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Syria:

• repunlic under an authoritarian regime
• Bashar-al-Assad, born in Damascus
• born into a poor family
• had a republic under an authoritarian regime since 1941 (73 years)
• last election was held in June 2014

Germany:

• The wall started coming down 25 years ago since yesterday, 11/9/14
• president- Joachim Guack
• been in office since March 23, 2012
• independent political party
• Chancellor is Angela Merkel
• shes been in office since November 22, 2000
• the president can be impeached
• he is not elected by the people, he or she is elected by a Federal Convention
• Angela Merkel is nominated by the president
• the Bundestag can kick the chancellor out

United Kingdom:

• constitutional monarchy has been around since 1066 and developed over several centuries
• the prime minister has no term limits 
• appointed by the Monarch
• David Cameron- prime minister
• leader of the conservative party
• 2010- became prime minister
• prime minister appoints the members of the government
• 2 Houses: House of the Commons and House of the Lords

United States:

• President- Barack Obama
• Constitutional based federal republic
• by law a president can only serve a term for 4 years but can be elected for another term for another 4 years

Russia:

• federation is the type of government
• governed under the constitution of 1993
• Russia became Russian Federation in 1991
• Vladimir Putin president
• served as president from 2000 to 2008
• he changed the constitution from 4 year terms to 6 year terms
• he is in the united russia party