Island Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Reykjavik
geographische Koordinaten: 64 09 N, 21 57 W
Zeitunterschied: UTC (5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Unabhängigkeit

1 Dezember 1918 (became a sovereign state under the Danish Crown); 17 Juni 1944 (from Denmark)

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 17 Juni (1944)

Konstitution

16 Juni 1944, effective 17 Juni 1944; amended many times

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Olafur Ragnar GRIMSSON (seit dem 1 August 1996)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Geir H. HAARDE (seit dem 7 June 2006)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the prime minister
elections: president, largely a ceremonial post, is elected by popular vote for a four-year term (no term limits); election last held 26 June 2004 (next to be held in June 2008); following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually the prime minister
election results: Olafur Ragnar GRIMSSON 85.6%, Baldur AGUSTSSON 12.5%, Astthor MAGNUSSON 1.9%