• everett@lemmy.ml
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    4 months ago

    President is the head of government

    The president is the head of one of three branches of the government.

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      Head of Government is an established role in diplomatic speak that can be used across various types of governments to describe the person in control of what the USA would selfdescribe as the Executive Branch, but basically a government’s administration. In parliamentary systems, this role is usually held by the Prime Minister or equivalent.

      This is a different role from Head of State, which is typically seen as the public persona of the state in diplomacy.

      Some political systems, like the USA’s, combine the roles while others, like UK and China, keep them separate.

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        Some political systems, like the USA’s, combine the roles while others, like UK… keep them separate.

        … unfortunately :-(

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          Honestly, I think a major problem during Brexit was that the Prime Minister was relying too much on monarchial powers to push Brexit through.