Dinamarca Perfil Gobierno 2019

nombre: Copenhagen

coordenadas geográficas: 55 40 N, 12 35 E

diferencia de tiempo: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October; note - applies to continental Denmark only, not to its North Atlantic components

metropolitan Denmark - 5 regions (regioner, singular - region); Hovedstaden (Capital), Midtjylland (Central Jutland), Nordjylland (North Jutland), Sjaelland (Zealand), Syddanmark (Southern Denmark)

ca. 965 (unified and Christianized under HARALD I Gormsson); 5 Junio 1849 (became a parliamentary constitutional monarchy)

Constitution Day, 5 Junio (1849); note - closest equivalent to a national holiday

history: several previous; latest adoptada 5 Junio 1953

amendments: proposed by the Folketing with consent of the government; passage requires approval by the next Folketing following a general election, approval by simple majority vote of at least 40% of voters in a referendum, and assent of the chief of state; changed several times, last in 2009 (Danish Act of Succession) (2016)

18 años de edad; universal

jefe de estado: Queen MARGRETHE II (desde 14 January 1972); Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK (elder son of the monarch, born on 26 May 1968)

jefe de gobierno: Prime Minister Mette FREDERIKSEN (desde 27 June 2019)

cabinet: Council of State appointed by the monarch

elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by the monarch