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__Czech Republic Political System __ 

Governing Body: Type: Parliamentary republic. Independence: The Czech Republic was established January 1, 1993 (former Czechoslovak state established 1918). Constitution: Signed December 16, 1992. Branches: Executive--president (chief of state), prime minister (head of government), cabinet. Legislative--Chamber of Deputies, Senate. Judicial--Supreme Court, Constitutional Court. Political parties (May 2010 election): Civic Democratic Party (ODS), 53 seats; Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD), 56 seats; Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM), 26 seats; Public Affairs (VV), 24 seats; TOP 09, 41 seats. Suffrage: Universal at 18. Administrative subdivisions: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Two regions--Bohemia and Moravia; 13 administrative districts and Prague. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(Background Note: the Czech Republic)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Officials: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">President: Vaclav Klaus <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prime Minister: Petr Necas <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First Department Prime Minister: Karel Schwarzenberg <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Department Prime Minister: John Radek <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Agriculture: Ivan Fuksa <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Culture: Jiri Besser <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Defense: Alexandr Vondra <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Education: Josef Dobes <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Environment: Pavel Drobil <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Finance: Miroslav Kalousek <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Foreign Affairs: Karel Schwarzenberg <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Health: Leos Hegr <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Industry and Trade: Martin Kocourek <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Interior: John Radek <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Justice: Jiri Pospisil <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Labor and Social Affairs: Jaromir Drabek <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Regional Development: Kamil Jankovsky <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Minister of Transportation: Vit Barta (Czech Republic: Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments)

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">People's Role and Influence in the Government: The Czech Republic has a multi-party system. Due to the electoral system operated, a limited number of parties are successful in parliamentary elections. There are currently five parties in the Chamber of Deputies – the Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), TOP 09, the Communist Party (KSČM), and Public Affairs (VV). All except VV have seats in the Senate, as do the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL) and Severočeši.cz (S.cz). Three parties – ČSSD, ODS, and KSČM – have managed to elect members to every Parliament since the Czech Republic's independence. The other two were first elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the 2010 election. The people of the Czech Republic vote, and then the parliament elects the president. Since this country used to be Communist, it is important to the Czech people that they have a vote in their government. (Czech Republic )

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