WebThis is a list of internment and concentration camps, organized by country.In general, a camp or group of camps is designated to the country whose government was responsible for the establishment and/or operation of the camp regardless of the camp's location, but this principle can be, or it can appear to be, departed from in such cases as where a country's …

WebFoundation Image Communities & Provenance Formal Name or Dedication and alternative names Ankerwycke Priory, Wraysbury: Benedictine nuns founded c.1160 by Gilbert de Mountfitchet, Kt., Lord of Wyrardisbury and his son; dissolved before 8 July 1536; granted to Lord Windsor 1538/9 then to Sir Thomas Smith 1550/1

WebAn upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restricted power than the lower house. A legislature composed of only one house (and which therefore has neither an upper house nor a lower house) is described …

WebUpper 6 Parallel voting: Largest remainder method 128 889,926 Moldova: Parliament (Parlamentul) Unicameral 4 101 33,498 Monaco: National Council (Conseil National) Unicameral 5 Panachage under party-list proportional representation (16), party-list proportional representation (8) 24 1,473 Mongolia

WebFor a list of former ruling families or abolished thrones, see: former ruling families. Monarchs by country. Title Monarch (Birth year) Sovereign state(s) Since Length House Type Heir to the throne Ref. Co-Prince Joan Enric Vives i Sicília (b. 1949) Andorra: 12 May 2003: 19 years, 183 days ...

WebCertain governments in the United Kingdom have, for more than a century, attempted to find a way to reform the House of Lords, the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.This process was started by the Parliament Act 1911 introduced by the then Liberal Government which stated: ...whereas it is intended to substitute for the House of Lords …

WebThe Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of Congress.The Senate composed of 24 senators, each elected in to a six-year term, with one re-election under plurality-at-large voting: on each election, the voters vote for up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates the highest number of votes being elected in. . Prior to 1916, the Philippine …

WebRulers of Bavaria Ducal Bavaria (also known as the "Old Stem duchy") Agilolfing dynasty. Around 548 the kings of the Franks placed the border region of Bavaria under the administration of a duke—possibly Frankish or possibly chosen from amongst the local leading families—who was supposed to act as a regional governor for the Frankish king. …

WebThe Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly.Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne.The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to its federal counterpart, the Australian Senate. ...

WebBremen-Verden, formally the Duchies of Bremen and Verden (German pronunciation: [ˈfɛɐ̯dən]; German: Herzogtümer Bremen und Verden), were two territories and immediate fiefs of the Holy Roman Empire, which emerged and gained imperial immediacy in 1180. By their original constitution they were prince-bishoprics of the Archdiocese of Bremen and …