visual contextualization of nena countries
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A brief visual summary of the government structure, population, history and important issues of each Near East and North African country to provide basic information and context.TRANSCRIPT
VISUAL
CONTEXTUALIZATION OF
NENA COUNTRIES
Summer 2012
Algeria
Native Tribes in Algeria
Gas FieldsOil Fields
Terrorism in Algeria
Description of government structureChief of State President Abdelaziz Bouteflika(elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term)Head of Government President Ahmed Ouyahia(The President is appointed by the President)Assembly Algeria has a bicameral Parliament consisting of144 seat Council of the Nation (96 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 6-year terms and 48 members are appointed by the President to serve 6-year terms)462 seat National Peoples Assembly (There are 48 multi-member districts corresponding to countrys administrative units Depending on the area 25 to 50 percent of parties list candidates must be women)bullA November 2008 constitutional amendment abolished presidential term limits
Bahrain
Description of government structureChief of State King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral National Assembly consisting of40 seats Shura Council (Appointed by the monarch)40 seats Council of Representatives (elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)
Egypt
Description of government structureChief of State President Mohammed Morsi(elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Hesham Kandil (appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of264 seats Advisory Council (176 members elected by absolute majority vote and 88 members are appointed by the president Both serve 6-year terms)498 seats Peoples Assembly (166 members elected by absolute majority vote and 332 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system Both serve 5-year terms)
Results of June Presidential Elections 2012
Total 2736729
Iran
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Description of government structureChief of State Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- Khamenei(Appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts)Head of GovernmentPresident Mahmoud Ahmandinejad(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Assembly 290 seats unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms)
Five of 290 seats are reserved to recognized religious minorities
Iraq
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Algeria
Native Tribes in Algeria
Gas FieldsOil Fields
Terrorism in Algeria
Description of government structureChief of State President Abdelaziz Bouteflika(elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term)Head of Government President Ahmed Ouyahia(The President is appointed by the President)Assembly Algeria has a bicameral Parliament consisting of144 seat Council of the Nation (96 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 6-year terms and 48 members are appointed by the President to serve 6-year terms)462 seat National Peoples Assembly (There are 48 multi-member districts corresponding to countrys administrative units Depending on the area 25 to 50 percent of parties list candidates must be women)bullA November 2008 constitutional amendment abolished presidential term limits
Bahrain
Description of government structureChief of State King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral National Assembly consisting of40 seats Shura Council (Appointed by the monarch)40 seats Council of Representatives (elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)
Egypt
Description of government structureChief of State President Mohammed Morsi(elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Hesham Kandil (appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of264 seats Advisory Council (176 members elected by absolute majority vote and 88 members are appointed by the president Both serve 6-year terms)498 seats Peoples Assembly (166 members elected by absolute majority vote and 332 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system Both serve 5-year terms)
Results of June Presidential Elections 2012
Total 2736729
Iran
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Description of government structureChief of State Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- Khamenei(Appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts)Head of GovernmentPresident Mahmoud Ahmandinejad(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Assembly 290 seats unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms)
Five of 290 seats are reserved to recognized religious minorities
Iraq
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Native Tribes in Algeria
Gas FieldsOil Fields
Terrorism in Algeria
Description of government structureChief of State President Abdelaziz Bouteflika(elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term)Head of Government President Ahmed Ouyahia(The President is appointed by the President)Assembly Algeria has a bicameral Parliament consisting of144 seat Council of the Nation (96 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 6-year terms and 48 members are appointed by the President to serve 6-year terms)462 seat National Peoples Assembly (There are 48 multi-member districts corresponding to countrys administrative units Depending on the area 25 to 50 percent of parties list candidates must be women)bullA November 2008 constitutional amendment abolished presidential term limits
Bahrain
Description of government structureChief of State King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral National Assembly consisting of40 seats Shura Council (Appointed by the monarch)40 seats Council of Representatives (elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)
Egypt
Description of government structureChief of State President Mohammed Morsi(elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Hesham Kandil (appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of264 seats Advisory Council (176 members elected by absolute majority vote and 88 members are appointed by the president Both serve 6-year terms)498 seats Peoples Assembly (166 members elected by absolute majority vote and 332 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system Both serve 5-year terms)
Results of June Presidential Elections 2012
Total 2736729
Iran
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Description of government structureChief of State Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- Khamenei(Appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts)Head of GovernmentPresident Mahmoud Ahmandinejad(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Assembly 290 seats unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms)
Five of 290 seats are reserved to recognized religious minorities
Iraq
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Bahrain
Description of government structureChief of State King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral National Assembly consisting of40 seats Shura Council (Appointed by the monarch)40 seats Council of Representatives (elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)
Egypt
Description of government structureChief of State President Mohammed Morsi(elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Hesham Kandil (appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of264 seats Advisory Council (176 members elected by absolute majority vote and 88 members are appointed by the president Both serve 6-year terms)498 seats Peoples Assembly (166 members elected by absolute majority vote and 332 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system Both serve 5-year terms)
