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Pouvoir exécutif: chef d'état (Président): Queen ELIZABETH II (depuis 6 February 1952); represented by Governor General Sir Clifford Straughn HUSBANDS (depuis 1 June 1996)
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Prime Minister David THOMPSON (depuis 16 January 2008)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister
elections: the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition is usually appointed prime minister by the governor general; the prime minister recommends the deputy prime minister
Source: CIA World Factbook - Version du Mai 16, 2008
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