; elections held only as vacancies in the hereditary peerage arise)<br> House of Commons - last held on 12 December 2019 (next to be held by 2 May 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "<br>House of Lords - composition - men 579, women 217, percent of women 27.3%<br>House of Commons - percent of vote by party - Conservative 43.6%, Labor 32.1%, Lib Dems 11.6%, SNP 3.9%, Greens 2.7%, Brexit Party 2.0%, other 4.1%; seats by party - Conservative 365, Labor 202, SNP 48, Lib Dems 11, DUP 8, Sinn Fein 7, Plaid Cymru 4, other 9; composition - men 430, women 220, percent of women 34%; total Parliament percent of women 30.2%"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court (consists of 12 justices, including the court president and deputy president); note - the Supreme Court was established by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and implemented in 2009, replacing the Appellate Committee of the House of Lords as the highest court in the United Kingdom"
@ -593,11 +593,14 @@
"text": "33 Nine Elms Lane, London, SW11 7US or SW8 5DB (driving/GPS postcode)"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "PSC 801, Box 40, FPO AE 09498-4040"
"text": "8400 London Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-8400"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[44] 20-7891-3151"
},
"email address": {
"text": "SCSLondon@state.gov"
},
"consulate(s) general": {
"text": "Belfast, Edinburgh"
}
@ -1135,7 +1138,7 @@
"Military and Security": {
"Military and security forces": {
"text": "British Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air Force (2021)",
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> on 1 April 2021, the UK formed a Space Command as a joint command staffed by Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel, as well as civilians and key members of the commercial sector to manage space operations, training, and capabilities; in 2019, the UK formed the Strategic Command (formerly Joint Forces Command) to develop and manage the British military's medical services, training and education, intelligence, and information systems across the land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains; it also manages joint overseas operations"
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2021 the UK formed a Space Command as a joint command staffed by Army, Navy, and Air Force personnel, as well as civilians and key members of the commercial sector to manage space operations, training, and capabilities; in 2019, the UK formed the Strategic Command (formerly Joint Forces Command) to develop and manage the British military's medical services, training and education, intelligence, and information systems across the land, sea, air, space, and cyber domains; it also manages joint overseas operations"
},
"Military expenditures": {
"Military Expenditures 2020": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Ukrainian (official) 67.5%, Russian (regional language) 29.6%, other (includes small Crimean Tatar-, Moldovan/Romanian-, and Hungarian-speaking minorities) 2.9% (2001 est.); note - in February 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that 2012 language legislation entitling a language spoken by at least 10% of an oblast's population to be given the status of \"regional language\" - allowing for its use in courts, schools, and other government institutions - was unconstitutional, thus making the law invalid; Ukrainian remains the country's only official nationwide language"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>Свiтова Книга Фактiв – найкраще джерело базової інформації. (Ukrainian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -528,6 +528,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "18 years of age; universal"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; 225 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 225 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 21 July 2019 (next to be held in July 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - Servant of the People 43.2%, Opposition Platform-For Life 13.1%, Batkivshchyna 8.2%, European Solidarity 8.1%, Voice 5.8%, other 21.6%; seats by party (preliminary) - Servant of the People 254, Oposition Platform for Life 43, Batkivshchyna 26, European Solidarity 25, Voice 20, Opposition Bloc 6, Samopomich 1, Svoboda 1, other parties 2, independent 46; note - voting not held in Crimea and parts of two Russian-occupied eastern oblasts leaving 26 seats vacant; although this brings the total to 424 elected members (of 450 potential), article 83 of the constitution mandates that a parliamentary majority consists of 226 seats"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "President Volodymyr ZELENSKYY (since 20 May 2019)"
@ -546,17 +557,6 @@
},
"note": "<strong>note:</strong> there is also a National Security and Defense Council or NSDC originally created in 1992 as the National Security Council; the NSDC staff is tasked with developing national security policy on domestic and international matters and advising the president; a presidential administration helps draft presidential edicts and provides policy support to the president"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Supreme Council or Verkhovna Rada (450 seats; 225 members directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote and 225 directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote; members serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 21 July 2019 (next to be held in July 2024)"
},
"election results": {
"text": "percent of vote by party - Servant of the People 43.2%, Opposition Platform-For Life 13.1%, Batkivshchyna 8.2%, European Solidarity 8.1%, Voice 5.8%, other 21.6%; seats by party (preliminary) - Servant of the People 254, Oposition Platform for Life 43, Batkivshchyna 26, European Solidarity 25, Voice 20, Opposition Bloc 6, Samopomich 1, Svoboda 1, other parties 2, independent 46; note - voting not held in Crimea and parts of two Russian-occupied eastern oblasts leaving 26 seats vacant; although this brings the total to 424 elected members (of 450 potential), article 83 of the constitution mandates that a parliamentary majority consists of 226 seats"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court of Ukraine or SCU (consists of 100 judges, organized into civil, criminal, commercial and administrative chambers, and a grand chamber); Constitutional Court (consists of 18 justices); High Anti-Corruption Court (consists of 39 judges, including 12 in the Appeals Chamber)"
@ -607,6 +607,9 @@
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[380] (44) 521-5155"
},
"email address": {
"text": "Kyivacs@state.gov"
}
},
"Flag description": {

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"Languages": {
"text": "Italian, Latin, French, various other languages"
},
"printed major-language sample": {
"major-language sample(s)": {
"text": "<br>L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information."
}
},
@ -251,6 +251,17 @@
"Suffrage": {
"text": "election of the pope is limited to cardinals less than 80 years old"
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State or Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Citta del Vaticano (7 seats; members appointed by the pope to serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 11 July 2018"
},
"election results": {
"text": "composition - men 7, women 0"
}
},
"Executive branch": {
"chief of state": {
"text": "Pope FRANCIS (since 13 March 2013)"
@ -268,17 +279,6 @@
"text": "Jorge Mario BERGOGLIO, former Archbishop of Buenos Aires, elected Pope FRANCIS"
}
},
"Legislative branch": {
"description": {
"text": "unicameral Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State or Pontificia Commissione per lo Stato della Citta del Vaticano (7 seats; members appointed by the pope to serve 5-year terms)"
},
"elections": {
"text": "last held on 11 July 2018"
},
"election results": {
"text": "composition - men 7, women 0"
}
},
"Judicial branch": {
"highest courts": {
"text": "Supreme Court or Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (consists of the cardinal prefect, who serves as ex-officio president of the court, and 2 other cardinals of the Prefect Signatura); note - judicial duties were established by the Motu Proprio, papal directive, of Pope PIUS XII on 1 May 1946; most Vatican City criminal matters are handled by the Republic of Italy courts"
@ -321,10 +321,10 @@
"text": "American Embassy to the Holy See, Via Sallustiana, 49, 00187 Rome"
},
"mailing address": {
"text": "Unit 5660, Box 66, DPO AE 09624-0066"
"text": "5660 Holy See Place, Washington DC&nbsp; 20521-5660"
},
"FAX": {
"text": "[39] (06) 4674-3412"
"text": "[39] (06) 4674-3411"
}
},
"Flag description": {