Results of June Presidential Elections 2012
Total 2736729
Iran
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Description of government structureChief of State Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- Khamenei(Appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts)Head of GovernmentPresident Mahmoud Ahmandinejad(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Assembly 290 seats unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms)
Five of 290 seats are reserved to recognized religious minorities
Iraq
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman al-Khalifa (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral National Assembly consisting of40 seats Shura Council (Appointed by the monarch)40 seats Council of Representatives (elected by absolute majority vote in single-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)
Egypt
Description of government structureChief of State President Mohammed Morsi(elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Hesham Kandil (appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of264 seats Advisory Council (176 members elected by absolute majority vote and 88 members are appointed by the president Both serve 6-year terms)498 seats Peoples Assembly (166 members elected by absolute majority vote and 332 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system Both serve 5-year terms)
Results of June Presidential Elections 2012
Total 2736729
Iran
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Description of government structureChief of State Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- Khamenei(Appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts)Head of GovernmentPresident Mahmoud Ahmandinejad(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Assembly 290 seats unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms)
Five of 290 seats are reserved to recognized religious minorities
Iraq
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Egypt
Description of government structureChief of State President Mohammed Morsi(elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Hesham Kandil (appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of264 seats Advisory Council (176 members elected by absolute majority vote and 88 members are appointed by the president Both serve 6-year terms)498 seats Peoples Assembly (166 members elected by absolute majority vote and 332 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system Both serve 5-year terms)
Results of June Presidential Elections 2012
Total 2736729
Iran
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Description of government structureChief of State Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- Khamenei(Appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts)Head of GovernmentPresident Mahmoud Ahmandinejad(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Assembly 290 seats unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms)
Five of 290 seats are reserved to recognized religious minorities
Iraq
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State President Mohammed Morsi(elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 6-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Hesham Kandil (appointed by the president with the approval of the parliament)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of264 seats Advisory Council (176 members elected by absolute majority vote and 88 members are appointed by the president Both serve 6-year terms)498 seats Peoples Assembly (166 members elected by absolute majority vote and 332 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system Both serve 5-year terms)
Results of June Presidential Elections 2012
Total 2736729
Iran
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Description of government structureChief of State Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- Khamenei(Appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts)Head of GovernmentPresident Mahmoud Ahmandinejad(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Assembly 290 seats unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms)
Five of 290 seats are reserved to recognized religious minorities
Iraq
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Iran
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Description of government structureChief of State Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- Khamenei(Appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts)Head of GovernmentPresident Mahmoud Ahmandinejad(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Assembly 290 seats unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms)
Five of 290 seats are reserved to recognized religious minorities
Iraq
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
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Description of government structureChief of State Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Hoseini- Khamenei(Appointed for life by the Assembly of Experts)Head of GovernmentPresident Mahmoud Ahmandinejad(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Assembly 290 seats unicameral Islamic Consultative Assembly (Elected by qualified plurality vote to serve 4-year terms)
Five of 290 seats are reserved to recognized religious minorities
Iraq
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Iraq
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Oil Production Since 1965 and Forecast to 2015
Description of government structureChief of State President Jalal Talabani (elected by parliament to serve a 4-year term)Head of GovernmentPrime Minister Nuri al-Maliki(elected by parliament)Assembly 325 seats unicameral Council of Representatives (elected through an open-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The President is one of three members of a Transitional Presidency Council which is elected by the legislature New electoral law in 2009 increased the size of the Council from 275 members and replaced a closed-list system with open party lists Under the new system 8 seats are reserved to minority groups in specific governorates (Christian (5) Sabean (1) Shabak(1) ampYizidi(1))
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Israel amp Palestine
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of ISRAELI government structureChief of State President Shimon Peres (Elected by parliament to 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (Designated by president to 4-year term)Assembly 120 seats unicameral Knesset (elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
The president is largely a ceremonially role
Description of PALESTINIAN government structureChief of State President Mahmoud Abbas(Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 4-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (Appointed by the President)Assembly 132 seats unicameral Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) (Members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
bullThere is one nationwide district This system replaced a bullparallel system under a 2007 Presidential decree
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Jordan
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Jordan Population
(Total Pop 65 mil)
