The president is commander in chief of the military and general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. Top leaders of the Chinese Communist Party 🇭🇰 determine top governing officials without input from the people, including the president. Finally, the president appoints the cabinet with the senate.ĥ. The president serves as chief executive, commander in chief, and head of civil service 👨‍💼 The president also approves domestic policy and conducts foreign policy.

The people elect 🗳️ the president in Nigeria directly, and he is both head of state and head of government. In Iran, the head of state has greater power and the president reports to them.Ĥ. Already, we can see this is a bit different than the head of state in the UK 🇬🇧, which has little to no power. The president, the head of government, is elected by the people, serves a 4-year term, and oversees civil service and foreign policy. The supreme leader is commander in chief, and he appoints top officials. The supreme leader 👨‍💼 is the self-appointed political and religious 🛐 authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Supreme Leader is, in theory, elected and overseen by the Assembly of Experts, not the people, and is the head of state in Iran. The prime minister is the head of government and oversees the civil service (bureaucratic agencies).ģ. The directly elected 🗳️ president is the head of state 🤵🏽 and is commander in chief 👮🏾‍♂️, appoints the top ministers, conducts foreign policy, and presides over the Duma in certain cases. Has a semi-presidential system in which the prime minister and president coexist. The prime minister is responsible for leading the legislature and cabinets 🗄️ in formulating, implementing, and executing policies through different agencies.Ģ. The head of government is the prime minister (selected from the majority party in parliament and formally appointed by the monarch). The monarch 👑 serves as the head of state (passed through bloodlines) and is primarily a ceremonial 🤴 role in the modern era, with little formal powers over the government. Has a head of government and head of state. We will do this two ways:ġ) We will go through each country in a short paragraph and cover the structure and function 👀Ģ) We will create a chart to examine the countries all together so that you have a visual comparison 🎉 Structure and Function of Executive Branch-Course Countriesġ.🇬🇧 UK. What is unique about this topic is that AP Exam has each key concept focus on one of the course countries and how the executive branch is structured and functions in that country, so we will do the same. 💻 🏢 Civil Service-Permanent members of bureaucratic agencies who implement laws and government regulations. 👥 Executive Cabinet-Top government officials in charge of formulating, implementing, and executing policies through different agencies. 👔 Prime Minister-The leader of the legislature is also the head of government, in charge of formulating, implementing, and executing policies through different agencies. 👮🏾‍♂️ Commander in Chief-The top governmental official in charge of military decisions. In some governments, this individual can also have formal powers to shape foreign policy. 🤵🏽 Head of State-Represents a nation in ceremonial functions. Responsible for formulating, implementing, and executing policies through a cabinet and/or various government agencies. 😎 Head of Government-The executive leader or chief executive. 📝 Read: AP Comp Gov-Unit 1 Study Guide Topic 2.3 Key Terms 🏋️ Didn't get to check out 😎 Unit 1 yet? Make sure to look 👀 it over: If you spent time with us in Unit 1, you know that AP Comparative Government is a very vocabulary heavy course, so that's where we'll need to start.

This topic is focused on the executive systems in each of our course counties, and how the structure and function ⛓️ of those systems reflect the allocation of political power within each of the Comp Gov countries.

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