WebThe Constitution of the Italian Republic (Italian: Costituzione della Repubblica Italiana) was enacted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 December 1947, with 453 votes in favour and 62 against. The text, which has since been amended sixteen times, [citation needed] was promulgated in an extraordinary edition of Gazzetta Ufficiale on 27 December 1947. The …

WebThe president of the Republic of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Vabariigi President) is the head of state of the Republic of Estonia. The current president is Alar Karis, elected by Parliament on 31 August 2021, replacing Kersti Kaljulaid.. Estonia is one of the few parliamentary republics in which the president is a ceremonial figurehead without even nominal …

WebStructure of local authorities. In each municipality there is a local government as well as a council.. The council (volikogu) is a representative body elected by the residents of a municipality for a term of three years.The members of the council elect a chairman (volikogu esimees), who organises the council's work and represents the municipality.The …

WebLocal government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state.This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-localised and has limited powers. While in some countries, "government" is normally reserved purely for a national administration …

WebThe Conservative People's Party of Estonia (Estonian: Eesti Konservatiivne Rahvaerakond, EKRE) is a national-conservative and right-wing populist political party in Estonia.It is currently led by Martin Helme.It was founded in March 2012, with the merger of People's Union of Estonia and Estonian Patriotic Movement.Its first leader, Margo …

WebThe dissolution of a legislative assembly is the mandatory simultaneous resignation of all of its members, in anticipation that a successive legislative assembly will reconvene later with possibly different members. In a democracy, the new assembly is chosen by a general election.Dissolution is distinct on the one hand from abolition of the assembly, and on the …

WebThe Constitution of Ireland (Irish: Bunreacht na hÉireann, pronounced [ˈbˠʊn̪ˠɾʲəxt̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈheːɾʲən̪ˠ]) is the fundamental law of Ireland.It asserts the national sovereignty of the Irish people.The constitution, based on a system of representative democracy, is broadly within the tradition of liberal democracy.It guarantees certain fundamental rights, along with a ...

WebThe Portuguese Constitution of 1822 (Constituição Política da Monarquia Portuguesa, "Political Constitution of the Portuguese Monarchy") approved on 23 September 1822 was the first Portuguese constitution, marking an attempt to end absolutism and introduce a constitutional monarchy.Although it was actually in force only for two brief periods, …

WebHistory. While it was part of the socialist Yugoslavia, the Socialist Republic of Croatia had its own Constitution under the Constitution of Yugoslavia.. Following the first multi-party parliamentary elections held in April 1990, the Parliament made various constitutional changes. On December 22, 1990, they rejected the communist one-party system and …

WebThe demographics of Estonia in the 21st century result from historical trends over more than a thousand years, as with most European countries, but have been disproportionately influenced by events in the second half of the 20th century. The Soviet occupation (1944–1991), extensive immigration from Russia and other parts of the former USSR, and …