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah II bin Al Hussein (Hereditary Head of State)Head of Government Prime Minister Fayez Al-Tarawneh (Appointed by monarch)Assembly Parliament consisting of55 seats Senate (appointed by monarch to 4-year terms)120 seats House of Deputies (elected by the people to 4-year terms)12 seats are reserved for Christian and Circassian candidates
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Kuwait
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Jabir Al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 65 seats unicameral National Assembly(50 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms and 15 members are designated ex officio to serve 4-year terms)
Electoral Districts
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Lebanon
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State President Michel Sulayman (Elected by the National Assembly to serve a 6-year term)Head Of Government Prime Minister Najib Miqati (Appointed by the president with approval of the parliament)
Assembly 128 seats unicameral National Assembly (elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies to serve 4-year terms)The electoral system is multiple non-transferable vote (aka block vote) with confessional quotas There is no standard ballot and this has important consequences for electoral behavior in Lebanon
City of Dahiya BeforeAfter 2006 Israeli Bombings
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Libya
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State Transitional National Council Mustafa Abd Al-JalilHead of Government Transitional National Council Executive Abdurrahim El-Keib(The Transitional National Council Executive will be elected by parliament)Assembly 200 seat unicameral General Peoples Congress (40 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies 80 members are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies and 80 members are elected through a closed-listproportional representation system) Election law mandates that candidates should alternate genders on the lists and half of all a partys list must have a female at the top
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Morocco
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Evolution of population with Moroccan citizenship in European countries 1972-2005
Description of government structureChief of State King Mohamed VI (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane(Appointed by the monarch)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of270 seats Chamber of Counselors (elected by indirect vote to 9-year terms)325 seats Chamber of Representatives (295 elected through closed-list proportional representation system to 5-year terms 30 seats are reserved for women)
Monarch is required to choose prime minister from largest party In parliament
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Oman
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Sultan and Prime Minister Qaboos bin Said al-Said Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of48 seats State Council (Appointed by the monarch)83 seats Consultative Council (Elected by plurality vote to
4-year terms)
Have advisory powers onlyElected from 59 multi-member and single- member electoral districts
Districts with a population over 30000 have two representatives
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Qatar
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State Amir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (Hereditary head of state)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al-Thani (Appointed by the monarch)Assembly 35 seats unicameral Advisory Council (Appointed by the monarch to 3-year terms)
Al Jazeera is a Qatari news station and in the last year or two has become the voice of Qatari foreign policy supporting opposition forcesin the Arab Spring
Al Jazeera English however remainsa reliable unbias news source
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Saudi Arabia
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud (Hereditary head of government)Head of Government Prime Minister Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al SaudAssembly 150 seats unicameral Consultative Council (Appointed by monarch to serve 4-year terms)
Countries with Largest Increasein International Students
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Syria
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State President Bashar al-Asad (Elecbed by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Riyad Farid Hijab (Appointed by the President)Assembly 250 seats unicameral Peoples Council (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 4-year terms)
According the new Constitution candidates must the written support of at least 35 members of Peoplersquos Assembly
Under the February 2012 constitution multiple parties are allowed to run and the Constitution states that at least half of the members of the assembly should be workers andfarmers
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Tunisia
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
siegraveges = seatsdes voix =of voice
Of lower voiceno seat
Of upper voiceno seat
These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State President Moncef Marzouki (Elected by parliament)Head of Government Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali(elected by parliament)Assembly 127 seats Tunisia has a unicameral Tunisian Constituent Assembly (Elected through a closed-list proportional representation system)
There are 27 domestic constituencies and four out-of-country constituencies Party lists are required to alternate between male and female candidates
Election of the Constituent Assembly The mapping of the five most important votesIn Percentage of Votes Cast
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These five teams accumulate 177 seats (82) and represent almost two thirds of the votes cast The rest was 14 other political parties and 10 independent
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
United Arab Emirates
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State President Khalifa bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan(Appointed by hereditary state rulers)Head of Government Prime Minister Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktum (Appointed head of government)Assembly 40 seats unicameral Federal National Council (20 members are appointed to serve 2-year terms and 20 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 2-year terms)
The president is elected by indirect vote from the Federal Supreme Council (FSC) which is composed of the seven emirate rulers to serve 5-year terms There are no term limits for the president 20 members are appointed by the rulers of the constituent emirates and 20 members are elected by indirect vote through local councils All serve 2-year terms
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Yemen
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields
Description of government structureChief of State President Abd al-Rab Mansur Al-hadi (Elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system for 7-year term)Head of Government Prime Minister Ali Muhammad Mujawwar(Appointed by the President)Assembly Bicameral Parliament consisting of 111 seats Shura Council (Appointed by president)301 seats House of Representatives (Elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to 6-year terms)
Location of Houthi(separatist group of Zaidi Shia)
Yemeni Oil Fields