The politics of Grenada takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy,whereby the prime minister is the head of government. Grenada is an independent Commonwealth realm. It is governed under a multi-party parliamentary system whose political and legal traditions closely follow those of the United Kingdom;it has a prime minister and a cabinet,and a bicameral Parliament with an elected House of Representatives and an appointed Senate. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. Constitutional safeguards include freedom of speech,press,worship,motion,and association. Grenada is a member of the eastern Caribbean court system. The Judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. Jurisprudence is based on English common law.
Esko Tapani Aho is a Finnish politician who was prime minister of Finland from 1991 to 1995.
Västerbotten County is a county or län in the north of Sweden. It shares the borders with the counties of Västernorrland,Jämtland,and Norrbotten,as well as the Norwegian county of Nordland and the Gulf of Bothnia. Its capital is Umeå,and the largest town in the northern part is Skellefteå. These two municipalities make up the majority of the population. Västerbotten County has vast wilderness areas,and a land area larger than Denmark,the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Ramon John Hnatyshyn was a Canadian lawyer and statesman who served as the 24th governor general of Canada from 1990 to 1995.
Anneli Tuulikki Jäätteenmäki is a Finnish politician who was the first female and 39th prime minister of Finland from 17 April 2003 to 24 June 2003. From 2004 until 2019,she served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Finland.
The Christian Democrats is a Christian-democratic political party in Finland.
Máire Geoghegan-Quinn is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician who served as European Commissioner for Research,Innovation and Science from 2010 to 2014,Member of the European Court of Auditors from 2000 to 2010,Minister for Equality and Law Reform from November 1994 to December 1994,Minister for Justice from 1993 to 1994,Minister for Tourism,Transport and Communications from 1992 to 1993,Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach from 1987 to 1989,Minister of State for Youth and Sport from March 1982 to December 1982,Minister for the Gaeltacht from 1979 to 1981,Minister of State at the Department of Industry,Commerce and Energy from 1978 to 1979 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Commerce from 1977 to 1978. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency from 1975 to 1997.
The president of South Africa is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of South Africa. The president directs the executive branch of the government and is the commander-in-chief of the South African National Defence Force. Between 1961 and 1994,the office of head of state was the state presidency.
The University of Lapland is a public university in Rovaniemi,Finland. It was established in 1979 and is the northernmost university in the European Union.
David Charles Waddington,Baron Waddington,was a British politician and barrister.
Sir Michael Hardie Boys,was a New Zealand lawyer,judge and jurist who served as the 17th Governor-General of New Zealand,in office from 1996 to 2001.
Ellen Louks Fairclough was a Canadian politician. A Progressive Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1950 to 1963,she was the first woman ever to serve in the Canadian Cabinet.
Paavo Matti Väyrynen is a Finnish politician who,in his long and eventful political career,has served,among other things,as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1982,and again from 1983 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1993. He is a former member of the Finnish Parliament who has represented the Seven Star Movement,the Citizen's Party and Centre Party. He left the Centre Party in 2023.
Eva Carin Beatrice Ask is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She has served as Governor of Södermanland County since 1 January 2020.
Mona Scobie Røkke was a Norwegian and politician for the Conservative Party. She was the Minister of Justice from 1981 to 1985.
Esko-Juhani Tennilä was Finnish leftist politician from Lapland and member of Parliament since 1975 until 2011.
Winnifred "Winnie" Sorgdrager is a retired Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and jurist. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 22 June 2018.
Rebecca White Berch is a former justice of the Arizona Supreme Court. On July 1,2009,she began a five-year term as chief justice,a position to which she was elected by her peers on the court. As chief justice,she succeeded Ruth McGregor. She concluded her service as Arizona's chief justice in July 2014 when she passed the gavel to new Chief Justice Scott Bales. Berch had been a justice of the state's highest court since March 2002,when she was appointed to the court by Republican governor Jane Dee Hull. She retired in September 2015.
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason is a Barbadian politician,lawyer,and diplomat who is serving as the first president of Barbados since 2021. She was previously the eighth and final governor-general of Barbados from 2018 to 2021,the second woman to hold the office. On 20 October 2021,Mason was elected by the Parliament of Barbados to become the country's first president,and took office on 30 November 2021,when Barbados ceased to be a constitutional monarchy and became a republic.
Eeva Maija Kaarina Kuuskoski is a Finnish politician and physician. She was Member of the Parliament of Finland for Finland Proper from 1979 to 1995 and Minister of Social Affairs and Health from 1983 to 1987 and again from 1991 to 1992.
